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1. Two arrested on suspicion of murder after 12-year-old boy hit by vehicle in Essex

   Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy and a 43-year-old man, both from the Pilgrims Hatch area

2. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood dead at age 92 after being hit by car in store parking lot

   President Obama presented him a National Humanities Medal in 2011

3. ECB investigating after Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson involved in ‘incident’ at nightclub

   England have had a curfew in place since the Ashes

4. ‘Dumbest conspiracy theory ever’: CNN data guru trashes Trump’s Spencer Pratt election rant for this key reason

   CNN polling guru Harry Enten said that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass likely wanted the Republican to win anyway, since it would’ve been an easier win

5. Trump-Knicks live updates: Fans fume over canceled watch parties as courtside tickets sell for $1M

   Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson will lead the Knicks as they face off against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals

6. Chagos Islands ‘not a piece of real estate for sale’, Trump warned amid reports he wants to buy territory

   The row has exploded after new revelations that Donald Trump has considered buying the disputed islands while Keir Starmer still wants to give them away to Mauritius

7. PepsiCo is now delivering Doritos and soft drinks to stores using driverless trucks

   The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is actively lobbying against the rollout, as PepsiCo acknowledges the technology will ultimately limit future workforce growth

8. Nationwide boss sees pay packet nearly double after Virgin Money takeover

   Chief executive Dame Debbie Crosbie took home a total package of £4.67 million for the latest financial year.

9. When is Spacex’s IPO launch? Everything to know about long-awaited initial public offering

10. US has accepted almost 6,000 refugees this year – and all are South Africans after Trump prioritised whites

    Donald Trump has insisted Afrikaners faces racial persecution and even ‘genocide’ in their home country, despite being assured otherwise by president Cyril Ramaphosa