UK - The Independent

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1. Ex-Labour minister quits as MP with Andy Burnham tipped to stand in by-election

   Starmer warns Labour MPs over leadership talk as resignation presents Greater Manchester mayor with route back to Westminster

2. Harry Styles announces global tour with 30-show residency in New York City to promote new album

   The singer’s new album comes out March 6

3. Antoni Porowski hits back at fan criticism amid Queer Eye ‘backstage drama’ and Karamo Brown bullying claims

   Ahead of the show’s final season, Brown came out with bombshell claims that he feared ‘being bullied’

4. Man who died after erecting Union flag had earlier consumed alcohol at football match

5. Zelensky tears into Europe over Russia and Trump in scathing Davos speech

   Ukraine ‘living in Groundhog Day’ says Zelensky – as first trilateral talks with Russia and US to take place on Friday

6. Sean Duffy’s wife and Fox and Friends Weekend host fawns over fake RFK account

   ‘This is amazing. Greatest HHS Secretary EVER,’ Fox News’ Rachel Campos-Duffy responded to a parody RFK Jr. social media account that mocked Oprah Winfrey for ‘overeating’

7. Regional supermarket chains dominate US ‘top grocers’ list

8. Trump sues JPMorgan and its CEO for $5 billion for alleged ‘political’ debanking

   ‘While we regret President Trump has sued us, we believe the suit has no merit,’ the bank said

9. Elizabeth Hurley describes 'monstrous' privacy invasion by Daily Mail in British media hacking case

   Elizabeth Hurley has accused the Daily Mail's publisher of tapping her phones and stealing her medical records

10. Starmer’s success in bringing about Trump’s U-turn shows his strength as prime minister

    Editorial: After triumph abroad, the PM unfairly maligned as ‘Never-here Keir’ must urgently match his international clout with the kind of domestic successes demanded by the electorate