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WORLD
Dr Oz steps in to assist woman who collapsed at Trump rally as president asks staff to play a song while they wait
First six days of the Iran War cost more than $11.3B, Pentagon tells Congress in closed-door briefing: report
Trump calls woman journalist a ‘rotten reporter’ after she asks why the FBI has seized Arizona voting records
Congress calls for oversight following reports US military is using AI to help determine which sites in Iran to attack
Trump refers to Iran conflict as ‘a little excursion’
UK
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online
How Iran war is affecting ‘volatile’ UK housing market
UK aid spending lacks clear priorities and often isn’t value for money, watchdog warns
Pressure mounts on Starmer to fix student loans as MPs launch inquiry
‘Perilous’ financial position of NHS trusts laid bare as £780m deficit revealed
SPORTS
Liam Rosenior admits Chelsea paid price for ‘crazy’ end to first leg at PSG
Mikel Arteta: Arsenal need to improve in second leg against Bayer Leverkusen
Pep Guardiola: Man City have ‘not much’ chance against Real but will always try
Federico Valverde caps superb night for Real Madrid’s understudies as Pep Guardiola gets it wrong
Liam Rosenior takes blame for Jorgensen mistake as Chelsea suffer late collapse against PSG
BUSINESS
Homebuyer demand falling but surveyors expect sales and prices to rise – survey
FTSE 100 falls as Iran war lifts inflation fears
International Energy Agency to release record oil reserves to calm markets
How AI and agentisation are safeguarding margins in volatile markets
‘Troubling reports’ of sudden heating oil price hikes and cancelled orders across UK
TECH
SCI
Chinese virologists develop vaccine-carrying mosquitoes to immunise bats against rabies and Nipah
Dementia becomes leading cause of death in Australia as experts call for ‘shift in thinking’ about disease
Science reveals the real weather of Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings
‘Peculiar’ ancient crocodile walked on four legs as a baby – before switching to two
Strange dinosaur species found with hundreds of stones in its throat named after funk band
POLITICS
UK aid spending lacks clear priorities and often isn’t value for money, watchdog warns
Pressure mounts on Starmer to fix student loans as MPs launch inquiry
Peers vote to scrap non-crime hate incidents months after Met Police said it would stop investigating them
What to know about Al Quds Day after this year’s march was banned
Starmer ‘will not tolerate’ energy companies exploiting Middle East crisis for profit
HEALTH
Carole Middleton borrows from Kate’s wardrobe for Cheltenham outfit
Hidden Valley is hiring ‘Ranch-bassadors’ to travel Europe and test ranch on local food
Nicole Kidman says ‘we’ll continue to be a family’ in first public comments about Keith Urban divorce
Katherine Heigl makes rare public appearance at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
This Morning star announces family cancer diagnosis: ‘Time stopped for a while’
ENTERTAIN
Tim Davie says BBC is operating in a ‘weaponisation’ era
Barry Keoghan used complex relationship with own father for Peaky Blinders film role
Cillian Murphy reflects on 13 years as Tommy Shelby: ‘I feel immensely proud’
Finally some good news for humans: Tilly Norwood’s AI music video is abysmal slop
Scarpetta review – Nicole Kidman’s detective drama unravels into something completely mind-boggling
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