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West Ham UnitedAntonio injury may force West Ham to look at short-term January loan optionsStriker may face up to six weeks out limiting attacking depthMove for Wolves defender Kilman dependant on Aguerd leavingMichail Antonio could be out for six weeks with his latest knee injury, which in turn may force West Ham to alter their transfer plans this month. David Moyes is already facing disruption to his frontline after Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paquetá limped off in West Ham’s 1-1 draw with Bristol City in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter grills the housing and urban development secretary, Ben Carson, on a series of mortgage-related policy questions that he is unable to answer. In an uncomfortable exchange, Porter asks Carson about 'REOs', a basic term related to foreclosure, to which he replies: 'An Oreo ...' ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaK2jYrumw9JomZ6mXZius7%2FOpw%3D%3D

TV reviewTelevisionReviewSensuous lighting and smart camerawork showcase beautiful period details and astonishing couture in this biography of the fashion great. It’s a fitting tribute to a wonderful craftsman ‘Fashion isn’t what it used to be,” a journalist purrs at a couturier outside the funeral of Coco Chanel in the opening minutes of Disney+’s latest biographical series. And in the case of the couturier in question, Cristóbal Balenciaga, it really isn’t.

ExperienceLife and styleThe audience thought it was part of the play and gave us a round of applause. I remember thinking I was about to die When I was cast in a travelling production of Hamlet in 2011, I was very nervous – Hamlet has an awful lot of lines. But I was 24 at the time, and having a leading role was a big deal. We performed the show for six weeks without a hitch in a Dublin theatre.

Dear MariellaSexual healthOur imagination can be an outlet for things we wouldn’t do or condone, but craving to be controlled might be worth exploring with a therapist, says Mariella Frostrup The Dilemma I am a woman in my early 20s, about to graduate from university and consider myself very independent with a healthy, normal, happy life. About two years ago I started watching porn. I didn’t even know what to look for, then I began to develop my own tastes and searched for specific things.

Jayne Mansfield draws the attention of Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane in 1959. Photograph: PA ArchiveJayne Mansfield draws the attention of Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane in 1959. Photograph: PA ArchiveThe ObserverMovies This article is more than 5 years oldSiren, satanist or comic genius? The myths of Jayne MansfieldThis article is more than 5 years oldA new film released 50 years after Jayne Mansfield’s death aims to reveal the truth about her short, scandalous life

Sticks poking out of the sand are all that remain of Hussein Karshe’s first home in Hobyo, which he built in 1993 and where his six children were born. His second home nearby has also been abandoned because of the sand. Photograph: Nuur MohamedAs deforestation and fierce winds compound the climate crisis-driven drought, sand dunes are burying the medieval port of Hobyo. Will pledges to green the desert save families already displaced by war?

A bearded pig on Borneo where numbers have declined by 90% to 100% since African swine fever arrived on the island in 2021. Photograph: John Sullivan/AlamyA bearded pig on Borneo where numbers have declined by 90% to 100% since African swine fever arrived on the island in 2021. Photograph: John Sullivan/AlamyThe age of extinctionAfrican swine fever‘The pigs have disappeared’: swine fever threatens food source for millions as disease hits wild herdsScientists call for urgent intervention, as bearded pig populations are devastated by the deadly virus on islands such as Borneo

Top 10sFictionThe stark extremes of this forbidding territory have provided a brilliant setting for writers from Mary Shelley to Alistair MacLean In 1879, Henry James famously complained that the US offered little in the way of useful raw material for the serious writer. Compared to Europe, his homeland seemed a place of absences: “no country gentlemen, no palaces, nor manors, nor old country houses … no great universities nor public schools.