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The lead story concerned the investigation into the head-on crash on Teesside that killed seven people, including two police officers. Twelve people were arrested on suspicion of offences including links to organised crime, possessing a firearm, and drug supply. The officers were named as PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew Blades, and details emerged of the five young men who died, four of whom had previous convictions. The Prime Minister condemned those who glorify dangerous driving, and around £700,000 was raised for the officers' families. In a separate story, Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first official overseas trip to Kyiv, pledging continued support for Ukraine and confirming that the UK and France would share blueprints for Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles to allow Ukraine to produce its own. He condemned Russian threats, while Russian officials responded with warnings of a price to be paid.

The US threatened sweeping new sanctions on Iran, dubbed "Operation Economic Outcast," targeting countries that do business with Tehran. Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was found guilty of abusing two young children between 1993 and 2010. The BBC gained rare access to senior Taliban figures in Afghanistan, five years after their return to power, including a governor who is a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, and reported on the continued restrictions on women. The Met police sent a file to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to a man in his 80s as part of its investigation into the late Mohamed al-Fayed. A new study showed the world's oceans reached a record average temperature of 21.1 degrees Celsius. The RSPB fitted satellite tags to two Montagu's harrier chicks at a secret location, and visitors to Wales' highest mountain were urged not to jump queues after rows broke out. A rare tornado near Carcassonne in southern France injured at least 41 people and affected 300 homes.