An Arctic air mass has brought record-breaking low temperatures to several places in the US.

The Arctic blast, which began in Siberia, has brought heavy snow and ice to many areas.

Daily records have been set in states including Kansas and Illinois. Forecasters say hundreds of records could be matched or broken this week.

Hillary Clinton 'under enormous pressure' to run in 2020

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All six Friends actors are in talks for a one-off unscripted reunion show, according to reports in the US.

The Hollywood Reporter and Variety claim the special programme would be shown on new streaming site HBO Max.

However it would apparently not involve fully reviving the hit sitcom, which ran from 1994-2004.

Royal Mail has won its legal battle to prevent a postal strike after the High Court backed its application for an injunction.

The decision is a setback for union plans to stage strikes in the run-up to the general election and Christmas.

If the action had gone ahead, it would have been Royal Mail's first national postal strike in a decade. In the 2017-18 financial year, Royal Mail delivered about 14.4 billion letters and 1.2 billion parcels.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has rowed back on comments that he would not back a Scottish independence referendum in the "first term" of a new government.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the SNP will not help Mr Corbyn into power unless he accepts the "principle" of a second referendum.

Mr Corbyn initially told reporters that this would not happen in the first five-year term of a Labour government.

He later clarified that it would not be a priority in the "early years".

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Head coach Eddie Jones says he is not over England's Rugby World Cup final defeat by South Africa.

England lost 32-12 in Yokohama this month as the Springboks' scrum dominance and their own inaccuracies proved key.

"It goes through your head all the time, it is not something that gets lost easily," Jones told BBC Sport.

"We will learn from what happened in that final, but the next thing is the most important thing we do."

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The first series featured Five, 911, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Blue, Honeyz and Liberty X.

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Referees' chief Mike Riley has told Premier League clubs that "improvement is required" with the video assistant referee system.

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Twelve teams competed, the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica, the latter of which competed in the Copa América for the first time. Uruguay were the defending champions, but were eliminated by the host nation Chile in the quarter-finals. Chile won their first title by defeating Argentina in the final on a penalty shootout after a goalless draw. As winners, they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

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England will take part in Euro 2020.

England qualify for Euro 2020: Blueprint for success at 'home' tournament

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Taylor Swift has said her performance at the upcoming American Music Awards (AMAs) is in doubt because she is being barred from performing her own songs.

In a message to fans on social media, the singer said music managers Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta would not let her perform songs from her past albums, which they own the rights to.

She said a Netflix documentary about her life had also been put in jeopardy.