A grim tone runs through today’s world headlines. In Arizona, investigators are examining a second note linked to the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, with at least one message claiming she has died after an earlier ransom demand. In Montreal, a midday shooting left a police officer, a civilian and the alleged gunman dead, as authorities urged the public not to jump to conclusions about motive in a shaken neighbourhood. In Scotland, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was jailed for just over five years after admitting the theft of more than £400,000 in party funds, a case the court cast as deliberate dishonesty. Britain, meanwhile, is bracing for exceptional heat, with schools closing early or shutting entirely under rare red warnings as temperatures threaten records. And in sport, Julián Alvarez has told Atlético Madrid he wants a summer move, with Barcelona emerging as the leading suitor.