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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump shaking hands in the Oval Office.
Britain and US to unveil details of trade deal

Trump said a ‘big news conference’ expected at the White House later on Thursday

Politics
16 minutes ago

Has Starmer’s hold-your-nose strategy worked?

A trade deal will be marked down as a victory for the prime minister’s approach to Trump, but the devil’s in the detail

Politics
43 minutes ago



Nuns at the Vatican awaiting the papal conclave.



The Bank of England building partially obscured by flowers.
Bank of England expected to cut interest rates

Alan and Karen Carter on their first visit to Tremolat.
Husband of murdered woman ‘confronts reality’ in return to Dordogne

The Bank of England building partially obscured by flowers.
Bank of England expected to cut interest rates






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Collage of older adults engaging in activities, overlaid on a brain illustration.
Old dogs really can learn new tricks: how curiosity rises with age

Latest research suggests people grow hungrier for knowledge in midlife — with a corresponding pay-off in brain health


Collage of Rishi Sunak and Narendra Modi shaking hands, with UK and India flags and cut national insurance cards.
UK-India trade deal: the questions that remain unanswered



Woman's hands opening a blister pack of pills.
Contraceptive ‘mini pill’ linked to asthma attacks in younger women


Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Marco Rubio meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office.
Marco Rubio has passed Trump’s three tests. Will it make him president?




Big Ben illuminated with the Union Jack for VE Day.
News in pictures
Big Ben illuminated with the Union Jack for VE Day.
News in pictures


Cost of sending a child to state school rises to £2,300 a year


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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting in the Oval Office.
US ‘in talks’ with Israel over taking control of Gaza


President Xi Jinping at a welcoming ceremony in Moscow.
Xi and Putin rewrite past and future together at Victory Day parade

Immigration is not the boon they claimed it was

Voters are flocking to Reform because they’re tired of the stories politicians have told about control of our borders



Illustration of three cardinals representing different political candidates.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
We all need Merz to make Germany strong again






a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
We all need Merz to make Germany strong again




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Collage of Anna Wintour, a woman in a yellow shirt, and three men.

The supermodel said she found the event too anxiety-inducing and many other big names also didn’t attend — who can blame them? It seems arduous and a bit boring


a woman in a white shirt stands in front of speech bubbles
Suzi GodsonMy partner won’t kiss me any more





a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses
Alistair OsborneHalt to wind farm has blown away net-zero logic


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Owen Farrell and Andy Farrell celebrating with champagne bottles.

Andy Farrell lobbied for Jonny Wilkinson when Lions assistant 12 years ago but now his son’s ability to inspire could be his ticket to Australia




Carl Hiaasen at the Bad Monkey premiere.
‘It’s harder to be funny about politics’ — Carl Hiaasen on Trump’s America


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Illustration of hands placing a five-pound note in an envelope.
Should you have a stash of cash in case of emergency?



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