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Russian soldiers demining the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

UPDATED

UK sanctions Russian spies over ‘malicious activity’

Agents said to have sought to destabilise Europe and ‘threaten safety of British citizens’ include men who targeted emails of Sergei Skripal’s daughter

CLEAN IT UP

Serious pollution by water companies rose by 60 per cent last year

Regulators found three companies were responsible for most of the events, affecting swimming spots and protected areas that are crucial for wildlife

Shapps accused of ‘trying to rewrite history’ on Afghan leak

A boy with a broken arm and his mother laying flowers at a school gate following a fatal coach crash.

UPDATED

How villagers scrambled to pupils’ aid after fatal coach crash

A 10-year-old boy died at the scene and 21 casualties were taken to hospital

18 minutes ago

Kneecap, a hip hop trio, performing at Glastonbury Festival.

NEW

Police drop investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury set

Force says no realistic prospect of conviction after rappers told Somerset crowd there would be a ‘riot outside court’ following terrorism charge

58 minutes ago

Chloe Kelly of England celebrates a victory.

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Kelly embraces main-character role with a laugh and a prancing step

Photo of Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump ‘sent Epstein crude letter for 50th birthday’

Diane Abbott speaking at a protest against welfare cuts.

Suspended Abbott says Labour leadership ‘wants me out’

Upset young woman with friends in background.

NEW

Have you been a victim of the ‘Gen Z stare’?

47 minutes ago

Three young actors portraying Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley in an HBO series.

NEW

Harry Potter studio to build on-set school for its child actors

43 minutes ago

Chloe Kelly of England celebrates a victory.

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Kelly embraces main-character role with a laugh and a prancing step

Photo of Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump ‘sent Epstein crude letter for 50th birthday’

Diane Abbott speaking at a protest against welfare cuts.

Suspended Abbott says Labour leadership ‘wants me out’

Upset young woman with friends in background.

NEW

Have you been a victim of the ‘Gen Z stare’?

47 minutes ago

Three young actors portraying Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley in an HBO series.

NEW

Harry Potter studio to build on-set school for its child actors

43 minutes ago

Collage of a chef preparing food, a coastal village, and a plated dish.

I tried mouldy lamb at the world’s most remote Michelin-star eatery

At Paz, led by the chef Poul Andrias Ziska, distinctive cuisine that once embarrassed the Faroe Islands tourism board is now celebrated

Stanislav Stepchuk, a Merrill Lynch director, using his phone outside a tribunal.

Married banker ‘told colleague everyone sleeps around’ before affair

Photo of Patricia 'Pat' Owen and her husband Dave.

NEW

First Post Office Capture software conviction sent to appeal court

Chelsea Pensioners planting flowers in their gold-medal-winning garden.

Chelsea Pensioners’ show garden — and other news in pictures

Chelsea Pensioners planting flowers in their gold-medal-winning garden.

Chelsea Pensioners’ show garden — and other news in pictures

Parking private jet at Edinburgh airport ‘cheaper than a car’

Illustration of private jets parked near parking signs.

Parking private jet at Edinburgh airport ‘cheaper than a car’

Life imitates art in Woody Allen’s debut novel about scandal

Woody Allen at the Venice Film Festival.

Life imitates art in Woody Allen’s debut novel about scandal

THE TIMES DIARY

King makes a new penpal in Macron

President Macron, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, and Brigitte Macron walking in Windsor Castle gardens.

THE TIMES DIARY

King makes a new penpal in Macron

Editor's picks

A man in a record store holds a disco ball.

INTERVIEW

Irvine Welsh: why I’ve turned Trainspotting into a disco album

The writer, 66, has unveiled his slushy side, exploring the love lives of Renton, Sick Boy and Spud.

Meghan Markle toasting with a bottle and glass of rosé wine.

Three sommeliers tried Meghan’s new rosé. Here’s what they thought

Jamie Oliver with a group of children in his cookery school, celebrating a Guinness World Record.

Jamie’s cooking guide for kids: the recipes and skills they really need

Meghan Markle toasting with a bottle and glass of rosé wine.

Three sommeliers tried Meghan’s new rosé. Here’s what they thought

Jamie Oliver with a group of children in his cookery school, celebrating a Guinness World Record.

Jamie’s cooking guide for kids: the recipes and skills they really need

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World

Illustration of Xi Jinping waving, with Trump and Putin in the background, military vehicles, and soldiers.

IN DEPTH

Why Xi wants Trump and Putin to meet for war commemorations

As China revises its attitudes to the Second World War it is also looking to reset its relationship with the US president and set up a summit

Illustration of a HyPrSpace rocket launching into space.

France aims for space race’s upper crust with Baguette One rocket

Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy meeting in the Oval Office.

Zelensky suggests drones for missiles ‘mega-deal’ to Trump

Russia-Ukraine war

Illustration of a HyPrSpace rocket launching into space.

France aims for space race’s upper crust with Baguette One rocket

Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy meeting in the Oval Office.

