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1. Netflix show breaks viewership records with final season

2. Food banks face winter surge as record six parcels a minute to be delivered in festive season

   Almost three quarters of a million food parcels were provided for children last winter

3. Trump says strikes on land would be ‘much easier’ than at sea

4. China spy case collapsed due to ‘systemic failures’, not conspiracy, damning report reveals

   Government warned against dismissing the case as a ‘one-off’ caused by outdated espionage laws, warning parallels in new legislation must be handled carefully to prevent a similar issue happening again

5. White House suddenly drops ‘Oval Office logs’ claiming to show Trump’s 12-hour days after reports about president’s ‘fatigue’

   By releasing the logs, the White House is attempting to counter a narrative that Trump is slowing down with age

6. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin aide warns peace deal ‘no closer’ after five-hour talks with Trump envoys

   Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has left Moscow after talks failed to achieve a significant breakthrough

7. Keir Starmer to face PMQs amid continued Budget questions

   The OECD has warned tax hikes and reduced spending will act as a ‘headwind’ to the UK economy over the next two years.

8. Why intrusive thoughts and psychotic-like experiences are ‘common’ among new parents

   Experts discovered that individuals navigating new parenthood frequently experience high levels of unwanted and distressing ideas and images

9. Joe Marler thought he would have to pay to take part in Celebrity Traitors

   ‘To be able to sit around the same table as, like, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross, Celia Imrie, and have the ability to like, tell them to shut up, or grow up, or just outwit them,’ says the Rugby star

10. Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned over ‘misleading’ claims

    The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said all three brands failed to provide evidence to support claims made