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1. US and Iran to resume nuclear talks amid Trump’s mounting military threat

   Last-ditch effort to reach diplomatic solution to longstanding nuclear dispute will begin Thursday

2. What is happening today at the T20 World Cup?

3. Voices: ‘A national disgrace’: Readers fume over the UK’s sewage crisis exposed in Dirty Business

   Our community has responded to Channel 4’s show with anger and frustration, highlighting years of sewage pollution, regulatory failure, privatisation, corporate greed and environmental mismanagement, while calling for urgent action to protect rivers, public health and ecosystems

4. Rolls-Royce makes £1 billion more profit after major defence orders

   The engineering giant said its business divisions were in a good place to benefit from ‘key global trends’ over the coming years.

5. England turn to 2003 World Cup heroes to try and save collapsing Six Nations campaign

   England hope a dinner with nine members of the World Cup-winning squad can help them turn things around after back-to-back abject defeats

6. Man arrested in Kenya accused of recruiting locals to fight for Russia in Ukraine

   The Kenyan government last week said more than 1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine

7. Mike Ashley steps up interest in buying Sheffield Wednesday after takeover collapse

   Former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley’s representatives are due to meet Sheffield Wednesday’s administrators

8. Kenyan police arrest man accused of recruiting fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine

   Police in Kenya say they arrested a man named in the alleged scheme that duped Kenyans with promises of skilled work in Russia that saw them end up on the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine

9. Marco Rubio responds after Cuban forces kill four on Florida-based speedboat

10. Ocado axing around 1,000 workers amid cost-cutting overhaul

    The group confirmed around 5% of its global workforce is being cut