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1. What is Tourette’s syndrome and how to support someone with the condition

2. Ukraine has shown how it can survive - this is what it needs to win

   As the war grinds into its fifth year, World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley in Kyiv looks back on a brutal conflict which has seen a complete shift in war technology and a stubborn Ukraine standing up to its much larger Russian neighbour

3. BBC apologises for ‘any offence caused’ by involuntary Tourette’s slur during Baftas

   ‘This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette syndrome, and was not intentional,’ said the broadcaster in a statement

4. BBC removes Baftas from iPlayer after racial slur was broadcast

5. UK politics latest: Reform condemned over ‘sadistic’ plan for ICE-style UK immigration agency

   Zia Yusuf, the party’s new home affairs spokesperson, unveiled plan for ‘Trump inspired’ border force on Monday

6. Russia at its ‘lowest point’ as Ukraine makes huge gains, says Germany

7. Martin Lewis gatecrashes Badenoch interview on student debt and branding loans system a ‘mess’

   Mr Lewis was asked to ‘take a seat’ during the interaction

8. BBC removes Bafta 2026 ceremony from iPlayer after racial slur controversy

   Corporation has come under fire from Tourette’s groups for broadcasting incident

9. Gunman shot dead in Mar-a-Lago was ‘fixated on Epstein files’ and avid Trump supporter, friends say

   Austin Tucker Martin, 21, believed the president was a ‘strong leader,’ sources say, but became increasingly concerned by the prospect of a government cover-up and powerful people ‘getting away with it’

10. Liam Dawson says mystery spinner Usman Tariq not only Pakistan threat to England

    Dawson and co will guarantee themselves a top-two position in their Super 8 group and a semi-final spot by winning on Tuesday.