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• Chancellor hints at tax rises ahead of budget

  Rachel Reeves has told Sky News she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, in her first interview since being briefed on the scale of the fiscal black hole she faces.

• We don't have control of our borders, admits home secretary

  The government does not currently have control of Britain's borders, the home secretary will admit today.

• Royal Mail fined £21m for missing delivery targets

  Royal Mail has been fined £21m for failing to meet delivery targets for the third year in a row and warned fines are likely to continue unless there's an improvement.

• US blows up another drug smuggling boat off Venezuela coast, says Trump

  Six suspected drug smugglers have been killed in a US attack on a boat near Venezuela's coast, Donald Trump has said.

• Stars of sumo head to London's Royal Albert Hall - and noodles sell out

  They're getting through 70kg of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, sumo returns to London on Wednesday.

• 'Wake-up call' for Britain as top climate advisers issue starkest warning yet

  Britain must prepare for at least 2C of warming within just 25 years, the government has been advised by its top climate advisers.

• Deadline day for firm linked to Tory peer to pay back millions over COVID contract scandal

  Today is the High Court's deadline for a firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone to repay £122m for supplying defective PPE at the height of the pandemic, with no indication the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will be paid in full.

• Premier League players to take knee for first time this season as they discuss whether gesture is still effective

  Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has told Sky News players will take the knee at this weekend's matches amid ongoing discussions about whether the anti-racism move is still effective.

• Charlie Kirk awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

  Charlie Kirk has been posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump.

• 'Treat adult users like adults': ChatGPT to write erotica

  ChatGPT will soon write erotica for verified adults, according to OpenAI's chief executive, as well as becoming more "human-like".