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1. House committee refers duo for criminal prosecution after hearing from Epstein survivors

   Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai are among the first names to emerge from the investigation

2. Millions of students could lose internet access as Trump admin looks to axe $3 billion school program

   FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a statement that the commission is launching a complete ​review of the E-Rate program, with a new proposal to be ​released this week

3. French Open LIVE: Andreeva races to dominant first set against Kostyuk in politically charged semi-final

   Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk faces Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva as both players bid for a first grand slam final, before Diana Shnaider meets qualifier Maja Chwalinska

4. Vernon Kay sends emotional farewell message to BBC Radio 2 star stepping back from role

   Vernon Kay has bid an emotional farewell to a BBC Radio 2 star who has decided to leave the station following an “illustrious career”.

5. Vacation plans at risk as airlines pull more flights

6. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces could be at war for ‘decades’ says ex-KGB spy at ‘Russian Davos’

   Andrey Bezrukov acknowledged that Russia was ‘not prepared’ for the threat posed by Ukrainian drones

7. The meaning of 1966: Does England’s only World Cup still carry the same relevance?

   1966 is now closer to the sinking of the Titanic than to this World Cup – England’s victory remains a blessed memory, writes Miguel Delaney, as well as a burden

8. Inside Sazan Island: The Albanian ex-military base bought by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner with 3,500 bunkers and tunnels

   The Trumps are facing protests over their billion dollar plans for the island. Clearing has already begun on an area environmentalists say is key to conservation, Maira Butt reports

9. BBC icon Bob Harris steps down from Radio 2 after 30 years due to ill health

   He called it ‘one of the hardest decisions of my entire life’

10. Bessent says he told Pulte ‘I’m going to kick your a**’ in infamous blow-up

    Scott Bessent said that he told Bille Pulte that “I’m going to kick you a**” during a heated argument last year.