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1. US drug overdose deaths fall for third straight year in 2025

   Despite these positive trends, health and law enforcement officials have recently raised alarms about new and increasingly potent substances entering the US drug supply

2. Inside Trump’s billionaire entourage for Beijing as Elon Musk and Tim Cook join the President on China trip

   President Trump said on Truth Social that he will ask President Xi Jinping to ‘open up’ China

3. Starmer biographer warns Labour risks ‘real chance’ of changing leaders again before election if it ousts him now

   Tom Baldwin warned that the strategy of cycling through leaders had backfired for the Conservatives

4. Photos of Trump in China for talks with Xi Jinping

   This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

5. Gunshots fired in Philippine Senate as authorities try to arrest ex-police chief over murder charges

   Gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate late Wednesday.

6. Gordon Ramsay slams ‘clickbait’ TikToker who claimed dog was allowed to poop in his restaurant

   The alleged incident occurred in the ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ star’s Street Pizza restaurant in London

7. Lufthansa cancels flight – then refuses to offer an alternative

   Exclusive: German airline could leave a reader stranded in Germany

8. Lake Tahoe’s main energy source is being diverted to power AI data centers

   The planned cutoff has sparked ‘a great deal of concern’ among residents and businesses worried about possible disruptions, says South Lake Tahoe Mayor Cody Bass

9. Wes Streeting poised to resign to force leadership election against Starmer

   Another day of fevered speculation in parliament saw allies of Wes Streeting claim he is set to resign from the government as health secretary

10. What to expect from Apple’s next big iPhone update