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• Ukraine live: Explosive drone at German airport marks ‘new threat’, minister warns - The Independent6 August 2026, 7:06 am
  Ukraine live: Explosive drone at German airport marks ‘new threat’, minister warns  The IndependentThe Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe  The GuardianDrone carrying explosives found at German airport, police say  BBCDrone with explosives found near Ukraine cargo jet at German airport carried out 'professionally'  Sky NewsGerman airport closed over explosive drone  telegraph.co.uk
  
• Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming’s greatest badass and my personal heroine - The Guardian6 August 2026, 7:00 am
  Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming’s greatest badass and my personal heroine  The Guardian'Metroid' Changed Adventure Games Forever 40 Years Ago  Men's JournalFeature: Six Things I'd Like To See in 'Metroid 6'  Nintendo LifeWe celebrate 40 years of Metroid  Gamereactor UKOpinion: When It Comes To Metroid's Future, Familiar Is Better  Nintendo Life
  
• Christine McGuinness opens up about new home and shedding 'Paddy's wife' label - Daily Mirror6 August 2026, 6:51 am
  Christine McGuinness opens up about new home and shedding 'Paddy's wife' label  Daily Mirror
  
• Iran threatens to attack Gulf energy facilities - telegraph.co.uk6 August 2026, 6:46 am
  Iran threatens to attack Gulf energy facilities  telegraph.co.ukIran says deal with Oman on Strait of Hormuz is 'in final stages'  BBCUnderstanding reached on coordinates for shipping route through Hormuz, Iran says  The GuardianIran says it has reached agreement with Oman on Hormuz shipping route  Financial TimesLive updates: Tehran denies talks with US as Iran and Oman close in on Strait of Hormuz agreement  CNN
  
• Crash causes long delays and partial closure on M1 - BBC6 August 2026, 6:21 am
  Crash causes long delays and partial closure on M1  BBCLorry overturns in four-vehicle motorway collision  BBCDash-cam appeal after serious four-vehicle collision on M1 near Northampton  Northampton Chronicle and EchoM1 chaos: Drivers face miles of traffic and hour-long delays as overturned lorry blocks motorway  GB NewsM1 closed for more than 12 hours after serious collision  Rayo
  
• Partial solar eclipse 2026: how and where to see it in the UK - The Times6 August 2026, 6:05 am
  Partial solar eclipse 2026: how and where to see it in the UK  The Times‘Thousands of special viewing glasses’ sold for most prominent solar eclipse in 27 years  The Irish TimesA solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower arrive on the same day  ScienceDailyTotal solar eclipse: how to watch live from home  European Space AgencyChannel Islands eclipse a 'once or twice in a lifetime' event  BBC
  
• Rihanna working on new music, says A$AP Rocky - BBC6 August 2026, 5:45 am
  Rihanna working on new music, says A$AP Rocky  BBCRihanna working on new music, A$AP Rocky reveals  RTE.ieA$AP Rocky Gives Update on Rihanna’s Next Album: “She Cooking”  The Hollywood ReporterASAP Rocky Confirms Rihanna Is in the Studio 'Cooking': 'I’mma Get in Trouble For This'  ComplexRihanna is 'cooking' new music in the studio - 10 years after her last album  Yahoo News UK
  
• ‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon - The Guardian6 August 2026, 5:41 am
  ‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon  The GuardianScientists warn about space debris after huge SpaceX rocket part thought to have hit Moon  BBC‘Chemical fingerprints’: what scientists detected after SpaceX rocket crashed into moon  The Irish TimesNASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact  NASA (.gov)Why haven't we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?  BBC
  
• Britain’s national debt said to top £3tn - telegraph.co.uk6 August 2026, 5:30 am
  Britain’s national debt said to top £3tn  telegraph.co.ukMemo to the chancellor: debt is dangerously high  The TimesUK’s National Debt Tops £3 Trillion for First Time  Guido FawkesBritain's 'out of control' national debt tops £3trillion for first time  GB News
  
• Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' - BBC6 August 2026, 5:00 am
  Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more'  BBCMorgan Stanley’s IPO after-party: a wealth management bonanza  Financial TimesAfter the SpaceX IPO Could Be a Windfall for Employees - Geographic Revenue Trends  dars.gov.etSpaceX created a new class of ultrawealthy. Here’s what comes next  FortuneSpaceX IPO Paid Wall Street 0 Million: Will It’s First Earnings Repay Investors?  Mitrade
  
• Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes - BBC6 August 2026, 5:00 am
  Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes  BBC
  
• Women tell BBC of rape and abuse at Army teen college - BBC6 August 2026, 5:00 am
  Women tell BBC of rape and abuse at Army teen college  BBC
  
• Meet the 70-year-old who turned his self-published book into a global bestseller - The Independent6 August 2026, 5:00 am
  Meet the 70-year-old who turned his self-published book into a global bestseller  The IndependentBBC and STARZ Greenlit Drama Series Adapted from David Nicholls' Best-Selling Novel 'You Are Here' with Claire Foy and Matthew Macfadyen in Lead Roles  Fremantle UKBest-Selling Author's Novel 'Theo of Golden' Tops Amazon's Fiction Charts  Yahoo News UK
  
• Iceland demands fisheries control in any EU membership deal - Financial Times6 August 2026, 4:00 am
  Iceland demands fisheries control in any EU membership deal  Financial TimesIceland declares dropping bid for EU membership  Yeni Safak EnglishEarly Voting Begins for Iceland’s EU Referendum  Iceland Review
  
• Latvian man extradited to UK and charged over death of schoolboy in Coventry - Sky News6 August 2026, 2:37 am
  Latvian man extradited to UK and charged over death of schoolboy in Coventry  Sky NewsMan extradited to UK and charged over alleged hit-and-run death of schoolboy  BBCKeaton Slater: Latvian extradited to UK to face charge of killing boy, 12, in hit-and-run  telegraph.co.ukDolars Aleksanders charged over death of Keaton Slater in Coventry  Coventry TelegraphMan charged over death of Keaton Slater in Coventry  West Midlands Police