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1. Holidays can now be booked directly on TikTok for the first time

   The app has partnered with Booking.com and Expedia

2. Defence firm Babcock faces £140m hit over Royal Navy warship design changes

   The company is set to deliver five frigates that are being built at its manufacturing site in Rosyth in Fife.

3. Inquests into deaths of six babies murdered by Lucy Letby delayed until 2027

   The infants died at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016, where Letby was employed as a nurse

4. Prison service rebuked for exposing prisoners to dangerous levels of cancer-causing gas

   Exclusive:MoJ faces rare sanction after exposing prisoners and staff to high levels of radon over prolonged period

5. 9 best walking poles, trail-tested on real hiking adventures

   I tackled tough terrain and steep climbs with walking poles for every trail and budget

6. President Trump lands in China ahead of high-stakes meeting with President Xi

7. Bodies of three women recovered from sea off Brighton in ‘tragic incident’

8. Trump’s remarkable military failure shows abject fiasco of his Iran war

   Sources tell The Independent that at least 60 per cent of Iran’s missiles have survived the Israeli-US attacks while its nuclear facilities remain largely undamaged amid delusion in the White House, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley

9. Ex-England head coach Eddie Jones banned over ‘inappropriate remarks’ to match officials

10. Russia launches massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine despite Trump claiming end to war is close

    The Kremlin stuck to its maximalist demands of Ukraine on Wednesday as it insisted the conflict would soon end