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Good morning. Labour MP Diane Abbott has said she believes Labour wants to oust her, after being suspended from the party for a second time. In Somerset, a child has died and two others have been seriously injured after a coach crash. We'll also discover the secrets frozen inside the oldest ice on Earth. Plus it's Friday, so don't forget to try your hand at our Quiz of the Week . 

MP Diane Abbott has told BBC's Newsnight that "it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out", after being suspended by the party pending an investigation. It comes after a BBC interview in which the MP was asked about a 2023 controversy, when she was suspended for a year over comments about racism. In a letter to the Observer newspaper, she wrote that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people "undoubtedly experience prejudice" that is "similar to racism... but they are not all their lives subject to racism." Asked by the BBC's James Naughtie if she looked back on the incident with regret, she said: "No, not at all." 

A child has died and two others have been seriously injured after a coach bringing pupils back from a school trip on Thursday overturned and fell 20ft down a bank. Of the approximately 70 people on board, 21 were taken to hospital. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on X: "A heartbreaking update on the school bus crash... All my thoughts are with their parents, family and friends, and all those affected."

The identities of more than 100 British officials, including secret personal data of special forces and spies, were compromised in a data breach that also put thousands of Afghans at risk of reprisal, it was revealed yesterday. It follows the government's admission on Tuesday that the data of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had worked with the British had been inadvertently leaked. Read more .