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1. Over 100 migrants rescued by French coastguard after attempted English Channel crossing

2. Heavy flooding in southern China forces evacuations and leaves vehicles submerged

   Heavy flooding from torrential rain submerged vehicles and forced the evacuation of more than 200 residents in a southern Chinese city

3. Iran-US war latest: Trump considers Tehran’s latest peace proposal as Germany warns he’s being ‘humiliated’

   Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ‌said Trump's bottom line demands remain the same

4. Why Carlos Alcaraz’s injury is the French Open’s worst nightmare

   Alcaraz’s absence from Roland Garros due to a wrist injury will ask the question men’s tennis has been facing: is it too reliant on his rivalry with Jannik Sinner?

5. The contrast at the heart of the Champions League semi-finals – and what it says about football’s future

   Serial winners Bayern Munich and PSG carry confidence into their tie while Arsenal and Atletico Madrid have psychological hurdles to overcome, setting up two very different paths to the final

6. Jimmy Kimmel addresses controversy over Melania ‘widow’ joke after Trump called for him to be fired

7. World Snooker Championship 2026: Results, schedule and how to watch every match

   Zhao Xintong, Judd Trump and more are battling to lift the trophy at Sheffield’s iconic Crucible Theatre – but Ronnie O’Sullivan is out

8. At least 14 dead and dozens injured after crash between two passenger trains in Indonesia

   Long-distance train crashes into ‘women only’ car of stationary commuter train

9. Trump shooting latest: Suspect charged with attempted assassination of president while Jimmy Kimmel explains Melania joke

   In his first show since President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump called for him to be fired over a joke, Jimmy Kimmel claimed a comment he made was being misunderstood in the wake of the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

10. Australia unveils laws that could force tech giants like Google and Meta to pay for news

    Tax could be about 2.25 per cent of a platform’s Australian revenue