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1. Archbishop of Canterbury pleads for end to Middle East violence

2. Iran rejects call for temporary ceasefire to reopen Hormuz and says peace talks ‘incompatible’ with threats

   The US president appears to have extended his stated deadline for strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure to Tuesday evening

3. Meghan shares rare glimpse of Archie and Lilibet at home in Easter update

   The Duchess of Sussex shared new videos of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet celebrating Easter on her Instagram page on Sunday (5 April).

4. Waitrose worker sacked after 17 years for confronting Easter egg thief

5. Tributes paid to father killed after being hit by car as police arrest five on suspicion of murder

   Liam Green was hit by the white Volkswagen at around 5pm on Friday

6. Warning thousands of black men will die of prostate cancer in next decade without targeted screening

   One survivor said it felt ‘as if the government are playing russian roulette’ with the lives of black men who are twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as white men

7. Iran intelligence chief killed in alleged US-Israeli attack

8. Majid Khademi: Intelligence chief for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed in US-Israeli airstrike

   Khademi becomes latest key figure from Iranian leadership to be confirmed killed by strikes

9. Gray whale spotted swimming up huge US river has died

   A marine mammal research group suspects hunger may have driven the whale to new hunting grounds

10. Hungary alleges scheme to blow up gas pipeline before election