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1. Starmer latest: Streeting’s scathing resignation letter to PM fires starting gun on leadership race

   The former health secretary said he had ‘lost confidence’ in Starmer’s leadership

2. Cuba facing severe energy crisis as supplies of Russian oil run dry

   Trump has imposed a blockade on Cuba and threatened tariffs on any countries that provide it with fuel

3. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow pounds cities with over 1,500 drones in largest two-day aerial attack since war began

   Zelensky says Kyiv is worst affected in overnight strikes targeting schools, a veterinary clinic and people's homes

4. Farage ‘bought £1.4m house after receiving £5m donation from crypto billionaire’

   Reform UK leader facing an parliamentary investigation for not declaring the multi-million pound gift

5. Who could replace Starmer as prime minister? Here are the top contenders for a Labour leadership battle

   Angela Rayner said Keir Starmer should consider resigning, while Wes Streeting has now resigned and is expected to launch a leadership bid, and reports suggest that Andy Burnham might have found a seat to run in

6. Brigitte Macron breaks silence on claims she slapped Emmanuel after seeing texts from actress

   An Elysée official said last year the president and his wife were only ‘having a laugh’ when she appeared to push him in the face

7. A Fourth Wing TV series is coming to Prime Video — here’s everything you need to know

   Basgiath War College is about to be brought to life on screen

8. ‘Where we need vision, we have a vacuum’: Wes Streeting’s scathing resignation letter in full

   The former health secretary accused Sir Keir of creating a ‘vacuum’ where the country needed a ‘vision’

9. Reeves warns ‘now is not the time’ for change as rumours swirl about Labour leadership contest

   Her comments come at a fraught time for Sir Keir Starmer

10. Trump sticks to the script as he lauds ‘special relationship’ with China and invites Xi to White House in September

    President Trump thanked Xi for ‘magnificent welcome’ at lavish banquet in ornate hall attended by US delegation which included Elon Musk and Tim Cook