| | |  | By Scarlette Isaac
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| Good evening.
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to unveil a new “one in, one out” deal to address the ongoing Channel migrant crisis.
Elsewhere in today’s newsletter:
•A top Ukrainian intelligence officer has been shot dead by an assassin on the streets of Kyiv.
•Gregg Wallace does not wear underwear due to sensory issues linked to autism, friends have claimed. |
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| | Starmer and Macron announce migrant deal | The Prime Minister and the French president’s joint press conference slipped past 4pm after Sir Keir welcomed Mr Macron to No 10 for last-minute negotiations.
Talks appeared to go down to the wire on a day when hundreds of migrants crossed the Channel, dwarfing the number that could be sent back to France under the new deal.
Asylum seekers waved to The Telegraph and made peace signs from aboard a black inflatable dinghy as it travelled down the coast of Gravelines beach, south-east of Calais, just after dawn on Thursday.
The passengers were mostly young men of East African origin. The group was thought to have camped overnight in sand dunes approximately 300 metres from the shoreline before boarding the vessel at 5.10am.
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| | Ukrainian spy shot dead with silenced pistol in Kyiv | | A senior Ukrainian spy has been shot dead by an assassin using a silenced pistol on the streets of Kyiv.
Col Ivan Voronich, a senior operational officer in Ukraine’s security service, was crossing the street near a block of flats in the capital’s Holosiivskyi district when he was approached by a man with a gun on Thursday morning.
Footage shared on Telegram showed the moment Col Voronich was shot five times next to a row of parked cars.
Following the attack, a man can be seen running along the street in the opposite direction while stuffing a gun into his shorts.
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| | Gregg Wallace cannot wear underwear because of his autism, friends claim | | Gregg Wallace cannot wear underwear because of his autism, it has been claimed.
The presenter is said to have an exaggerated sensory experience that has led to an “inability to wear underwear because of his autistic hypersensitivity to labels and tight clothing”, a friend told The Times.
More than 50 people have come forward with accusations against Wallace.
A MasterChef crew member, known as Alice, alleged that Wallace invited her into his dressing room in 2012 as he needed help getting changed before pushing her on to a sofa and pulling down his trousers.
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| | What to watch tonight | | Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman CREDIT: Channel 5 |
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| Your guide to the day’s best TV shows, across terrestrial and digital platforms.
The Great Plague with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman
Channel 5, 9pm
This absorbing three-parter follows presenter Rob Rinder and historian Ruth Goodman as they analyse how big historical events were experienced by the rich and the poor.
Too Much
Netflix
Lena Dunham, the creator of hit comedy Girls, wrote this 10-part romcom about Melissa (Hacks’ Megan Stalter), a New Yorker who moves to London with delusions of regency romance.
The Great Yorkshire Show
Channel 5, 8pm
Julia Bradbury and Jules Hudson bring us all the action as farmers show off their best animals and produce.
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Sky Max, 9pm
The first series of this pulpy spin-off breathed new life into the tired zombie franchise by throwing together the dastardly Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and mainstay Maggie (Lauren Cohan). It returns tonight with Negan making a daring play to control what is left of New York.
Such Brave Girls
BBC Three, from 10pm; BBC One, from 12.35am; NI/Scot/Wal, from 1.05am
TV’s sharpest comedy continues with another acidic two-parter. Mother’s Day is complicated by Josie (Kat Sadler) trying to get herself sectioned, while sister Billie (Lizzie Davidson) bumps into the wife of her “sugar daddy”.
Poker Face
Sky Max, 10pm
The finale of this superb murder mystery finds Natasha Lyonne’s lie-detecting detective on the run with best friend Alex (Patti Harrison), who’s been framed for the murder of a mob boss’s son. Brace yourself for a huge, show-changing twist.
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