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Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer arriving at a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London.
Starmer’s legal chief in Nazi jibe at anti-ECHR Tories and Reform

The attorney-general attacks attitudes to international courts, comparing them to the approach used to bypass the German constitution in the 1930s

Politics

Chancellor prepares to spend big in red wall — what could it mean?

Rachel Reeves to rip up spending rules to head off Reform threat




Don McCullin in Palmyra, Syria.
Don McCullin, 89, returns to Palmyra: ‘This time will be my last’

Anthony Loyd takes the photographer back to Syria to chronicle Palmyra’s destruction — but the trip becomes a reflection on war, loss and friendship



Prison van arriving at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.
Liverpool parade crash suspect arrives at court

Former Royal Marine Paul Doyle has been charged with several offences after 79 people were injured in the Premier League parade

Crime
44 minutes ago


Photo of a forged Brazilian identification card.
Is this Brazilian judge really called Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield?

Scientist working with organoids in a lab.
Royal Society: UK can beat US in science — if it fixes one problem

Photo of a forged Brazilian identification card.
Is this Brazilian judge really called Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield?





Collage of a man with sunglasses and a man behind him, and a photo of soccer fans with banners.
The mafia, a motorbike murder and the Champions League final


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Photo of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at an awards ceremony.
Brad Pitt breaks silence on divorce from Angelina Jolie

Oscar-winning actor says he has learnt to live with the intense interest in his personal life


Nigel Farage holding up his proposed Cryptocurrencies and Digital Finance Bill at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas.
Farage in Vegas: Reform leader pledges ‘crypto revolution’ for London



Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, at a press briefing.
Trump plots Supreme Court fight on tariff ruling by ‘activist judges’


Gazans scramble for aid after looting at UN warehouse


Woman holding her dog.
Vet who left surgical tool inside dog allowed to keep practising



Mountaineers queueing on Mount Everest's summit.
News in pictures: mountaineers queue for Everest summit


Water firm fines go to the Treasury. Should they go back into rivers?


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Editor's picks



Portrait of Jack Burke at home.

After finding a pea-sized lump in the shower, I was plunged into a world of chemotherapy and sperm freezing. It was terrifying. By Jack Burke




Phil Hilton with nutritional therapist Rhian Stephenson in a kitchen.
How I maintain my fitness in my sixties

Reeves is ready to spend where Johnson planned

Chancellor is about to turn on one tap and that means ambitious investment for left-behind towns and the red wall



Illustration of a cartoon depicting a figure in Roman attire destroying columns with a chainsaw.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



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Want better pensions? Be more like the Aussies






a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
Want better pensions? Be more like the Aussies




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RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden with a stream, wooden shed, and bench.

Feeling inspired by Monty Don’s Chelsea Flower Show exhibit, ‘designed’ by his golden retriever Ned? Here’s how to make your own pet-friendly green space


Portrait of Hannah Betts.
Hannah BettsThe great summer social divide — are you jabbing or not?





a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneA tariff pick-up for those pesky pillaging penguins




Ben and Tom Curry with their dog in a park.

Tightly bound brothers on ‘hell’ of discovering their different Lions fates on Sale team bus and how they have decided to live apart for first time

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I’m asexual! I’m a fetishist! And you’re a boring straight
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