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1. Niall Horan says new song is inspired by Liam Payne’s death: ‘I didn’t think it was real’

   ‘End of an Era’ appears on Horan’s third solo album, which comes out June 5

2. Iran-US war latest: Israel launches fresh attack as Trump tells Netanyahu not to repeat strikes on Iranian energy

   Netanyahu says Tehran ‘weaker than ever’ as he praises Trump for co-operation in US-Israeli war

3. The Latest: Iran retaliates against Gulf energy sites as stocks sink worldwide

   Israel hit the Iranian capital Tehran with airstrikes Friday, with activists reporting sounds of strikes around the city

4. Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

   A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people

5. Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy

   The Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies

6. Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility

   Clergy groups in Minnesota are asking a federal judge to order ICE to allow in-person pastoral visits for immigrants held in a Minneapolis federal building

7. The Bachelorette season, featuring Taylor Frankie Paul, scrapped over violent video leak days before premiere

   ‘Our focus is on supporting the family,’ Disney’s statement read

8. Amazon acquires robotics startup to test machines for ‘doorstep delivery’

   This week, Amazon acquired RIVR, a Swiss company that uses ‘physical AI to revolutionize doorstep delivery’

9. Teenagers sue Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors

   Three teenagers in Tennessee have sued Elon Musk’s xAI, claiming the company’s image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images

10. Jurors wade through daunting evidence in high-stakes Meta trial about social media risks to children

    A daunting stream of testimony and documentation has been presented in a New Mexico case that explores what Meta knew about the effects of its platforms on children