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1. Roblox rolls out strict age verification for gamers to use chat features

   New system is being introduced for users who want to privately message other players

2. A grieving Claire Danes in The Beast in Me – what are they trying to do to us?

   No one cries with as much intensity as the ‘Homeland’ star, and Netflix's new psychological thriller gives her free rein to embody misery. Patrick Smith has his guts wrenched again

3. If all the cool, young girls are getting new faces, what hope is there for the rest of us?

   A new aesthetic has entered the chat and it’s snatched and ‘lifted’, yet with a dewy softness and high brows unencumbered by hooded eyelids or undereye bags. Everyone from Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone seems to have this glow, and it’s making women like me feel weird, writes Helen Coffey

4. I visited Mexico’s most colourful city for a lively, culture-filled getaway

   Querétaro is bursting with beautiful gardens, incredible restaurants and a thriving music scene, as Phoebe Harper discovers

5. Antisocial air passengers face €20,000 fines and flight bans in new French ruling

   The French Transport Minister described the new ruling as ‘swift, fair and proportionate enforcement’

6. Trump expected to sign bill to release Epstein files after it clears Senate and House: Live updates

   After the House voted near-unanimously to release the Epstein files — with one Republican, Clay Higgins, voting against the measure — Chuck Schumer successfully pushed for it to automatically pass once it reached the Senate

7. Steve Clarke thrilled to guide Scotland to first men’s World Cup since 1998

   Stunning strikes from Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean booked Scotland’s ticket to North America next summer.

8. Gustav Klimt portrait sells for second-highest auction price ever

   The only higher public sale remains Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold in 2017 for $450.3m (£342.66m) at Christie's

9. China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. This could change global LNG and diesel demand.

   China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market

10. Protesters take to the streets in North Carolina as immigration crackdown in state expands

    Several arrests were made in Raleigh, Durham and Cary, days after 130 people were arrested in Charlotte, according to reports