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1. Seeing less perfect momfluencer content on social media may help mothers struggling with shame

   There’s a strong relationship between shame and postpartum depression, which is a condition affecting 1 in 8 women with a recent live birth

2. US special forces soldier arrested after Trump’s DOJ says he won $400,000 betting on Maduro raid

   Gannon Ken Van Dyke is accused of making more than a dozen Polymarket bets on the ousted Venezuelan leader’s capture

3. Starmer ‘increasingly concerned’ about countries using proxies for criminal activity in UK

   The Prime Minister said he will bring legislation forward to deal with ‘malign state actors’

4. Starmer made ‘biggest mistake of his life’ in appointing Mandelson, key Labour backbencher says

   Jo White, who chairs the Red Wall group of Labour MPs, said the Government must “cleanse” itself of the problems that have emerged from the vetting scandal

5. Iran-US war latest: Trump announces extension to Israel-Lebanon ceasefire after ruling out using nuclear weapon on Tehran

   Trump dismissed the idea that he could use a nuclear weapon against Iran, branding the question ‘stupid’

6. Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies 'exploiting' AI models made in US

   The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race

7. Alex Scott pays tribute to Football Focus as BBC axe show after 52 years

   Football Focus presenter Alex Scott has paid tribute to the football magazine show after it was announced the show is being scrapped 52 years after it first appeared on screens.

8. ‘Last girl standing’ Scarlett Moffatt evicted from I’m A Celeb one day before the final

   The Gogglebox star learnt she would be leaving the ITV programme after she came last in a trial

9. Sunderland man jailed for at least 23 years for deliberately infecting partners with HIV

   Adam Hall was diagnosed with HIV in 2010 but had unprotected sex despite not adhering to his treatment

10. 1 dead and 5 injured after shooting inside Mall of Louisiana

    Five suspects have been taken into custody, the Baton Rouge Police Department said