Adebayor says Togo will go home

Venue and dates: Angola, 10-31 January Coverage: Final and semi-finals live on BBC TV, BBC World Service and commentaries on BBC Sport website. Live commentary on opening match on BBC World Service and BBC Sport website Togo Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo has demanded the football team should not compete in the Africa Cup of Nations even though the players want to play. There has been confusion surrounding Togo’s participation following Friday’s deadly gun attack on their team bus in Angola which left three people dead

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Khan father rejects bigotry claim

Amir Khan’s father has refuted his son’s claims racism has prevented him from becoming a "superstar" in Britain. Khan defends his WBA light-welterweight belt for the first time against Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle on Saturday. But the 22-year-old insisted he has suffered from racial bigotry and said: "If I were a white English fighter maybe I’d have been a superstar." However, Amir’s father Shah told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don’t agree with it.

Boosting numbers

By Caroline Wyatt Defence correspondent, BBC News A surge of US military forces in Afghanistan is expected to result in better security for Helmand Province, where the bulk of UK forces are based. The US deployment and 500 extra British soldiers, is set to boost Nato’s troop numbers in the most crucial areas.

Megrahi shellsuit ‘for security’

The Lockerbie bomber wore a white shellsuit to hide the fact he was wearing body armour when he was released from a Scottish prison. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi wore the casual clothing as he boarded a flight from Glasgow to Libya in August. He later swapped his shellsuit and baseball cap for a formal grey suit before landing in Tripoli

Prince’s tribute to Welsh Guards

The Prince of Wales is to visit 1st Battalion Welsh Guards to present medals for a "demanding" Afghanistan tour which saw seven soldiers killed. Prince Charles will inspect a parade of 400 officers and guardsmen at the regiment’s Aldershot, Hampshire, base.

Guantanamo Tunisians in Italy

Two Tunisian inmates of the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Italy, where they are expected to face trial. Adel Ben Mabrouk and Muhammad Ben Riadh Nasri are both accused of terrorism-related offences, which they deny

Russia steps up train blast probe

Russian police are appealing for witnesses following a bomb blast which derailed an express train north of Moscow on Friday, killing 25 people. The BBC’s Richard Galpin, in Moscow, says investigators want to talk to a group of people seen close to the scene shortly before the derailment

Listening in

By Juan Paullier BBC Mundo Charges of blackmail and espionage have led to arrests and several rows between a number of Latin American countries. In October, the Venezuelan authorities detained two Colombian nationals they accused of being spies. And earlier this month, diplomatic relations between Chile and Peru were tested, after it emerged that a Peruvian aviation official gave the Chilean government secret documents revealing his government’s arms purchases until 2021.

Stress points

Alan Johnston makes his first visit to the Palestinian territories since his kidnap two years ago, and finds that the building of Israeli settlements on the West Bank and East Jerusalem is still as contentious as any issue in the Middle East. We had been at a political rally

Russian train crash bomb theory

The authorities in Russia are treating the crash of an express train in which at least 25 people were killed as a possible act of terrorism. A crater has been found near the track, raising suspicions that a bomb may have been used to derail the train. The prosecutor-general has opened a criminal case on terrorism charges, Russian news agencies report

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