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BBC Sport says Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his side were “legends” after they secured their fourth Premier League title in five seasons.

BBC News says Eight new cities are being created for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with at least one in every UK nation – and on the Falkland Islands and Isle of Man.

Sky News says Mass pitch invasions at two football grounds led to “physical and verbal” abuse as well as an altercation between a manager and a fan – in a night of soccer clashes condemned as “disgusting”.

Euronews says Twitter has introduced a new policy to crack down on online misinformation about the war in Ukraine and other humanitarian crises.

France24 says The Cannes Film Festival explored the devastating human cost of war and colonisation in Philippe Faucon’s Algerian War film “Les Harkis” and the Omar Sy-starring “Father and Soldier”.

Aljazeera says like no other country, North Korea could do with help against COVID-19. The popularion is unvaccinated and susceptible to disease due to chronic malnourishment

New York Times says the Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law.

BBC Sports says Everton secured their Premier League status with an incredible fightback where they came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace.

BBC Sport says ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next April.

Sky News says Amber Heard’s sister has described a fight in which she said the actress and Johnny Depp hit each other.

France24 says several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as whole is on track to be the hottest since records began.

Arab News says the UN warned that a growing global food crisis could last years if it goes unchecked, as the World Bank announced $12B to mitigate its “devastating effects.”

TRT World says the leader of Lebanon’s Shia group Hezbollah has acknowledged his party and its allies had lost their parliamentary majority.

VOA says millions of U.S. voters are casting ballots in state primary races to determine which candidates face off in November’s midterm elections.

BBC Sport says Rangers suffered an agonising penalty shootout defeat in their fifth European final as Eintracht Frankfurt triumphed in an absorbing Europa League decider.

BBC Sport says an unnamed Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.

Sky News says the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet might have been deliberate, according to a US report.

France24 says Cannes 2022 kicked off with a zombie-themed tribute to film-making by French director Michel Hazanavicius as the movie world returned to the Riviera.

Euronews says the first war crimes trial since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, against a Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed civilian, gets underway in Kyiv on Wednesday.

TRT World says Joe Biden has condemned the “poison” of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory”.

Aljazeera says a fatal shooting at a church in California, which authorities said was motivated by the gunman’s hatred for Taiwan, has left residents of the self-governed island stunned.

BBC Sport says Police are investigating after Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp was assaulted by a fan at the end of their Championship play-off final second leg at Nottingham Forest.

BBC News says some of the poorest households in England and Wales are struggling to access council tax rebates to help offset their soaring energy bills, a charity has warned.

Sky News says A 17-year-old player has come out, becoming the only openly gay male professional footballer in Britain.

Euronews says Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.