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1. Voices: ‘No-win situation’: Readers split on King’s high-stakes Trump visit

   Our community is deeply divided over the King’s US visit, with many warning it risks humiliation and achieves little, while others argue it is a necessary diplomatic duty in a no-win situation

2. The fatal lengths North Korean soldiers will go to to avoid capture by Ukraine

   The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor, in Sumy

3. Iran-US war latest: Trump ‘doesn’t love’ Tehran’s peace plan to stop the war and open Strait of Hormuz

   Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ‌said Trump's bottom line demands remain the same

4. Study highlights ‘extraordinary consolidation of power’ in pensions market

   More should be done to make sure that there is ‘proper accountability’ of trustees, former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb argued.

5. Lloyds Bank confirms another 80,500 customers’ transactions may have been exposed by major IT glitch

   The bank confirmed it has paid £201,000 to 5,250 people, alongside an additional £62,000 in ‘goodwill’ payments

6. Why do hacks happen? How cyber attacks are changing everything

   Cyber attacks are everywhere, and changing everything. No longer limited to attackers in dingy backrooms and internet users on their online equivalent, hacks are hitting everyone from individuals to the worlds biggest companies.

7. Anti-government violence has hit a 30-year high in the United States

   The weekend shooting in Washington is the latest in a string of attacks on government officials and facilities

8. Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen likely to face more charges, says US Attorney

9. Shell strikes £12.1 billion deal to buy Canadian energy firm

   The British energy giant said the acquisition will strengthen its resource base ‘for decades to come’.

10. Kim Jong Un confirms self-destruct policy for North Korean fighters in Ukraine war

    North Korean dictator gives first public acknowledgement that troops were ordered to kill themselves to avoid capture by Ukrainian forces