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1. Bakersfield bomb threat latest: Suspect shot dead by FBI is ID’d as horrific details emerge of hostage ordeal

   The suspect has been identified as Anthony Scott Searle-Harris

2. North American transit chiefs braced for ultimate World Cup challenge after backlash over spiraling costs

   The World Cup is now just over a week away

3. EU pushes through migration overhaul with more deportations and detention centres abroad

   Critics have likened the new regulations to the immigration policies of the Trump administration

4. Bride issues warning to couples after popular wedding trend nearly killed her

   The Tennessee-based newlywed said she was ‘not thinking clearly’ when taking part in the viral tradition

5. Strictly and Gladiators stars join Celebrity Gogglebox cast

   Popular Channel 4 series returns with Olivia Attwood, George Clarke, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Julian Clary amongst the new additions

6. Nigel Farage’s rabble-rousing proves he is unfit to run the country

   Editorial: The Reform UK leader’s exploitative response to the murder of Henry Nowak has shown him to be pathetically unsuited to high office. The people of Makerfield must now send him a strong message

7. Senate abandons Trump: New ICE funding bill leaves out $1B for ballroom, $1.8B ‘slush fund’

   Republicans went into Memorial Day holiday warning that ICE funding would be endangered by the president’s demand for a ‘slush fund’

8. Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to battery after being jailed over Mardi Gras bar fight

   Video showed a shirtless LaBeouf shoving one person to the ground and hitting another person in the face

9. Social Security recipients in these five states will be hit hardest if fund runs out in 2032

   ‘No state would be spared from the potentially devastating effects of insolvency’

10. Portugal and Austria defeat Germany for seats on the UN Security Council

    Portugal and Austria have defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning