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Good morning. Today, the BBC can reveal that two men under the care of the same NHS trust as Valdo Calocane carried out stabbings weeks before the Nottingham attacks. We'll also examine the Chagos deal signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday. Plus, meet the Victorian con artist who duped an entire island, and don't forget to try your hand at our Weekly Quiz.

Two men with paranoid schizophrenia stabbed members of the public in separate attacks weeks before Valdo Calocane's killings in Nottingham – and all were under the care of the same NHS trust, the BBC has found. Josef Easom-Cooper and Junior Dietlin injured six men in the stabbings in Nottinghamshire in 2023. Within weeks, Calocane - who also has paranoid schizophrenia - stabbed to death Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates on 13 June 2023. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has been criticised over its care of Calocane, and in response to the BBC's findings, apologised to those "affected for any aspects of our care that were not of the high standard our patients deserve".

Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a year. Under the terms of the agreement, Mauritius will gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but the US and UK can continue operating a military base on one of the islands, Diego Garcia, for an initial period of 99 years. 

At 7am today, energy regulator Ofgem is expected to announce a fall in domestic gas and electricity prices from July - the first drop for a year. The regulator's price cap affects 22 million households in England, Scotland and Wales, and analysts have forecast a fall of more than £100 a year for a typical home.