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1. HS2 starts digging Euston tunnel despite station funding doubts

   Old Oak Common will be the London terminus for HS2 services when they start because of delays in developing Euston station

2. Trump officially pulls US out of landmark Paris climate agreement for second time

   The US stands as the only country ever to have withdrawn from the pact. It is alongside Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries not party to the agreement

3. Matt Goodwin: GB News presenter who ate page of his book after wrong election prediction unveiled as Reform candidate

   Reform UK announce candidate in highly-anticipated Gorton and Denton by-election

4. Judge slams ICE for ‘extraordinary violations’ and orders chief to appear in court

5. Original Harry Potter star warns young actors in new series ‘don’t be dragged down by the noise’

   A fresh crop of young actors will play the Hogwarts students in HBO’s TV adaptation

6. More migrants come to UK than leave under ‘one in, one out’ deal with France, home secretary admits

   Shabana Mahmood admits that ‘relatively small numbers’ of migrants have been deported from or brought into the UK through the one in, one out scheme with France

7. Trump holds late-night crisis talks with Kristi Noem amid reports her job is at serious risk

   The Oval Office meeting, also attended by top aides and the White House press secretary, was instigated by Noem herself and lasted for almost two hours

8. Man City boss Pep Guardiola continues criticism of ‘sensitive’ referees

   Guardiola accused Farai Hallam, who was taking charge of his first Premier League game, of attempting to make the story about himself against Wolves.

9. Trump is a bigger threat to Nato than Putin, says alliance’s former commander

   The American leader imperilled the future of the alliance with repeated threats to seize Greenland and attacks on European allies. General Richard Shirreff tells Maira Butt that the US President has turned the international order into a ‘dead duck’

10. 430,000-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found

    Alder digging or scraping tool found at lake-side site used for animal butchery