Monday May 12 2025
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference in Kyiv.
I’ll be waiting for Putin in Istanbul, says Zelensky

Ukraine’s president has agreed to attend peace negotiations in Turkey for what could be the first direct talks between the two countries since 2022

Russia-Ukraine war
Weight-loss drugs herald new era of cancer prevention

GLP-1s such as Ozempic are 41% more effective at preventing cancer than if patients lost the same weight via bariatric surgery, researchers have found

Healthcare
Staying in UK is a privilege not a right, Starmer will tell migrants
Politics
Cast and crew of "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" with their BAFTA Television Awards.
Mr Bates delivers Bafta win for ITV

Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs The Post Office did well with a slew of nominations, but were bested in some of the leading categories

TV & Radio
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visiting a defense contractor.
Meet Labour’s warring tribes who are raising hell for Starmer
Politics
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Jack Harries being arrested at a London hotel during a fossil fuel protest.
Eco activist is commended by King’s charity despite arrest
Royal family
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Illustration of a hand holding a SIM card with code in the background.
Cases of Sim-swap fraud — the method used to hack M&S — surge
Crime
Royal Air Force Typhoon pilot in front of his aircraft at Malbork Airbase.
We’ll scramble every time, say RAF fighter pilots on Nato’s border
Defence
British soldiers conducting an assault during NATO Exercise Steadfast Dart in Romania.
British troops could join EU forces under new security pact
Politics
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Photo of Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, during an interview.
ICC prosecutor who issued Netanyahu warrant ‘tried to silence alleged victim’
Israel-Hamas war
US trade deal will destroy UK’s bioethanol industry, bosses warn
Politics
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Editor's picks

Man holding a black dog, with three other dogs in the back of a vehicle.
INTERVIEW
James Middleton: I was terrified I’d be called a fraud
Celebrity

World

Photo of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meeting.
ANALYSIS
Putin’s words change, but not his demand that Ukraine surrenders

The Russian president offers talks with Kyiv but will accept no less than Zelensky’s capitulation and swathes of territory

Russia-Ukraine war
U.S. Treasury Secretary and Trade Representative speaking to the press after US-China trade talks in Geneva.
US and China reach agreement on trade
US politics
Collage of a bishop with photos of his younger self, Pope John Paul II, and another man.
The real Pope Leo XIV — by those who knew him in Rome, Chicago and Peru
Europe
Two civilian hostages, Yosef Chaim Ohana and Elkana Bohbot, shown in a Hamas propaganda video.
Hamas agreed to release of Israeli-American hostage
Israel-Hamas war
Ronen Bar, head of Shin Bet, at a Memorial Day ceremony.
IN DEPTH
Secrets spill as Israel’s spy agency is engulfed by Netanyahu row
Israel-Hamas war
Farah Pahlavi, former Empress of Iran, in her Paris home.
Iran’s last queen: ‘I still hope the ayatollahs will fall and the people will be free’
Middle East
Jhelum River near the Line of Control, with reduced water flow due to the Baglihar dam.
India’s water threat to Pakistan revives ancient war tactic
Asia
Two civilian hostages, Yosef Chaim Ohana and Elkana Bohbot, shown in a Hamas propaganda video.
Hamas agreed to release of Israeli-American hostage
Israel-Hamas war
Ronen Bar, head of Shin Bet, at a Memorial Day ceremony.
IN DEPTH
Secrets spill as Israel’s spy agency is engulfed by Netanyahu row
Israel-Hamas war
Farah Pahlavi, former Empress of Iran, in her Paris home.
Iran’s last queen: ‘I still hope the ayatollahs will fall and the people will be free’
Middle East
Jhelum River near the Line of Control, with reduced water flow due to the Baglihar dam.
India’s water threat to Pakistan revives ancient war tactic
Asia
U.S. Treasury Secretary and Trade Representative speaking to the press after US-China trade talks in Geneva.
US and China reach agreement on trade
US politics
Collage of a bishop with photos of his younger self, Pope John Paul II, and another man.
The real Pope Leo XIV — by those who knew him in Rome, Chicago and Peru
Europe

