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1. US moves troops to hotels in Middle East – seemingly in violation of its own rules of war: report

   US rules of war state that forces should make an effort to distinguish themselves from civilians to mitigate casualties

2. Resident doctors to ‘press ahead’ with strikes as no agreement reached after crunch talks

   Tens of thousands of resident doctors in England are set to stage a six-day walkout on Tuesday, immediately after the Easter weekend

3. Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Iran war and don’t think he has a ‘clear plan’: poll

   Dismal poll result for the president comes just hours before he attempts to defend war in address to the nation

4. Iran-US war latest: Tehran rejects ceasefire claims after Trump threatens to ‘blast them into the Stone Ages’

   US president claims Iranian counterpart asked both sides to stop hostilities

5. Manga fan Emmanuel Macron strikes Dragon Ball pose with Japanese prime minister

   Emmanuel Macron, a known fan of Japanese manga, struck a "Kamehameha" pose from Dragon Ball as he ended a news conference with Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, 1 April.

6. US scientists are escaping to Norway because of Trump’s anti-climate agenda, minister says

   Exclusive:At least 23 research scientists have left the US for Norway in the wake of Trump returning to office, including to six pioneering climate programmes

7. How many people have been killed in the US-Israel war on Iran since the conflict began?

   Death tolls from the war as reported by countries as of April 1

8. America is going back to the moon. Here’s why it’s a big deal - and why you should be OK with the $93 billion cost

   The historic lunar flyby is the first moon trip in more than 50 years and Julia Mustoexplains why the trip back to the moon is worth it for America

9. To fix a patient's irregular heartbeat, doctors first tested its digital 'twin'

   Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are creating virtual replicas of patients’ hearts so they can test how to fix a life-threatening irregular heartbeat before treating the real organ

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