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1. Liverpool hit Qarabag for six as Arne Slot uses Champions League triumph to drown out noise

   Liverpool 6-0 Qarabag:Alexis Mac Allister bagged a brace and Mohamed Salah got back in the goals as the Reds stormed their way into the Champions League last 16

2. Retired couple fear ‘scariest’ Storm Chandra flooding as major incident declared

   Lesley and John Parker, from Somerset, also criticised the Environment Agency for their response to the storm

3. Rubio grilled on whereabouts of $200m from sale of Venezuelan oil

   Senator Jeanne Shaheen pressed Marco Rubio over the fate of $200m from the sale of Venezuelan oil on Wednesday, 28 January.

4. The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

   From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

5. Tesla sees annual profit take major plunge with net income dropping over 40%

   This marks the second consecutive year of steep declines

6. Jose Mourinho’s Benfica stay alive in Champions League with last-gasp goalie goal against Real Madrid

   Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored the all-important 98th-minute header to ensure Benfica scraped into the Champions League play-off places as Real Madrid missed out on the top eight

7. Airport security rules: What you need to know about changes to 100ml liquid regulations

   Passengers at Heathrow can now leave leave laptops, tablets and liquids inside their cabin baggage where new scanners are operational

8. CCTV emerges of man throwing ‘homemade bomb’ at crowd of thousands in Australia

   CCTV has been released of a man allegedly throwing a “homemade” nail bomb at a crowd in Australia, just one month after 15 people were shot dead on Bondi Beach.

9. Husband testifies he did not plot wife's killing in double murder trial connected to au pair affair

   A man charged with killing his wife and another man testifying in his case about his relationship with his family's au pair in the months before the killings

10. Kai Havertz urged to take Arsenal ‘to another level’ after goal against Kairat

    The German notched his first goal in almost a year.