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WORLD
Danish prime minister calls early election after Greenland spat with Trump
Pro-Trump lawyers push president for emergency order to expand his power ahead of midterm elections: reports
Man arrested by ICE agent after reporting his car stolen launches lawsuit
Trump sends steep list of U.S. demands and preps for further strikes as Iran claims ‘significant progress’ in nuclear talks
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asks judge to toss out indictment against him
UK
Leading pollster expresses concerns over voting in crucial Gorton and Denton by-election
Starmer ‘supporting’ talks between US and Iran after Trump threatens military action
Gorton and Denton by-election live: Polls close in pivotal three-way battle between Labour, Greens and Reform
Police smash down door in dawn raid on £300,000 London phone snatching gang
Man jailed after planting fake bomb outside shop ‘as a joke’
SPORTS
Crystal Palace reach the Conference League last 16. This could be a a season-defining moment
Vitor Pereira reveals he ‘took risk’ shaking up Forest team against Fenerbahce
Stephen Bunting triumphs in Belfast after Luke Littler suffers another setback
Nottingham Forest survive Fenerbahce fireworks on and off the pitch to progress in Europa League
Benfica deny claims Gianluca Prestianni admitted to racially abusing Vinicius Jr
BUSINESS
Gains for Rolls-Royce and LSEG offset mining slump
Major UK supermarket to stop selling mackerel in coming weeks
Rolls-Royce profits soar after major UK and US defence orders
Santander ‘quietly dilutes’ targets to cut emissions in oil and gas financing
Ocado axing around 1,000 workers amid cost-cutting overhaul
TECH
SCI
Are one in 200 men alive today truly descendants of Genghis Khan?
Scientists create world’s first tomatoes that smell like ‘buttered popcorn’
Caribou found eating own body part to survive after epic Arctic migration: ‘My jaw dropped’
POLITICS
Gorton and Denton by-election live: Polls close in pivotal three-way battle between Labour, Greens and Reform
Leading pollster expresses concerns over voting in crucial Gorton and Denton by-election
Starmer ‘supporting’ talks between US and Iran after Trump threatens military action
Labour MP with £50,000 in student debt calls on Starmer to reform loans system
Esther Rantzen accuses peers of ‘sabotage’ as assisted dying bill looks set to fail
HEALTH
Meghan mixes affordable and luxury in Zara style staples on her trip to Jordan with Harry
Cottage cheese sold at Walmart recalled in 24 states due to ‘significant health risk’
Burger King announces changes to its signature Whopper for the first time in a decade
Meghan Markle hugs tearful mother of cancer patient on Middle East trip
Meghan comforts emotional mother of cancer patient with long embrace on Middle East trip
ENTERTAIN
Netflix refuses to raise bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, paving way for Paramount takeover
Pink dismisses rumors of separation from husband Carey Hart as ‘fake news’
Netflix declines to raise bid for Warner Bros, deal is ‘no longer financially attractive’
Flavor Flav turns Trump’s snub of US women’s hockey team into full weekend celebration in Vegas
Queer Eye star reveals he lost major film role to Stanley Tucci
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