The United Nations has condemned the arrests of six of its employees in northern Sudan and called for their immediate release. The six were part of a group being evacuated by air from the town of Kadugli in Southern Kordofan region, where there's been heavy fighting between government troops and Nuba rebels. UN peacekeepers say they were arrested at the airport by Sudanese government forces.
A report seen by the BBC alleges that the evidence about corruption against two senior members of world football's governing body Fifa is stronger than previously thought. Here's our sports correspondent Alex Capstick.
Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner, two of the most powerful men in world football, were provisionally suspended from Fifa last month. Fifa's ethics commission said there were enough grounds to launch a full inquiry. But according to a detailed report which has now been seen by the BBC, its conclusions were much more damning. A 17-page document claimed its decision was based on compelling evidence that Mohamed Bin Hammam had tried to bribe Caribbean football officials during his presidential campaign and that Jack Warner had facilitated it.
At the start of his trial on charges of racial abuse, the British fashion designer John Galliano has told a French court that he's addicted to alcohol, sleeping tablets and valium. Mr Galliano is accused of using anti-Semitic language against a woman in a Paris bar and then hurling racial insults at her Asian partner. He denies the charges against him, but has apologised for his behaviour.