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• Starmer threatens to 'control' Grok if Elon Musk's X keeps creating sexual images

  Sir Keir Starmer has threatened to "control" X's AI chatbot Grok if Elon Musk's social media platform continues to create sexual images of women and children.

• UK has no plan for defending nation in event of war, military chief reveals

  The UK has no plan to defend the nation in the event of war, including how to mobilise the National Health Service to deal with mass casualties, the head of the military has revealed.

• PM says UK needs to be ready for war - but there is little sign of meaningful action behind the scenes

  The lingering absence of a national plan for the defence of the UK is hard to comprehend given the potential for a wider war in Europe that was triggered by Russia's first invasion of Ukraine more than a decade ago.

• Four hospital trusts declare 'critical incidents' as flu and norovirus cases surge

  Four hospital trusts in southeast England have declared critical incidents due to "significant and sustained pressures" on services after a "surge" in complex A&E admissions.

• Illegal migrant worker crackdown sees record numbers of raids and arrests

  A record number of illegal worker arrests and raids have been carried out by the Home Office in the past 18 months.

• Thousands without water - all we know so far as 'major incident' declared

  Tens of thousands of people across South East England are without water, as Kent County Council (KCC) declared a major incident.

• Reform could offer ever-ambitious Zahawi new route to the top

  "He's a serious f****r", was the unvarnished view of one Reform figure about the party's latest high-profile recruit.

• Van driver in police pursuit 'fatally hit mum-of-three who was looking for golf ball'

  A van driver in a police pursuit ploughed into a mother-of-three who was looking for her golf ball and then stepped over her body as he fled, a court has heard.

• Man who struck and disfigured footballer after throwing seat at game is jailed

  A football fan who left one of his players with a serious injury and permanent facial disfigurement after throwing part of a seat on to the pitch has been jailed for 18 months.

• Asylum seeker jailed for raping 18-year-old woman

  A Kurdish asylum seeker has been jailed for seven years for rape, which the judge said had caused "immense harm" to the victim.