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1. Oil prices surge after Iran targets energy hubs across the Gulf in retaliatory strikes

   Tehran had promised retaliatory action after its own facilities in South Pars and Asaluyeh are attacked

2. Met Police investigating Mandelson over €500 billion eurozone-bailout email to Epstein

   Lord Peter Mandelson has come under fire following his connection to disgraced child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

3. Thousands in Moldova cut off from water after Russian strike pollutes river

   Moldova’s environment ministry declared an environmental state of alert for 15 days

4. Marianne Faithfull was far more than that infamous story

   A remarkable new docu-drama starring Tilda Swinton and George MacKay, along with the late artist herself, does long-overdue justice to the musician who for years was belittled and reduced to a subject of tabloid scandal, ignoring the talent that was there from the beginning. Roisin O’Connor speaks to its directors, producer and collaborators

5. One Battle After Another was the correct Best Picture winner

   Paul Thomas Anderson’s blackly funny thriller was always considered the safe bet to take home the biggest prize at Sunday’s Oscars, but don’t confuse that for a movie playing it safe, writes Annabel Nugent

6. Elijah Wood drops Lord of the Rings book bombshell: ‘I’m so embarrassed’

   Audience gasped as Frodo Baggins actor made unexpected confession

7. Galatasaray forward suffers gruesome injury in Champions League clash with Liverpool

   Noa Lang was taken off on a stretcher after colliding with the advertising hoardings

8. Iran-US war latest: Oil prices surge after Trump threatens to ‘massively blow up’ huge Iranian gas field

   Qatar's Ras Laffan was hit for a second time on Thursday morning shortly before Trump's warning

9. Dad, 41, who suffered cardiac arrest in gym class is saved by owners’ quick-thinking

   Dad-to-be, Chris Wall was mid-way through an intense workout class at when he collapsed

10. Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of NJ’s US Attorney’s Office to testify

    A judge threw a government attorney out of a hearing and ordered the three officials in charge of New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney’s Office to answer his questions under oath