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1. ‘Sudan has been destroyed due to the Emirates'

   A devastating war is tearing the African nation apart — and officials say the UAE is secretly arming the militia

2. Nigel Farage sacks Reform UK's new housing chief over 'everyone dies' Grenfell comments

   Simon Dudley said the deadly 2017 blaze was a ‘tragedy’, but that ‘everyone dies in the end’

3. London's 10 best old-school Italian restaurants

   From 2 Veneti to Trevi, here’s where to go for your spaghetti fix, according to Josh Barrie

4. Riz Ahmed on Bait, Bond fever, and the comedy of breakdowns

   He ditched the ‘next Bond’ tag to become an Oscar-winning indie darling — now Riz Ahmed has turned the experience into a hit satirical show. So what did 007 fever teach him?

5. Huw Edwards: I plan to challenge misleading or fabricated claims about me

   The disgraced newsreader said he will produce his own account of events.

6. ‘Not our King’ graffiti sprayed on cathedral in Wales ahead of Charles visit

   The King and Queen are due to attend the Royal Maundy service at St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales.

7. Kemi Badenoch pledges to fully axe carbon tax if Tories regain power

   The Tory leader said she would get rid of the emissions trading scheme which was brought in by a Conservative government in 2021.

8. New rules to protect consumers from ‘subscription traps’ due next year

   Consumers will have to be allowed to cancel easily online if that is where they originally signed up, ending lengthy waits on the phone.

9. Man City vs Liverpool: FA Cup prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

   A mouth-watering showdown to kick-off FA Cup quarter-final weekend

10. Firms predict faster increases in prices amid Middle East conflict

    The Bank of England’s latest survey of finance bosses across UK companies also highlighted growing uncertainty over the business outlook.