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1. Meet DARA, Bulgaria’s first ever Eurovision Song Contest champion

   Pop singer released her latest album last year, which was inspired by her diagnosis with ADHD as an adult

2. Tension, tears and Bangaranga: Bulgaria wins a historic, fraught Eurovision Song Contest

   Contest was viewed by an estimated 120 million people, with Bulgaria beating Israel thanks to a huge score in the public vote

3. Eurovision 2026 live: Bulgaria wins nail-biting final as Israel comes second and UK comes dead last

   Bulgaria’s DARA wins with her song ‘Bangaranga’, while Israel landed in a close second place for the second year running

4. Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face judicial proceedings in US

   Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap

5. Rory McIlroy in the hunt as Alex Smalley takes control at US PGA Championship

   A five-strong group featuring Jon Rahm, Ludvig Aberg and England’s Aaron Rai are two shots adrift.

6. Eurovision 2026: Bulgaria crowned winner in spectacular final in Vienna, with Israel second

7. Rousey vs Carano LIVE: Start time, undercard, fight updates and results as Francis Ngannou and Nate Diaz star

   Ronda Rousey fights for the first time in 10 years, and Gina Carano for the first time since 2009, while the undercard features more star names

8. Bid to host Olympics and Paralympics in north of England in 2040s officially begins

   Initial stage will determine costs, benefits and viability of hosting the Games in the north of England

9. When is Rousey vs Carano? Start time, undercard and how to watch fight tonight

   Rousey and Carano will emerge from retirement to fight one another, many years after each last competed

10. Sewage tank explodes after train smashes into truck in dramatic video

    Driver left with life-threatening injuries after colliding with freight train in Virginia