Top 5 news stories of the day

Body of British rugby league star Bryn Hargreaves is found more than a year after he vanished in the US, his family reveal

[dailymail] Ex-St Helens player disappeared after splitting from his wife then suffering mental health issues during Covid lockdown

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Hampshire shark: Appeal for head to be returned

[BBC] Scientists want access to the head and teeth of the shark, which washed up on a Hampshire beach, for research

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‘Good old friend’: Putin offers praise for Xi ahead of first trip to Russia since Ukraine invasion

[The Guardian] Russian president lauds Xi ahead of meeting, while Beijing calls for a ‘rational way’ out of the crisis

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Donald Trump says he’s going to be arrested this week – so what could happen if he is?

[Sky News] Sky News looks at what could happen if Donald Trump is arrested, as the former president himself has predicted – including what it could mean for his attempt to return to the White House.

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How-to defuse a climate time-bomb: World’s scientists say 1.5C still achievable but ‘humanity on thin ice’

[Independent] ‘In short, our world needs climate action on all fronts – everything, everywhere, all at once,’ says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at launch of final report from Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change

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