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Multiple women have accused billionaire businessman and West Ham co-owner David Sullivan of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were in their late teens.

The allegations from seven women have been uncovered in a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and the Times and span decades, starting in the 1980s. All come from women who were in their late teens or early twenties and were young models seeking work at Sullivan's Daily and Sunday Sport newspapers.

They accuse Sullivan of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour, including pressuring them for sex during business meetings, where he offered to boost their careers if they slept with him or gave him oral sex.

David Sullivan has categorically denied the claims.

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US President Donald Trump appears to be increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, analysts say, as Israeli operations against Iran and Hezbollah have threatened Washington's ceasefire with Tehran.

We ask the BBC's Middle East analyst Sebastian Usher what leverage Donald Trump has to ensure Benjamin Netanyahu adheres to a ceasefire, and whether the US-Israel alliance is at risk.

Iran launched strikes on Israel at the weekend, in retaliation for Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon - and Israel fired back at Iran, despite warnings from Mr Trump not to do so. On Monday, the president urged both sides to "stop shooting", and both Iran and Israel agreed - though Mr Netanyahu said Israel would strike Iran with full force if it is attacked by Tehran again.

Last week, while cautioning against Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Mr Trump reportedly called Mr Netanyahu "crazy" and accused him of ingratitude. The US president has also said that he "calls all the shots", and that Mr Netanyahu "won't have any choice " but to accept any deal the US makes with Iran.

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00:00 Introduction

00:27 Growing tensions between Trump and Netanyahu

00:49 Why Trump reportedly called Netanyahu "crazy"

02:14 Could Israel derail the Iran ceasefire?

05:49 What leverage does Trump have over Israel?

06:26 Could the US end its alliance with Israel?

09:07 Is Trump or Netanyahu "calling the shots"?

Can a company take away something you've already paid for?

In the world of online video games, some already do. Publishers can decide to switch off a game's servers, often leaving it effectively unplayable.

Stop Killing Games, a growing consumer rights campaign started by American YouTuber Ross Scott in 2024, is challenging that practice.

In January, the group submitted a petition featuring nearly 1.3 million signatures to the European Commission, triggering a public hearing in the European Parliament in April. What began as an online campaign is now awaiting a decision from one of the EU's most powerful institutions.

Ubisoft has already defended its position in court. Responding to a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by two The Crew players in California, the studio argued that customers had purchased a licence to use the game, not unlimited ownership rights, and that players had been warned online services would not be available forever.

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At least 32 people have died after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao island in the southern Philippines, officials have said.

The quake hit at 07:37 local time on Monday (Sunday 23:37 GMT), triggering tsunami alerts in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Some of those were cancelled hours later.

Videos and images showed buildings collapsing, and landslides have been recorded in some areas.

More than 100 people have been injured across several provinces, almost two dozen are missing, and 10,000 residents have been pre-emptively evacuated, authorities have said.

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has announced plans to expand the country's nuclear arsenal at ‘an exponential rate’, according to state media reports.

His announcement comes as China’s president, Xi Jinping, is making his first visit to Pyongyang this week since 2019 – the same year Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un several times for failed talks on denuclearisation.

We speak to the BBC’s Celia Hatton about why China might now be trying to keep North Korea in check.

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00:00 Introduction

01:13 The changing ways North Korea is portrayed

02:51 China's 'big brother' relationship with North Korea

06:13 North Korea's path to nuclear weapons and why they wanted one

09:27 Donald Trump's attempts to engage North Korea

14:05 Kim Jong Un's relationship with Vladimir Putin

17:07 China's anxieties around North Korea and the wider region

20:03 How Russia have impacted China's relationship with North Korea

21:25 Why Donald Trump has changed track on North Korea's nuclear programme

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has landed in North Korea, in his first official visit since 2019.

Xi's visit follows separate meetings with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing.

The trip comes as Beijing is trying to reassert sway over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner that has drawn closer to Russia, said the BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker.

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US President Donald Trump tells Israel and Iran to stop "shooting", after the countries attacked each other's territory for the first time since the April ceasefire.

Israel carried out air strikes in western and central Iran, after Iran fired missiles at northern Israel.

Iran said it's "the beginning of a full week of continuous strikes" - it launched its attacks after Israel carried out air strikes on Beirut in Lebanon on Sunday.

The Israeli military said those strikes, on Hezbollah targets in the city's southern suburbs, were a response to Hezbollah firing rockets at Israel.

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Israel says it has launched strikes on military targets in western and central Iran, after warning it would retaliate after the first Iranian attack on Israel since April.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the multiple waves of missiles fired at northern Israel are "the beginning of a full week of continuous strikes".

US President Donald Trump earlier urged his Israeli counterpart not to retaliate to the Iranian strikes, according to several outlets.

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Iran has fired multiple waves of missiles at northern Israel, for the first time since the ceasefire was agreed in April.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it was the beginning of a week of continuous strikes.

Most of the missiles appear to have been intercepted, and Israelis have now been told they can leave shelter. There are no immediate reports of injuries.

A military spokesman for Israel said Iran had made a “grave mistake”.

Earlier, Israel said it struck Hezbollah targets in southern Beirut, prompting threats of an Iranian response.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Wyre Davies and John Sudworth.

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100 days into the US-Israel war with Iran, Israel launches airstrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut, hitting two buildings in the southern suburbs.

We look at footage from the day the war began and hear analysis from the BBC's veteran World Affairs Editor, John Simpson, as well as a range of BBC specialists to assess the prospects for a peace deal and the implications for the global economy.

BBC Persian's Kasra Naji discusses the warning from a senior member of the Iranian parliament that "people in Israel should look at the skies tonight" suggesting that Iran's missiles may be raining on them tonight.

Since this episode was recorded, Iran has launched missile strikes on northern Israel - follow live:

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