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1. James Van Der Beek fundraiser hits $1m mark for actor’s family

2. Starmer calls for apology from Man Utd co-owner Jim Ratcliffe after claiming UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants

   Founder of chemicals giant Ineos, which received £120m in UK aid last year, said immigration is ‘costing too much’

3. UK’s favourite supermarket revealed despite one common complaint

4. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Kyiv will not hold elections until ceasefire in place

   President insists on security of truce before any ballot could be held, branding the idea of anniversary announcement ‘utterly stupid’

5. School principal dies and two students injured in siege

6. Nottingham Forest sack Sean Dyche after just 17 matches

7. Australia to send special envoy to Laos to investigate 2024 methanol poisoning deaths

   Foreign minister Penny Wong expresses frustration over ‘lack of transparency’ in legal processes in Laos

8. US House votes to block Trump’s tariffs on Canada

9. Sheikh Hasina’s son says government ‘completely mishandled’ Gen Z protests as Bangladesh heads to polls

   Sajeeb Wazed tells The Independent’sAlisha Rahaman Sarkar that the ousted government failed to ‘sit down’ with student protesters before it was forced from power – but stops short of blaming his mother

10. Prime Minister joins King for Windsor Castle reception amid Epstein scandal