- State Senator Scott Wiener advances to general election for Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress
- US military intercepts Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait
- Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map favouring Republicans
- Libya’s national army conducts largest military exercise amid regional tensions
- Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi released from hospital after treatment
- Anthropic experiences major outage affecting Claude AI chatbot services
- Israeli strikes in Lebanon escalate as casualties rise amid ongoing conflict
- UK Athletics fined £350,000 after death of UAE Paralympian in practice accident
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Summary of the front page
The Metro leads on Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell being arrested in a probe over the SNP party’s finances, with the couple’s home scoured by police.
The paper features an image of blue tents and police tape outside the couple’s home in a quiet cul-de-sac in Glasgow and notes that a search of SNP HQ in Edinburgh was made at the same time. Mr Murrell, who resigned as chief executive last month, has been released without charge, pending further investigation.
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State Senator Scott Wiener advances to general election for Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress
Voters in San Francisco have advanced state Sen. Scott Wiener in the race for California’s 11th Congressional District, which was previously held by Nancy Pelosi. The election features eight Democrats and two Republicans, with the top two candidates proceeding to the November ballot.

US military intercepts Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait
US military says it intercepted Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait and Bahrain amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map favouring Republicans
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Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi released from hospital after treatment
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