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1. Storm Chandra map: Where snow, wind and heavy rain will batter Britain this week

   Several weather warnings have been issued, including amber warnings for south-west England for rain and the eastern coast of Northern Ireland for wind

2. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato warns Kyiv faces its ‘harshest winter’ as Putin weaponises freezing conditions

   Volodymyr Zelensky said a US security agreement for Ukraine was ‘100 per cent ready’ to be signed

3. At least 6,126 people killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say

   Activists say that at least 6,126 people were killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests and many more are still feared dead

4. Most Americans supported Trump’s mass deportations during 2024 election. Now, more want to abolish ICE than not.

   The poll comes out after the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis at the hands of federal immigration agents this month

5. Aryna Sabalenka turns up the heat on Iva Jovic to book semi-final spot

   Sabalenka claimed a 6-3 6-0 victory as temperatures soared in Melbourne.

6. Kristi Noem sees odds of being fired spike on Polymarket in wake of Alex Pretti shooting

   The Homeland Security secretary sparked fury by claiming against all visible evidence that Pretti had ‘violently’ attacked federal agents in Minneapolis

7. Senior who fatally shot terminally ill husband in hospital during botched murder-suicide says she wouldn’t change actions

   ‘Things didn't progress the way I would have thought they would’, admitted the 79-year-old after surviving an hours-long armed stand-off with Florida police

8. What to know about the heat policy at the Australian Open

   The Australian Open was set to institute the tournament's Extreme Heat Protocol after extreme temperatures again affected play on Tuesday

9. At least 30 dead nationwide from massive winter storm across US

10. US confirms 126 deaths linked to strikes on alleged drug boats

    This figure includes 116 people killed outright in at least 36 attacks carried out since early September