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1. Further delays to US flights expected after FAA issue
- Normal air traffic operations are slowly resuming in the US after hours of delays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
- It follows a problem with the system that alerts pilots to potential hazards on flight routes.
- Airports nationwide were affected, from Denver to Atlanta to New York City.

2. The mystery buses behind Brazil Congress attack
- Hundreds of the protestors who stormed Brazil's Congress have been arrested but mystery still surrounds the identity of the people pulling the strings.
- Two months ago, 60-year-old Odair boarded a bus in the southeastern state of Parana, bound for Brazil's capital more than 1,460 km away.
- While he claims he did not participate in the riot at Brazil's Congress on 8 January, he was among the more than 1,500 taken into custody by police at nearby Bolsonaro supporters' encampments in the immediate aftermath.

3. Iran protests: Jailed activist Sepidah Qolian describes brutality in letter
- One of Iran's most prominent female activists has described how confessions are forced out of prisoners, in a letter written inside a notorious jail.
- Sepideh Qolian has been serving a five-year sentence since 2018 after being convicted of acting "against national security" for supporting a strike.
- Writing from Evin prison, she describes the brutal treatment of her and other detainees by interrogators.
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