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1. Vladimir Putin suffers coughing fit in video deleted by the Kremlin

   Video of 73-year-old Russian leader reportedly posted ‘by mistake’ and then replaced with one without coughs

2. Bam! Heat's Adebayo scores 83 points, 2nd only to Wilt Chamberlain in NBA history

   It’s Wilt, then Bam

3. Eddie Howe says Newcastle ‘showed we can play against the very best’

   Lamine Yamal’s last-gasp penalty denied the Magpies victory over Barcelona.

4. Pentagon says US sunk 16 mine-laying ships after Trump threatens Iran over reports of mines in the Strait of Hormuz

   The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway bordered in the north by Iran that carries about a fifth of the world’s oil supply

5. Son of British couple trapped in Tehran prison asks Trump for help after being ‘let down’ by British government

   Joe Bennett is travelling to the US to lobby Trump for support as the US ramps up strikes on Iran

6. Indian restaurants warn they could close as Iran war sparks cooking gas shortage

   India invoked emergency powers, compelling domestic refiners to boost production for local consumption

7. Tottenham defeat leaves supporters’ trust calling for ’emergency action’

   Igor Tudor lost his fourth match in a row and Spurs suffered six consecutive defeats for the first time in their history.

8. North Korean leader Kim watches cruise missile tests with his daughter

   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter have observed tests of strategic cruise missiles fired from a warship as North Korea threatened responses to U.S.-South Korean military drills

9. Dudamel says Chalamet shows ignorance in claiming 'no one cares' about opera and ballet

   Gustavo Dudamel is pushing back after Timothée Chalamet said “no one cares” about opera and ballet

10. Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East has no idea how or when war with Iran will end: ‘I don’t know’

    President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was ‘very complete’ a day before the U.S. sunk 16 Iranian mine-laying ships in the Strait of Hormuz