Comment

a man wearing a leather jacket and a white shirt has his arms crossed
JEREMY CLARKSONI’ve been pied in the face. But please don’t give me security

Years of dealing with big stars and Z-listers has shown me that the smaller the name, the bigger their entourage

Illustration of a dove-shaped tank with an olive branch in its barrel, driven by a man pointing with a bloody hand.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes

a man wearing glasses and a suit looks at the camera
ROBERT COLVILEMiliband’s wind plan has left him hostage to suppliers. They can name their price
Portrait of Kemi Badenoch.
KEMI BADENOCHDon’t applaud Starmer’s trade capitulation
a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt
TOM CALVER | GO FIGUREHow expensive are British trains compared with Europe and the US?
a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and white shirt
KATHLEEN STOCKSo this counts as equality: making it easier for the vulnerable to die
a man wearing glasses and a suit looks at the camera
ROBERT COLVILEMiliband’s wind plan has left him hostage to suppliers. They can name their price
Portrait of Kemi Badenoch.
a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt
a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and white shirt
a man wearing glasses and a suit looks at the camera
Portrait of Kemi Badenoch.
a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt
a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and white shirt
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Life & Style

Jeremy Clarkson sat at a table with a lattuce leaf on a plate in front of him
INTERVIEW
Jeremy Clarkson on nearly dying, Ozempic and becoming a grandad

After a heart scare and months of living like a monk, Jeremy Clarkson, 65, is delighted to be back on the steak and rosé. He tells Nick Rufford why he’ll never retire

Celebrity
Illustration of a waitress serving food to two people at a diner.
Charlotte IversJanda Diner, Peckham: ‘I needed it to deliver — and it did’
Headshot of Tanya Byron.
Professor Tanya ByronAn off-hand comment can make me feel like I’ve been stabbed
Collage of a surfer with a surfboard and a woman wearing a beauty pageant crown.
INTERVIEW
Tiaras and sashes? It’s surfboards and CPR for this Miss England
Health & Fitness
Race car driver holding helmet and perfume bottles.
INTERVIEW
My day with Brooklyn Beckham as he left his worries behind (at 140mph)
Celebrity
Portrait of a man in a blue suit.
INTERVIEW
Tommy Hilfiger: ‘Overthinking an outfit is a bad idea’
Fashion
Leopard mother grooming her cub.
This is the perfect country for your first (easy) family adventure
Sri Lanka
Collage of a surfer with a surfboard and a woman wearing a beauty pageant crown.
INTERVIEW
Tiaras and sashes? It’s surfboards and CPR for this Miss England
Health & Fitness
Race car driver holding helmet and perfume bottles.
INTERVIEW
My day with Brooklyn Beckham as he left his worries behind (at 140mph)
Celebrity
Portrait of a man in a blue suit.
INTERVIEW
Tommy Hilfiger: ‘Overthinking an outfit is a bad idea’
Fashion
Leopard mother grooming her cub.
This is the perfect country for your first (easy) family adventure
Sri Lanka
Illustration of a waitress serving food to two people at a diner.
Charlotte IversJanda Diner, Peckham: ‘I needed it to deliver — and it did’
Headshot of Tanya Byron.
Professor Tanya ByronAn off-hand comment can make me feel like I’ve been stabbed

Business

A Damen Shipyards technician working on a ship engine.
Border Force supplier prosecuted over Russian sanctions claims

Damen Shipyards also denies allegations in the Netherlands of bribery, forgery and money laundering

