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1. UN warns of famine in South Sudan: ‘We are witnessing a deadly downward spiral’

   A doctors also tells The Independent that there is no electricity at the hospital they work at because there is no fuel – and surgeons have performed caesarean sections with almost no medicines

2. Indian airlines body warns aviation industry ‘on the verge of closing down’ over jet fuel prices

   Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet – represented by the Federation of Indian Airlines – issue urgent appeal to government of India

3. Golders Green stabbing latest: Man arrested after two people attacked in north London, says Jewish security group

   Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has condemned the ‘appalling attack’ on two Jewish Londoners in Golders Green

4. Sister guilty of killing film director sibling over diamond-encrusted Rolex watch

   Jennifer Abbott’s body lay undiscovered for three days

5. Labour just made a dreadful, expensive decision on its creaking military gear

   Burying the bad news of a non-decision over a useless but expensive defence disaster on a day when all eyes were on the PM shows the government putting politics above good sense, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

6. PMQs latest: Starmer refuses to say if Rachel Reeves will keep job as chancellor in rumoured reshuffle

   Sir Keir Starmer took questions from MPs the day after avoiding an inquiry into claims he misled Parliament over the Peter Mandelson vetting saga.

7. How Golders Green became a home for the UK’s Jewish community as Starmer condemns attacks

   The suburb began growing as a place of Jewish settlement during the First World War

8. University wins High Court challenge over record £585,000 freedom of speech fine

   The University of Sussex took legal action against the Office for Students (OfS) last year over the watchdog’s decision in March 2025

9. Two Jewish men injured in ‘deeply concerning’ Golders Green stabbing attack

10. Liam Gallagher starts feud with two British bands: ‘They dress like estate agents’

    Oasis musician responded to news that two 90s rock acts are heading on tour together