BERLIN, March 20 (Reuters) - Britain is ready to help Poland fill its air defense gaps caused by Warsaw sending some of its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine but Poland has not yet made such requests, British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey was quoted as saying on Monday.

(AP) - The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for quietly walking to class instead of stopping and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are suing the teacher, principal, school district and state education officials.

The principal promised to look at the video of the encounter and sent her back to class, but Barnwell said he never let her know that the teacher was wrong and she was right. Barnwell was then sent to the principal's office, which she said was humiliating because she feared she was in trouble.

E-commerce powerhouse Alibaba, which became China's first regulatory target late last year, is expected to post a 12% decline in profit in the quarter.

Revenue will likely rise 32%, the slowest in a year.

It would take the support of at least 24 of the league's 32 owners to oust him. Team owners did not vote on the matter on Tuesday but Irsay said he believed there was enough support for Snyder's potential removal, pending the outcome of the NFL investigation.

Barnwell's parents are suing the River Bluff High School teacher, the principal, Lexington School District 1, and the South Carolina Education Department in federal court, saying they violated the girl's civil rights and her First Amendment rights to both free speech or not to speak at all.

NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said "serious consideration" should be given to removing Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, as National Football League (NFL) team owners convened in New York for a quarterly meeting.

Beijing has reasserted control over its once-freewheeling internet sector, punishing well-known names for engaging in what were previously considered regular market practices and drafting new rules to change how they compete and engage users.

Baidu, China's biggest search engine operator, is expected to report that quarterly profit plunged 80%, hurt by a slump in advertising revenue from tutoring centres that have been barred from offering private, for-profit tutoring on the school curriculum.

Poland last week said it would send Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in coming days, making it the first of Kyiv's allies to provide such aircraft and possibly creating a need to ramp up Poland's air defense equipment.

SHANGHAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - China's biggest listed companies Tencent and Alibaba are expected to report a fall in profits and slowing revenue growth in the July-September quarter, hurt by the year-long regulatory crackdown that has upended its tech industry.

Still, with a recent slowdown in the pace of new regulatory missives that has stoked market optimism, investors will watch closely for clues on whether the worst is over and executives are likely be quizzed on their expectations on conference calls.

Tencent Holdings Ltd - the country's largest firm by market value and its first big tech name to report earnings on Wednesday - is expected to post a 12% fall in quarterly profit, its first drop in two years, according to Refinitiv data.

Miss Vuiev, who ran a marketing agency in Kyiv before the war and now combines two nights' bar work a week in the village pub, The Bear, with comms work, said: ‘We have so much support here from the villagers, they've been so welcoming, and it's nice to have other Ukrainians around us.

The gaming giant's revenue is expected to rise 16.4%, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2019, after the government imposed new limits on the amount of time minors can spend playing video games.

But the resilient and thankful family has kept in touch - and recently told the Vachers how they overcame the lack of electricity and heat in their snowy homeland with a generator - ordered from Amazon in the UK and delivered to them with the help of other Ukrainians staying in the village.

Polly Vacher, 78, a former music teacher who became an amateur pilot aged 50 and has flown solo around the world twice in a single engine aircraft, and her husband Peter, 79, a retired printing firm boss, were a driving force behind the initiative.

A handful of other Ukrainian refugees in the village are considering similar trips. Miss Vuiev said: ‘It's maybe difficult to understand from the outside - why do you want to go and stay there without any light or electricity and risk danger?

Just over the road, Oleksandr Maiboroda, 62, his wife Olena, 41, and sons Hryhorii, 17, and Andrii, 13, from Donetsk, have been given a comfortable home in a converted former stables at their host family's property.

The youngster, who also went on a summer camp for Ukrainian children earlier this year run by Mail Force - the charity set up by the Mail - added: ‘I like trying the things here: I'd read Paddington but never had marmalade.