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1. Valentina Gomez: Anti-Islam campaigner makes threat after being banned from entering the UK

2. Florida man to be executed over 1990 murder

3. Nissan Micra review – Britain’s favourite learner car is back as a cool EV

   Nissan’s Micra returns as a fully electric supermini, sharing much with the Renault 5 but adding its own distinctive style and character – and it could be one of the most relevant EVs yet

4. Grandson of Duke’s legendary Coach K facing DWI charges after fatal e-bike crash

   Joseph Savarino’s blood-alcohol concentration was at 0.11 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08, according to authorities

5. Trump says Starmer made ‘really bad pick’ in Peter Mandelson

   The US president weighs in on the scandal over Keir Starmer’s appointment

6. Starmer-Mandelson latest: Olly Robbins suggests PM should have blocked peer’s appointment over Epstein links

   Sacked civil servant tells MPs No 10 wanted Mandelson in Washington as quickly as ‘humanly possible’

7. Why visitors will have to drink cow urine to enter holy Indian temple

8. Nigeria charges 6 with treason over alleged coup plot

   Nigerian authorities say they have charged six people with terrorism and treason over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, according to charge sheet seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday

9. Jerusalem’s ‘self-demolition’ crisis: Palestinians forced to tear down their own homes

   Growing number of Palestinians forced to carry out ‘self-demolitions’ in Jerusalem to escape Israeli enforcement costs, writes Khalil Mousa

10. Coronation Street hints at shock death as Betsy makes grim discovery

    Coronation Street has hinted at a shock death in the show’s new teaser trailer.