Companies & Markets
Headshot of Paul Johnson.
Paul JohnsonRadical tax and spending plans are fine, but they must be realistic
Portrait of John Harrison.
John HarrisonIn wake of VE Day, we need defence and security agreement with EU
Motion-blurred photo of many people walking past several public clocks in Canary Wharf, London.
Hiring plans cut due to minimum wage rise and uncertainty
Economics
Portrait of Victoria Jenkins, Founder of Unhidden and Co-Chair of The Lilac Review, standing in her shop.
Businesses led by disabled people face barriers that ‘cost UK £230bn’
Companies & Markets
Kim Kardashian at the Skims Summer Pop-Up Shop.
Kim Kardashian brings her $4 billion Skims empire to London
Companies & Markets
British soldiers patrolling in a Jackal armored vehicle during a military exercise.
Supacat armoured vehicles find their roar on battlefield and Whitehall
Companies & Markets
Motion-blurred photo of many people walking past several public clocks in Canary Wharf, London.
Hiring plans cut due to minimum wage rise and uncertainty
Economics
Portrait of Victoria Jenkins, Founder of Unhidden and Co-Chair of The Lilac Review, standing in her shop.
Businesses led by disabled people face barriers that ‘cost UK £230bn’
Companies & Markets
Kim Kardashian at the Skims Summer Pop-Up Shop.
Kim Kardashian brings her $4 billion Skims empire to London
Companies & Markets
British soldiers patrolling in a Jackal armored vehicle during a military exercise.
Supacat armoured vehicles find their roar on battlefield and Whitehall
Companies & Markets
Headshot of Paul Johnson.
Paul JohnsonRadical tax and spending plans are fine, but they must be realistic
Portrait of John Harrison.
John HarrisonIn wake of VE Day, we need defence and security agreement with EU

Sport

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Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah looking dejected during a Liverpool match.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool lost little piece of their mystique by booing Trent — perhaps for ever

Liverpool 2 Arsenal 2: Fans boo Trent’s every touch before he costs Liverpool victory, with fallen idol’s eight years of adulation replaced by vitriol

Football
Maro Itoje and Sam Warburton celebrating a British & Irish Lions rugby win.
Sam WarburtonI was proud to dine with so many great Lions captains — Itoje will fit right in
Rahul Dravid and Inzamam-ul-Haq holding the Samsung Cup trophy.
Mike AthertonPakistan and India once connected over cricket. Those days are long gone
Nottingham Forest's manager and co-owner speaking after a match.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Marinakis fumes at Nuno as Forest lose ground in Champions League race
Football
Ruben Amorim, Manchester United's head coach, reacting during a match.
If I can’t fix this I’ll walk, says ‘embarrassed’ Amorim
Football
Fin Smith of Northampton Saints in his British & Irish Lions shirt.
ALEX LOWE
Smith: I grew up wearing my grandfather’s Lions kit — call-up had me bawling
Rugby union
Emma Raducanu celebrating a point during a tennis match.
ITALIAN OPEN
Raducanu breaks new ground on clay — but Draper smashes racket in win
Tennis
Nottingham Forest's manager and co-owner speaking after a match.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Marinakis fumes at Nuno as Forest lose ground in Champions League race
Football
Ruben Amorim, Manchester United's head coach, reacting during a match.
If I can’t fix this I’ll walk, says ‘embarrassed’ Amorim
Football
Fin Smith of Northampton Saints in his British & Irish Lions shirt.
ALEX LOWE
Smith: I grew up wearing my grandfather’s Lions kit — call-up had me bawling
Rugby union
Emma Raducanu celebrating a point during a tennis match.
ITALIAN OPEN
Raducanu breaks new ground on clay — but Draper smashes racket in win
Tennis
Maro Itoje and Sam Warburton celebrating a British & Irish Lions rugby win.
Sam WarburtonI was proud to dine with so many great Lions captains — Itoje will fit right in
Rahul Dravid and Inzamam-ul-Haq holding the Samsung Cup trophy.
Mike AthertonPakistan and India once connected over cricket. Those days are long gone

Culture

Portrait of Gillian Anderson.
INTERVIEW
Gillian Anderson: Sex, vanity and how I grew up too quickly

