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1. Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 official with old rivals to box at Sphere in Las Vegas

   The boxing icons will meet in a professional bout, 11 years after they contested the biggest fight in the history of their sport

2. Everton vs Man United live: Carrick sends on Sesko in search of breakthrough goal in Premier League

   Michael Carrick’s side come into the match knowing a win would send them back into the Champions League positions

3. Mother of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane asked for son to be admitted to hospital after outburst, inquiry told

   A public inquiry into failures by NHS and police forces leading up to Valdo Calocane’s triple-killing has opened

4. Kentucky man covered in fur arrested after he is found having sex with a deer, cops say

   Allen Osborne, a 32-year-old from Owensboro, was charged with sexual crimes against an animal

5. A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance

   New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts

6. Flu claims more children’s lives in the US this season

7. A colorful 'flour war' in Greece marks the start of Lent, in photos

   Residents and visitors in the Greek seaside town of Galaxidi joyfully throw bags of dyed flour at each other, erupting into a chaotic “flour war.” The event marks the end of carnival festivities and the start of Lent.

8. Freezer staple sold by Aldi recalled in US after customer complaint

9. Trump joked he is being forced to invite the women’s hockey team to DC. Now, they’ve turned down his request

   The president joked to the men’s team that he would be ‘impeached’ if he didn’t also invite the gold-winning women’s team as well, a remark that prompted laughter

10. Ukraine war in numbers: The bleak toll of Putin’s invasion after four devastating years

    Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Alex Croft looks at the human cost and how it has transformed the future of warfare