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Queen Elizabeth II with Barbara Woodward at Buckingham Palace.
New MI6 boss will be a woman — and ‘Beijing Barbara’ is frontrunner

Dame Barbara Woodward, a former ambassador to China who has never been a spy, is one of three women in line for the top job

Politics

Explosions in Kashmir hours after India and Pakistan agree ceasefire

It was unclear who set off the blasts or what they were aimed at. Military chiefs had earlier confirmed a ceasefire and said sides were due to meet




President Trump signing executive orders in the Oval Office, surrounded by staff and press.


Medical student Naomi Brookarsh posing on a university campus.
‘I was scared and alone’: the victims of university antisemitism

Nothing could prepare Naomi Brookarsh for the antisemitism she experienced while reading medicine at the University of Manchester



European leaders visiting Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
‘No ifs, no buts’ — Keir Starmer calls for 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

A nurse taking a blood sample from a man for prostate cancer testing.
My night with the prostate vigilantes offering tests the NHS won’t
Group photo of Kurt Geiger's Business by Design Academy graduates with Clara Amfo, Neil Clifford, and Sophia Johnson.
No degree? No problem. Why employers are choosing non-graduates

European leaders visiting Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
‘No ifs, no buts’ — Keir Starmer calls for 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine






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A real estate agent stands in front of a house.
My former drug den fixer-upper turned out to be the Pope’s old home

A week ago a Chicago builder was about to sell the run-down property he’d been renovating. Now the community has big plans for Leo XIV’s old home

US news
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Tesla driving on a road, viewed from the driver's seat.
I tried the new self-driving Tesla — relaxing is impossible



Mugshot of a young man with dark skin and dreadlocks.
Southport killer ‘threw boiling water over prison guard’


Admiral Sir Ben Key at a Royal National Lifeboat Institution service.




Black and white photo of eight supermodels sitting at a table.
Fifty is new 25 at glam high street chain Zara


Giving obese people Ozempic ‘will boost economy and cut sick days’


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Editor's picks




Jo Malone standing on a path in a resort, Dubai skyline in the background.
Jo Malone on losing her sense of smell and why she moved to Dubai



Collage of Donald Trump, a portrait of a king, and a university building.
Harvard, you’ve got a problem — but Trump’s war will backfire







Coltan and manganese miners in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Engines of chaos: inside the mines fuelling Congo’s brutal war



Calm, unflashy Pope is just what the world needs

Leo XIV’s first steps suggest a back-to-basics approach from a man with a popular touch and no interest in culture wars



Illustration of a general signing a surrender document.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes



a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Voters are sick of lectures from the lanyard class






a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Voters are sick of lectures from the lanyard class




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Man relaxing on a watermelon-shaped inflatable ring in a pool.

Lose the paunch and shed up to a stone by July with our diet and fitness plan


Illustration of a person using a pry bar to separate wooden planks.
Wayne PerreyHow to build raised garden planters





Headshot of Keith Anderson.
Keith AndersonWe mustn’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on wind power
33 minutes ago


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Adam Wharton, Crystal Palace midfielder, holding a soccer ball.

The Crystal Palace midfielder on choosing football over cricket, the FA Cup final and why he doesn’t care about passing accuracy stats

Football
33 minutes ago

Andy Farrell at the British & Irish Lions squad announcement.
Stephen JonesPicking so many Irishmen is a bad look. It could backfire on Farrell
33 minutes ago




A man in a suit sits with a fainter image of another man behind him.

The comedian is working on a fresh set of impressions from the Reform leader to Keir Starmer. But he says it’s hard when there’s so much hate

Comedy
33 minutes ago

Sarah, Duchess of York, standing next to a cartoon helicopter.
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Fergie: Where Did All The Money Go?


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