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1. Love Island USA reveals season 8 cast

2. Conditions of 4 climbers who fell on Mount McKinley unknown as rescuers try to reach them

   Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday

3. ICE detainees at New Jersey jail were beaten and pepper-sprayed in their cells, officials and families say

   Protests continue outside Delaney Hall as hunger strike over conditions inside enters a second week

4. Hillary Clinton ridicules proposal for Trump’s face on $250 bill

5. US trains for World Cup at new $250 million, 200-acre, 19-field complex south of Atlanta

   Jozy Altidore says the U.S. Soccer National Training Center is far different from where he trained with the national team a decade ago

6. Canadian man allegedly linked to over 100 British deaths will not face justice in UK

   Kenneth Law is expected to appear in court in Canada on Friday

7. ‘I was groomed and abused by a taxi driver. Why was it so hard to get justice?’

   Despite receiving Royal Assent two years ago, key provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Act are yet to be implemented to support survivors

8. Number of UK motorists using phones illegally while driving reaches eight-year high

   Home Office data shows the number of people in England and Wales convicted for using a handheld mobile phone while driving was 40,723 for 2024, the highest level since 2016

9. House prices surge in Merseyside and Wales seaside hotspots amid national slump

   New analysis has revealed the areas in the UK where house prices are rising fastest

10. Ministry of Defence accused of failing to tackle ‘normalisation of fraud’ after £1.5bn annual loss

    MPs have published a scathing report on the culture within the Ministry of Defence