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Illustration of UK military assets, including submarines and fighter jets, launching missiles against a Union Jack background.
British fighter jets to carry nuclear bombs

American-made planes armed with tactical weapons would be the UK’s biggest defence expansion since the Cold War

Defence

Doctors’ union: We can cause ‘terrible disruption’ if Streeting won’t talk

The activist leaders of the BMA’s junior doctors are threatening to co-ordinate strikes with GPs and consultants if their pay demands are not met




Portrait of a man sitting at a wooden desk.



Dress, £3,750, Prada
Sydney Sweeney: ‘I have to prove myself as a young woman’

Ellie Gould and her mother Carole in a European city square.
I won a longer sentence for my girl’s killer. This is what I want next
Ncuti Gatwa in the Doctor Who finale wielding a futuristic weapon.
Doctor Who finale: an inexplicable ending to an inexplicable journey

Dress, £3,750, Prada
Sydney Sweeney: ‘I have to prove myself as a young woman’





Woman holding a Ukrainian flag signed "Thank you for your support" in front of a Mighty Convoy van.
My 36-hour road trip to Ukraine in an old Iceland food van


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Portrait of Chris Hoy.
Sir Chris Hoy: I’m busy proving that life doesn’t stop

Eight months after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis, the Olympian is not wallowing in grief. He has a family to look after and hills to conquer


Elon Musk and Donald Trump at a White House press conference.
Katy BallsSorry, Trump aides, but Elon Musk isn’t going anywhere



Samantha Cameron and Sarah Vine at the State Opening of Parliament.
Sarah Vine reveals romantic cost of keeping up with the Camerons


Helen Barton, Treatment Unit Manager at a Bournemouth abortion clinic, pictured at the clinic.






Portrait of Dr. Mathew Knowles playing the drums.
Meet Dr Knowles, Beyoncé’s dad: ‘I’m the best manager in music history’



Family enjoying snacks and wine by a Venetian canal.
Boris, I feel your pain: my four children are very dear too




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World


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Farmers are the new miners — pawns in a political game

Having grown up in a pit town, I recognise the sadness and rage that is consuming farming families as Labour prepares to launch another brickbat at them



Illustration of Keir Starmer having a nightmare, surrounded by colleagues.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and white shirt
Rainbows v reality: the Pride battlelines are forming






a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and white shirt
Rainbows v reality: the Pride battlelines are forming







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Dolly AldertonDear Dolly: ‘My confident, funny partner is awkward with my family’


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Portrait of Alexander and Oliver Kent-Braham, co-CEOs of Marshmallow.
Hannah PrevettThe twins who struck gold with their £1.5bn fintech firm




Desire Doue of PSG celebrates scoring a goal in the UEFA Champions League final.

PSG 5 Inter Milan 0: Parisians the new kings of Europe after Luis Enrique’s young pretenders pull off beautiful yet brutal humiliation of Inter


Luis Enrique lifts the Champions League trophy.
No galactico glitter, no egos, just one captivating team




A photo of a man in uniform, old documents stamped "Secret", and Soviet seals.

Gordon Corera’s The Spy in the Archive is a memorial to Vasili Mitrokhin, the KGB archivist who smuggled out of Russia a ‘counterintelligence bonanza’

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Brisbane's Streets Beach, an inner-city man-made beach with people swimming and relaxing.
Kathryn FlettShould I crash my son’s gap year?


Illustration of houses crumbling in a hand sinking into water.
Do landlords have a future? The fate of buy-to-let in five charts

With an increased tax burden and new renters’ rights imminent, Imogen Tew looks at whether the numbers still stack up


Illustration of tiny repairmen fixing a large armchair while an elderly woman rests in it with a cat.
Why a mid-retirement MoT can keep you on track





Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli with a bronze statue of Vladimir Putin.
Zurab Tsereteli, Georgian sculptor admired by Putin


Blair Wallace, formidable deputy chief of the RUC during the Troubles


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