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Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza.

The prime minister is understood to have been urged by a number of senior ministers in different cabinet meetings over recent months that the UK should take a leading role in issuing recognition.

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England pushed their luck against Sweden last week, and might not get away with a similar display tonight. Here’s Tom Garry on the ways in which they must improve if they’re to reach a final against either Spain or Germany.

The rest of Sarina Wiegman’s pre-match interview with ITV. “It’s a huge night for everyone … Esme Morgan is ready, she has been ready for a while … she had to wait for that … she showed that the other night … I hope she will do really well … we are going to do our very best to play at our best … let’s see what it brings us … we want to take our game to the next level … we have different challenges … Italy will challenge us again … they have played in different shapes … they are tactical … adapt to what the opponent does … I hope we have the ball a lot and dominate the game … we want to win … at the end it doesn’t matter how but after 90 minutes would be nice.”

The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert

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Ozzy Osbourne, whose gleeful “Prince of Darkness” image made him one of the most iconic rock frontmen of all time, has died aged 76.

A statement from the Osbourne family reads: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.” No cause of death was given, though Osbourne had experienced various forms of ill health in recent years.

Republican introduces motion to compel Maxwell, a close associate of Epstein’s currently serving a 20-year prison sentence, to testify

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Congress will subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned sex trafficker who was a close associate of the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, to testify amid a political firestorm over the Trump administration’s decision not to release its remaining Epstein files.

The Tennessee Republican Tim Burchett introduced a motion to compel Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year-sentence in a Florida prison for crimes related to the Epstein case, to testify before the House oversight committee.

Payments for general damages and ‘wrongful testing’ offered by company formerly owned by Mohamed Al Fayed

More than 100 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have entered the company’s compensation scheme, the luxury department store has confirmed.

The retailer set up the scheme after dozens of women came forward with allegations of abuse by the late entrepreneur going back as far as 1977 after the broadcast last year of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.

Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html