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1. Weather warnings in place as snow and ice set to hit parts of UK

2. Man drove for miles along M1 motorway after car lost wheel in crash

   Omar Makhluf banned from driving for almost five years after continuing journey on motorway in damaged car

3. The islands off Iran's southern coast are key to its economy and security. What to know about them

   A top Iranian official is warning that attacks on the Persian Gulf islands that form Iran’s southern maritime frontier would provoke a new level of retaliation

4. Google just made its biggest ever acquisition. And you might never have heard of it

   Israeli startup Wiz cost more than double the amount Google spent on Motorola, its previous record acquisition

5. Iran-US war latest: Supreme leader statement threatens new attacks on US bases and warns Iran will ‘avenge martyrs’

   Iranian state media issued a defiant first message for the United States on Thursday reportedly written by Mojtaba Khamenei

6. Politics latest: No 10 denies ‘cover-up’ over Mandelson as Starmer admits appointing him was a ‘mistake’

   Sir Keir Starmer was warned there was a ‘general reputational risk’ in appointing Lord Mandelson to the role

7. Hockey player who lost family in Rhode Island shooting scores winning goal in double overtime

   Nearly a month after losing three family members in a Rhode Island ice rink shooting, Colin Dorgan scored a game-winning goal in double overtime that helped advance the Blackstone Valley Co-op out of the semifinals

8. Morrissey calls off concert in Spain after local festivities deprived him of sleep

   British rock star Morrissey won’t perform a concert in Valencia after festivities in the Spanish city kept him from getting a proper night’s rest

9. Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

   After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury will listen to closing arguments before heading to the deliberation room to decide whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms

10. Trump-backed candidate seemingly recreates MLK shooting in resurfaced video

    Herrera was endorsed by Trump on Wednesday, just before the video resurfaced