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1. Nearly 500 firms fined for failing to pay minimum wage

2. Gaza latest: Trump says ‘we will have no choice but to go in and kill Hamas’ if violence continues

   President’s threat comes after Hamas executed seven Palestinians for ‘collaborating’ with Israel

3. NHS liabilities attributed to rising number of claims and spiralling legal fees

4. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky in US for Trump meeting after President announces new Putin summit

   Ukrainian president will hold talks in the Oval Office after Trump said he would meet Putin in Hungary

5. Holland & Barrett and Centrica among firms fined a combined £10.2 million for underpaying staff

   Around 42,000 people have been repaid by their employers after being left out of pocket, the Department for Business and Trade said

6. Total NHS liabilities for medical negligence hit £60 billion

   The amount has been attributed to the rising number of claims and spiralling legal fees

7. Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Pearl Jam mourn Kiss founding member Ace Frehley

   The music world mourns the death of Ace Frehley, a founding member of KISS, who died Thursday at 74

8. Starmer says ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending Aston Villa game is ‘wrong decision’

   Fans from the Israeli club were banned from attending the match in Birmingham due to safety fears

9. Six Kings Slam: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to meet in final of Saudi tournament

   The world’s top-two will renew acquaintances on Saturday

10. One murdered and another faithful banished on Celebrity Traitors

    TV presenter Clare Balding was banished, while Irish actress Ruth Codd became the latest contestant to be murdered