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1. Tottenham are clueless but a vital change could reignite the fire to topple Arsenal

   Igor Tudor begins his tenure as Tottenham’s new head coach in Sunday’s north London derby, where Arsenal’s quest for silverware on four fronts is a reminder of Spurs’s deep-rooted problem

2. French biathlete convicted of credit card fraud wins fourth Winter Olympics medal

   Julia Simon added a silver to her three golds from earlier in the Games, while defending champion Justine Braisaz-Bouchet finished 27th

3. England vs Ireland live: Six Nations rivals meet in must-win clash to keep title hopes alive

   England captain Maro Itoje wins his 100th cap as they bid to bounce back from defeat to Scotland

4. $7bn relief fund and thousands of troops from five countries: Inside Trump’s Board of Peace plan to ‘rebuild’ Gaza

   In a long-winded speech on Thursday, the US president revealed more details about his plan for war-torn Gaza in Washington, DC

5. OpenAI employees raised alarm about mass shooting suspect months ago: report

   Jesse Van Rootselaar’s ChatGPT account was flagged for ‘furtherance of violent activities’

6. We were all rooting for Tyra Banks to give us some answers – but this America’s Next Top Model documentary gaslights its audience

   The new Netflix documentary ‘Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model’ analyzes the toxic culture that was commonplace on the modeling contest from 2003 onwards — and still, nobody takes accountability for what happened. As Tyra Banks uses her appearance in the series to hint at a future ‘ANTM’ reboot, what value does the documentary have at all, asks Ellie Muir

7. What Reform UK’s senior figures really think about women and families

   As Reform UK surges in the polls and attempts to get its top team ready to fight an election, The Independent has taken a look at exactly what key figures in the party have said about marriage, women, abortion and fertility – and what it might mean for policy

8. The secret to James Milner’s longevity as he makes Premier League history

   Having made his Premier League debut aged 16, the now 40-year-old Milner spans eras will break the record for most appearances in the competition’s history as he starts for Brighton at Brentford

9. IKEA is opening 10 new US stores in 2026. See if your city made the list

   More than a third of IKEA’s current stores are in California, Texas and Florida

10. Suspect with loaded gun in rucksack runs into crowded nightclub

    London police who stopped a man on suspicion of drink-driving found that he was armed with a loaded gun in his rucksack after he tried to flee through a crowded nightclub.