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1. At a glance: Starmer grapples with leadership crisis

   The prime minister is fighting to stay on in No 10 as heavy election losses trigger a Labour revolt.

2. BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossings

   The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”.

3. Green Party admits Polanski may have failed to pay council tax

   The Green Party admits that its leader has, until recently, been living on a houseboat in London and may have failed to pay council tax.

4. How driving test booking is changing for learner drivers

   From 12 May, only learner drivers can book their own tests, not instructors.

5. No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency

   The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.

6. US in closely guarded talks to open new bases in Greenland

   It is seeking to open three bases in the south of the Arctic territory, according to multiple officials familiar with the talks.

7. Pakistan struck a rehab centre and killed 269 Afghans. Their families want to know why

   There are calls to investigate the 16 March airstrike - which the UN says likely killed more - as a war crime.

8. How the Trump-Xi summit could set superpower relations for many years to come

   Trump's whirlwind visit to China is the most significant for years - but will it bear fruit?

9. Zoe Ball confirms she did not get Strictly presenting role

   The broadcaster says she was "so chuffed to even be in the mix" for the job on the BBC One show.

10. Calls for 'urgent action' on baby-sleep industry after BBC investigation

    The BBC investigation revealed how some self-described sleep experts have been giving new parents advice that goes against NHS guidelines.