Zelensky suggests drones for missiles ‘mega-deal’ to Trump

Russia-Ukraine war

Comment

a man in a suit with his arms crossed looks at the camera

PATRICK MAGUIRE Starmer doesn’t yet have whip hand over his MPs

A tough autumn awaits when the prime minister will need new powers of persuasion to sell the vision he’s beginning to articulate

Illustration of a politician at a podium announcing the extension of voting rights, surrounded by mess and debris.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

Portrait of Gerry Baker.

GERARD BAKER Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is less than it seems

ELISABETH BRAW We’re in deep water without more cable surgeons

a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie

MARTIN SAMUEL | NOTEBOOK Good service was in short supply at the car hire desk

DANNY COHEN Ignorance about Hamas shows BBC News boss must go

Life & Style

Brad Pitt and Phil Hilton with a campervan.

I tried living the Brad Pitt fantasy: just a man and a van

The heroic drifter is a Hollywood staple but when you’re a middle-aged married man, how does the dream stack up with reality?

Brick building on a canal.

HOUSE HISTORIES

Inside the ancient Essex watermill that was restored by a TV naturalist

Property & Home

Woman drinking coconut water on a tropical beach.

Would you try the ‘cortisol’ cocktail?

Brick building on a canal.

HOUSE HISTORIES

Inside the ancient Essex watermill that was restored by a TV naturalist

Property & Home

Woman drinking coconut water on a tropical beach.

Would you try the ‘cortisol’ cocktail?

Business

Emma Walmsley, CEO of GSK, looking out a window.

NEW

GSK takes £3bn hit after US setback for potential cancer blockbuster

Companies & Markets

27 minutes ago

Models walking the runway at a Burberry fashion show.

Burberry turnaround ‘taking hold’ thanks to scarves and outerwear

Companies & Markets

a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses

Alistair Osborne EU tolerance of French air traffic control strikes is unacceptable

a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed

Harry Wallop Going away? How (not) to write the perfect out-of-office email message

a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses

Alistair Osborne EU tolerance of French air traffic control strikes is unacceptable

a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed

Harry Wallop Going away? How (not) to write the perfect out-of-office email message

Sport

David Rozman of Team Sky at the Tirreno Adriatico.

NEW

MATT LAWTON

Ineos masseur’s texts with doping mastermind before 2012 Tour

David Rozman, now head carer at Ineos Grenadiers, exchanged messages with disgraced doctor Mark Schmidt when Bradley Wiggins won race for Team Sky

Maro Itoje and Harry Wilson posing with a rugby trophy.

NEW

LIONS TOUR | ALEX LOWE

Farrell’s Lions plan: scrap, battle, take control — then let Russell weave magic

27 minutes ago

Chloe Kelly of England celebrates a victory.

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Kelly embraces main-character role with a laugh and a prancing step

Jason Robinson playing rugby.

NEW

LIONS TOUR | WILL KELLEHER

Watch Robinson recreate iconic try at Gabba … leaving me in a heap

28 minutes ago

Rory McIlroy golfing at The Open Royal Portrush.

LIVE

Fitzpatrick makes strong start after Harman sets clubhouse lead

1 minute ago

Frank Tyson and Brian Statham leading the England cricket team off the pitch after a victory.

NEW

Ashes tour 70 years ago that changed course of cricket and its coverage

Middle-distance runner Jake Wightman and his father Geoff Wightman sitting on a couch.

INTERVIEW

MATT LAWTON

Wightman: I had to split with Dad to save our relationship

Jason Robinson playing rugby.

NEW

LIONS TOUR | WILL KELLEHER

Watch Robinson recreate iconic try at Gabba … leaving me in a heap

28 minutes ago

Rory McIlroy golfing at The Open Royal Portrush.

LIVE

Fitzpatrick makes strong start after Harman sets clubhouse lead

1 minute ago

Frank Tyson and Brian Statham leading the England cricket team off the pitch after a victory.

NEW

Ashes tour 70 years ago that changed course of cricket and its coverage

Middle-distance runner Jake Wightman and his father Geoff Wightman sitting on a couch.

INTERVIEW

MATT LAWTON

Wightman: I had to split with Dad to save our relationship

Maro Itoje and Harry Wilson posing with a rugby trophy.

NEW

LIONS TOUR | ALEX LOWE

Farrell’s Lions plan: scrap, battle, take control — then let Russell weave magic

27 minutes ago

Chloe Kelly of England celebrates a victory.

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Kelly embraces main-character role with a laugh and a prancing step

Culture

Film still from Barry Lyndon.

REVIEW

CLASSIC FILM

Stanley Kubrick’s most painterly film still draws me in

Barry Lyndon looks like a William Hogarth work thanks to the sensitive lenses and brightly burning candles

Robert Millar leading Ronan Pensec in the 1990 Tour de France.

