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1. Australian Open live: Sabalenka responds to brutal Rybakina defeat as world No 1 stunned in thrilling final set

   Rybakina battled back from 0-3 down in the final set to hand world No 1 Sabalenka another brutal defeat in a grand slam final

2. Labour unveils candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election as party attempts to avoid defeat

   The selection of the relatively unknown candidate comes just days after mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was denied permission to stand for the party

3. How new alcohol duty increase is set to affect drink prices in the UK

   The tax charged on alcoholic drinks is set to increase from Sunday

4. ‘We Greenlanders actually like America – it’s just Trump that’s the problem’

   Residents in the Greenlandic towns of Sisimiut and Nuuk tell Annabel Grossman that despite the months of tensions and mounting threats they still welcome a relationship with America

5. Tax List 2026: JK Rowling and Harry Styles feature as billionaire brothers take top spot

   JK Rowling and Harry Styles were both among the UK’s 100 biggest taxpayers last year

6. Another brutal Australian Open defeat highlights Aryna Sabalenka’s contradiction

   The sport’s dominant No 1 has been unable to carry that aura into grand slam finals with the same consistency

7. Neom nightmare: How Mohammed bin Salman’s dream of a ‘city of the future’ became a $500bn disaster

   Nearly a decade ago, the Saudi crown prince promised to build a gleaming utopia on the coast of the Red Sea that would redefine how human beings lived and worked. But experts say the scaling back of his project reveals that it was always an impossible dream in the first place, Alex Croft reports

8. Minnesota ICE live: Nationwide protests continue over fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

   President Donald Trump praised border czar Tom Homan after sending him to Minnesota to oversee ICE

9. German soccer chiefs reveal stance on potential World Cup boycott to send message to Trump

   The German soccer federation has ruled out a boycott of the World Cup which will take place in the USA, Mexico and Canada this summer

10. Elena Rybakina’s coach presented with trophy after Australian Open victory

    Stefano Vukov was banned from last year’s Australian Open as the WTA conducted an investigation into his conduct