UK - The Independent

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1. Renoir and Matisse paintings stolen in daring €9m art heist

2. Easter travel chaos warning as roads, rail and airports face major disruption

3. Russia expels British diplomat from Moscow over spying claims

   Russia’s intelligence service claims diplomat tried to obtain sensitive information about economy

4. Trump says US in talks to end Iran war - but threatens to bomb energy plants if deal to end ‘lovely stay’ falls apart

   Attacking Iran’s power grid and water infrastructure would violate Geneva Convention prohibitions against attacking civilian infrastructure necessary for a population’s survival

5. Blackpink star Lisa becomes first K-Pop artist to announce Las Vegas residency

   ‘Viva La Lisa’ will be staged at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for two weekends in November

6. Siblings face huge ‘fence wars’ court bill after chopping down trees in neighbours’ garden

   The judge was told that civil construction manager Robert McCarthy, 59, and his carer wife, Amanda, 61, bought their home in Common View, Bumbles Green, Nazeing, in 2001

7. Howie Mandel issues public apology to Kelly Ripa after shutting her down on air

   Mandel took issue with the ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’ hosts complimenting him on his looks after noting that he’d just reached 70

8. Met Police close 95 per cent of phone theft investigations

9. Afghanistan hit by devastating flooding as death toll rises to 28

10. Thieves swipe Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings from Italian museum in £7m heist

    The paintings were stolen in less than three minutes from a museum near Parma