REVIEW

MEMOIR

Becoming Pippa York: a tale of transition, triumph and the Tour de France

Rosamund Pike in promotional image for Inter Alia at the National Theatre.

UPDATED

Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week

Photo of Kim Jong-il with his son Kim Jong-nam and other family members.

REVIEW

FICTION

Trump, Putin and North Korea’s dictator star in a racy thriller

Portrait of Ailie Springall.

FICTION

Could this divorce novel be Heartburn for the 2020s?

Freedom fighters in Bangladesh with a captured informer.

REVIEW

HISTORY

The British Raj — it wasn’t totally awful

Humphrey Ker and Adeel Akhtar in a scene from The Estate at the National Theatre.

NEW

REVIEW

FIRST NIGHT

A sweaty debut play at the National Theatre pops the Westminster bubble

Theatre & Dance

Photo of Kim Jong-il with his son Kim Jong-nam and other family members.

REVIEW

FICTION

Trump, Putin and North Korea’s dictator star in a racy thriller

Portrait of Ailie Springall.

FICTION

Could this divorce novel be Heartburn for the 2020s?

Freedom fighters in Bangladesh with a captured informer.

REVIEW

HISTORY

The British Raj — it wasn’t totally awful

Humphrey Ker and Adeel Akhtar in a scene from The Estate at the National Theatre.

NEW

REVIEW

FIRST NIGHT

A sweaty debut play at the National Theatre pops the Westminster bubble

Theatre & Dance

Robert Millar leading Ronan Pensec in the 1990 Tour de France.

REVIEW

MEMOIR

Becoming Pippa York: a tale of transition, triumph and the Tour de France

Rosamund Pike in promotional image for Inter Alia at the National Theatre.

UPDATED

Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week

Travel

Couple in Hawaii wearing leis in front of mountains.

I eloped 7,000 miles to a paradise island — to avoid a pricey wedding

For a laid-back, low-cost, minimal stress ceremony, Hawaii delivered with added aloha magic (and a suggestion of jet lag)

Woman in pink shirt with Yosemite Valley in background.

INTERVIEW

MY HOLS

Miriam González Durántez: ‘We never holidayed with the Camerons’

Lobby area of a hotel with seating, plants, and decorative vases.

REVIEW

Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park review: London’s first urban resort

Woman in pink shirt with Yosemite Valley in background.

INTERVIEW

MY HOLS

Miriam González Durántez: ‘We never holidayed with the Camerons’

Lobby area of a hotel with seating, plants, and decorative vases.

REVIEW

Mason & Fifth Westbourne Park review: London’s first urban resort

Money

Illustration of two water meters with pipes and valves.

‘Getting a water meter cut my bill in half’

Illustration of two water meters with pipes and valves.

‘Getting a water meter cut my bill in half’

FAME AND FORTUNE

Jacquie Davis: ‘The most I’ve made as a bodyguard is £1m’

Collage of J.K. Rowling, Jacquie Davis, and David and Victoria Beckham.

FAME AND FORTUNE

Jacquie Davis: ‘The most I’ve made as a bodyguard is £1m’

COMMENT

INVESTMENT EYE

I could have made 185% from bitcoin. But I’m still happy I sold

Illustration of a gold Bitcoin on a circuit board.

COMMENT

INVESTMENT EYE

I could have made 185% from bitcoin. But I’m still happy I sold

Why the surprise inflation rise is bad news for your mortgage

Bank of England building with a red double-decker bus blurring past.

Why the surprise inflation rise is bad news for your mortgage

Obituaries

Felix Baumgartner in a pressure suit during a Red Bull Stratos freefall test jump.

Felix Baumgartner, daredevil adventurer

32 minutes ago

Felix Baumgartner in a pressure suit during a Red Bull Stratos freefall test jump.

Felix Baumgartner, daredevil adventurer

32 minutes ago

Kevin Prendergast, racehorse trainer who had eight Irish classics winners

Trainer Kevin Prendergast holding a trophy after Awtaad won the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas.

Kevin Prendergast, racehorse trainer who had eight Irish classics winners

Sir Colin Corness, industrialist who went on to lead Glaxo

Sir Colin Corness in the Magdalene College reading room named after him.

Sir Colin Corness, industrialist who went on to lead Glaxo

Connie Francis, Fifties and Sixties singer who went viral this year

Connie Francis, American pop singer, holding a megaphone.

Connie Francis, Fifties and Sixties singer who went viral this year

Luxury

Woman sitting on a couch with a beige tote bag and suitcase.

UPDATED

The coolest hand luggage to take on your next holiday

Woman sitting on a couch with a beige tote bag and suitcase.

UPDATED

The coolest hand luggage to take on your next holiday

The Aston Martin Vantage Roadster — it’s the car of the summer

Aston Martin DB11 Volante parked on a road overlooking snow-capped mountains.

The Aston Martin Vantage Roadster — it’s the car of the summer

The best luxury travel accessories

Black and white photo of Shirley Worthington having her luggage inspected by a French customs official.

The best luxury travel accessories

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