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1. GB and Scottish sprint star Jack Carlin announces retirement from track cycling

   “If I was to say to 18-year-old Jack you’re going to walk away in ten years’ time with four Olympic medals around your neck, I’d have bitten your hand off,” the 28-year-old said

2. Hamas clashes with armed groups after returning to the streets of Gaza

   Trump said Tuesday that Hamas had taken out ‘a couple of gangs that were very bad’

3. Home secretary: Britain has lost control of its borders

   Shabana Mahmood will insist that Britain can only stem the flow of migrants through international co-operation

4. Erika Kirk shares daughter’s birthday message to Charlie Kirk

   Erika Kirk shared her daughter’s birthday message to Charlie Kirk whilst posthumously accepting the Presidential Medal of Honour on his behalf.

5. Israelis are identifying the second group of bodies handed over by Hamas as tenuous truce holds

   Israel has identified more bodies of dead hostages that were handed over by Hamas to ease pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel

6. Trump-Gaza latest: US president warns that Hamas must disarm or ‘we will disarm them – perhaps violently’

   Hamas returns four more bodies of deceased hostages after Israel threatens aid cuts

7. Bruce Willis’s wife says their kids are ‘grieving’ Die Hard star as dementia advances

   Couple’s two children ‘miss their dad so much’ as actor moves into home with care team

8. Paris Agreement working but not fast enough to stop dangerous global heat, scientists say

   Planet may experience 57 fewer extremely hot days a year if all countries meet their current emissions targets and limit global warming to 2.6C this century

9. Reeves eyes tax hikes as economy suffers ‘severe and long-lasting’ Brexit impact

   Rachel Reeves said ‘austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget’ had weighed heavily on the UK economy.

10. D’Angelo, soulful and reclusive R&B visionary, dies aged 51

    Multi-talented artist was regarded as one of the most gifted musicians of his generation, releasing critically adored albums including his 1995 debut ‘Brown Sugar’ and his surprise 2014 record, ‘Black Messiah’