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Real Madrid has topped the table of the world's 20 richest football clubs, displacing Manchester United with record revenues of €750.9m (£674.6m). Man Utd slipped to third with Barcelona making it the first Spanish one-two since 2014-15, said Deloitte. Its Football Money League, based on season 2017-18, also shows the combined revenues of the top 20 clubs has risen 6% to €8.3bn (£7.4bn), a new record. There were a record six English Premier League clubs in the top 10. 'Outstanding performance' The list, the 22nd of its kind, only looks at revenues and does not take into account club debts. This gap this year between the top two places was the second widest yet, with €60.5m between the leading pair. Real Madrid won their third successive Champions League, beating Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev last May. That helped raise income for Los Blancos, who have now topped Deloitte's money league 12 times. The club experienced commercial growth of €54.8m, including

A Manhattan apartment has just been sold for $238m (£183m) - the most expensive home ever sold in the US. The property, in the luxury 220 Central Park South building, has four floors and - naturally - overlooks the famous New York park. The buyer is billionaire Ken Griffin, founder of the hedge fund Citadel. Mr Griffin, 50, also made headlines on Monday for buying another high-priced property - a $124m house near Buckingham Palace in London. Inside Silicon Valley's Palo Alto penthouse Most expensive city for expats revealed He already holds records for buying the most expensive apartments in Miami, which he bought for $60m in 2015, and in Chicago, which he spent almost $59m on last year. The billionaire also owns three other luxury homes in Chicago, six in the Palm Beach area of Florida, and two homes in Hawaii. Skip Instagram post by ramsarchitects Report End of Instagram post by ramsarchitects Before he bought the Central Park flat, the most expensi

Media caption The voice message Emiliano Sala sent on missing plane The search for missing footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has been called off after rescuers failed to find their plane. Cardiff City's Argentine striker, 28, and Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire,  were on the aircraft that disappeared from radar  on Monday. After three days of scouring the English Channel, authorities made the decision to abandon the search. But Sala's sister Romina pleaded with rescuers to keep looking for him. Guernsey Police  tweeted  at 15:15 GMT to say rescuers were "no longer actively searching" for the plane. Harbourmaster Capt David Barker said the chances of survival were "extremely remote". "We reviewed all the information available to us, as well as knowing what emergency equipment was on board, and have taken the difficult decision to end the search," he added. Skip Facebook post by BBC Wales

The futures of more than a million Nigerian university students are on hold as a lecturers' strike drags on less than a month before a presidential election, as Yemisi Adegoke reports from Lagos. Olamide Tejuoso had been looking forward to the start of 2019. She was expecting to be a fresh graduate beginning her career with a paid internship at a media company. The first step in realising her dream of becoming a writer after four years of studying at the University of Ibadan. But instead of excitement, the communications student feels frustrated because of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Students at Nigeria's state-funded universities have not resumed their studies due to an indefinite nationwide strike by academic staff that began in November. Image caption There have been complaints about poor facilities like this science classroom at the University of Port Harcourt The union has accused the government of failing to honour p

Conjoined twins - you're unlikely to see them. Only a tiny number are born each year, the vast majority of which are stillborn or die soon after birth. Marieme and Ndeye are the exceptions. At two years and eight months, they live in Cardiff, having moved with their father, Ibrahima Ndiaye, 50, from their birth place of Senegal. It's been a journey of hardship, with the family swapping a prosperous existence for one of hostels and food banks. The girls are now safe, but a shadow looms. Marieme's heart is weak - so weak, she may die. If this happens, her stronger sister Ndeye will die with her. At the moment, the twins grow each day and delight in life. But in the coming years, an unimaginable choice may lie before Ibrahima. Should he let surgeons attempt separation - risking the life of both girls, but particularly Marieme's? Or should he let both girls die together? Two girls, one body The conjoined twins whose fi