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The BBC’s Andrew Harding, in France, witnesses people clambering aboard a small boat bound for the UK. Source link

Oil prices have fallen after they spiked in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory attack on Iran last week. Caroline Bain, chief commodities economist at Capital Economics, said: “Given that there will be some lag between spot crude oil prices in financial markets and prices on the forecourt, the latest rise is perhaps not so surprising.” Source link

The Homeland star says any actor should be able to play any character, in an interview with the Guardian. Source link

Nasa says its most distant probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth. Source link

Chabaidao’s market debut was the Asian financial hub’s largest initial public offering so far this year. Source link

A woman who lost both parents in the infected blood scandal says many victims still need justice.

The Netflix series depicts the true story of a stalker who harassed Gadd over a number of years. Source link

French authorities say the victims had boarded an overloaded boat which was attempting to reach the UK. Source link

Post Office latest: Inquiry to hear from former in-house lawyer – BBC News BreakingBreaking newsClose breaking news SummaryThe inquiry into IT failings at the Post Office that led to hundreds of prosecutions is to hear from the company’s former top in-house lawyerSusan Crichton was the Post Office’s secretary and general counsel until 2013, as the Horizon scandal developedBetween 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted because of the faulty systemCrichton will give evidence to the inquiry’s group of lawyers in central London, where she will be pressed on what she knew about itYou can follow live coverage by…

Families of some of those affected are giving evidence at a public inquiry into the treatment disaster.