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1. The Masters LIVE: Opening tee times, leaderboard and updates as Rory McIlroy begins title defence

   McIlroy bids to join a select group of players to win The Masters back-to-back after sensationally ending his major drought a year ago

2. Iran war briefing: US military to remain in region until ceasefire ‘fully complied with’

3. Scientists say the world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all

   Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative

4. Trump threatens ‘bigger, better, stronger’ attacks if Iran doesn’t make ‘real’ agreement

   President Trump even claimed that the US military is ‘looking forward, actually, to its next conquest’

5. Hansi Flick tears into refereeing after Barcelona suffer huge Champions League blow

   Atletico Madrid were 2-0 victors at the Camp Nou after Flick’s side went down to 10 men just before half-time

6. Pippa Middleton and husband in row with locals over closed road on their estate

   The Princess of Wales’ sister are at odds with a ramblers group

7. The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals real identity: ‘I don’t have anything to hide’

   Bestselling author reveals herself to be a doctor named Sara Cohen

8. Clarkson’s Farm producer shares reason why hit series will end

   Prime Video series is entering its fifth series later this year

9. The Masters 2026 first-round tee times and how to watch on TV

   Rory McIlroy defends his title, with Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau also tipped to win the green jacket at Augusta

10. Patient fighting for life after alleged hammer attack inside Sydney hospital

    Police arrest 46-year-old woman at the scene