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For decades an anti-abortion stance was the standard for GOP presidential nominees but since the fall of Roe v Wade, candidates have had to balance remaining loyal to the party without isolating a majority of voters. How will their stance affect their campaigns? Ariana Baio reports

The Independent explains why Hamas’ undergound tunnels will impact a ground operation in Gaza

Residents reported brown water which Thames Water insisted was safe to drink after fixing the problem

Because celebrities will continue to take advantage of their notoriety, we need to be careful with how we talk about their business ventures, ensuring we aren’t lending fruitless attention to irrelevant points, uncessairly boasting them or prematurely bashing them, Kaleigh Werner writes

The group’s co-founders include retired Fourth Circuit judge J Michael Luttig, attorney George Conway, and former GOP Representative Barbara Comstock

Edgbaston Cricket Ground says the firework display was impacted by ‘atmospheric conditions and unfortunate weather conditions’

Exclusive: Labour mayor, council bosses and rail chiefs ask PM to bring back legislation for high-speed link

US Navy veteran behind influential anonymous X account, according to Ukraine

Thousands turned out on Sunday night at a Maine basilica for a vigil remembering those senselessly killed days earlier by the state’s first mass shooter – as friends and family remembered loved ones with smaller, beautiful gestures, as well. Andrea Blanco and Sheila Flynn report from Lewiston