The actress was in therapy at 14, and survived X Files mania. Now she’s the star who elevates everything from a second volume of sexual fantasies to The Salt Path

Film
Headshot of Jessica Stanley, author of Consider Yourself Kissed.
REVIEW
FICTION
Can love survive Brexit and babies?
Books
Alan Cumming, BAFTA TV Awards host, holding a BAFTA award.
VIEWING GUIDE
What to watch on TV this week — Bafta Television Awards and more
TV & Radio
A man in a suit sits with a fainter image of another man behind him.
INTERVIEW
Rory Bremner: I’m not brave enough to do Nigel Farage in Clacton
Comedy
Gorbachev and Reagan at the Geneva Summit with translators.
REVIEW
DOMINIC SANDBROOK
Should we blame the US for the Cold War?
Books
Three women in pastel-colored corseted dresses at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
INTERVIEW
Can Remember Monday win Eurovision? ‘We were told to get a therapist’
Music
Press still of a man in a suit looking concerned, another man is visible in a mirror in the background.
REVIEW
Forget Walton Goggins — he’s outshone by a Hollywood legend, aged 94
Film
A man in a suit sits with a fainter image of another man behind him.
INTERVIEW
Rory Bremner: I’m not brave enough to do Nigel Farage in Clacton
Comedy
Gorbachev and Reagan at the Geneva Summit with translators.
REVIEW
DOMINIC SANDBROOK
Should we blame the US for the Cold War?
Books
Three women in pastel-colored corseted dresses at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
INTERVIEW
Can Remember Monday win Eurovision? ‘We were told to get a therapist’
Music
Press still of a man in a suit looking concerned, another man is visible in a mirror in the background.
REVIEW
Forget Walton Goggins — he’s outshone by a Hollywood legend, aged 94
Film
Headshot of Jessica Stanley, author of Consider Yourself Kissed.
REVIEW
FICTION
Can love survive Brexit and babies?
Books
Alan Cumming, BAFTA TV Awards host, holding a BAFTA award.
VIEWING GUIDE
What to watch on TV this week — Bafta Television Awards and more
TV & Radio

Travel

Mali Losinj harbor in Croatia.
10 of our favourite small-ship cruises

Tiny ports, personal service and plenty of opportunities to make friends — the benefits of sailing on a bijou boat are many, says our cruise expert Sue Bryant

Cruises
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WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a Tuscan walking holiday worth up to £2,600 with Macs Adventure
Gili Lankanfushi, overwater villas in the Maldives, seen from the beach
REVIEW
Gili Lankanfushi hotel review: Maldivian luxury at its finest
Maldives
Collage of travel destinations.
How not to follow the tourist crowds — according to our experts
Inspiration
Colourful houses in the traditional fishing village of Tellaro in Italy
Lovebirds, take note: these are the most romantic places in Italy
Italy
The Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls
Soak up the wonder of Iguazu Falls with our ultimate guide
Bedroom at Fowlescombe Farm.
EXCLUSIVE
My weekend at the UK’s new full-board luxury farm stay
Collage of travel destinations.
How not to follow the tourist crowds — according to our experts
Inspiration
Colourful houses in the traditional fishing village of Tellaro in Italy
Lovebirds, take note: these are the most romantic places in Italy
Italy
The Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls
Soak up the wonder of Iguazu Falls with our ultimate guide
Bedroom at Fowlescombe Farm.
EXCLUSIVE
My weekend at the UK’s new full-board luxury farm stay
A woman walking in a Tuscan vineyard
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a Tuscan walking holiday worth up to £2,600 with Macs Adventure
Gili Lankanfushi, overwater villas in the Maldives, seen from the beach
REVIEW
Gili Lankanfushi hotel review: Maldivian luxury at its finest
Maldives
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Money

COMMENT
JOHANNA NOBLE
How to stop your darling children wrecking your finances

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