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Britain will spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2034, Labour says

Defence secretary says the target is no longer an ‘ambition’ — but a certainty

Defence
14 minutes ago

How Pete Hegseth’s Nato speech paved way for defence funding boost

Labour’s defence review contemplating cuts. That changed when it was clear the US was weakening its commitment to Europe

Defence
14 minutes ago



Elon Musk at a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Musk brushes aside drug allegations at final Doge press conference

The US president called the billionaire ‘fantastic’ and said he would ‘always be with us’ after Musk was accused of drug use on campaign trail

US politics
2 hours ago



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Liverpool crash suspect Paul Doyle ‘used car as a weapon’, court hears

Photo of Peter Cunningham, wrongly identified online as the driver in a Liverpool FC parade crash.
‘Police were no help when social media said I was Liverpool suspect’
Crime
9 minutes ago

Court sketch of Paul Doyle at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.
Liverpool crash suspect Paul Doyle ‘used car as a weapon’, court hears





Pauline Al Said and Mark Wheatcroft leaving Salisbury Law Courts.
‘UK’s poshest thief’ avoids jail after stealing Le Creuset cookware


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Witch ‘thrown off druid training course’ in trans row

Woman who became involved with paganism to find ‘spiritual healing’ after being sexually assaulted says she has been excluded over her views on gender

Religion
59 minutes ago

Professor Mary B. Rice at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
We are Harvard researchers. Trump’s cuts are endangering lives



Prince Harry speaking at the Travalyst Executive Summit.
Prince Harry’s company promotes emissions calculator that ‘airbrushes impact’ of flying


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Tenerife calls emergency meeting after ‘inhumane’ crush at airport




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


The monster of Harrods: ‘Mohamed Al Fayed raped me’


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Editor's picks



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Tim Leissner, a central character in the 1MDB scandal that crossed from Malaysia to Hollywood, might have thought he was too big to jail. He wasn’t




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Drones take over salvage of Bayesian superyacht after diver’s death
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Musk’s Doge debacle has done us all a favour

It is difficult for disruptive outsiders to reform the system — but the Tesla boss’s attempts offer valuable lessons



Illustration of a snake and ladders game board with a large snake dominating the board, and several people interacting with the game.

Cartoon by Peter Schrank



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Pronatalism will bring votes but not babies






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Pronatalism will bring votes but not babies36 minutes ago






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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


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Deepak ChopraWhy we don’t need to fear AI — and how to use it for your mental health





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Dominic O'ConnellStep into the looking-glass wonderland of civil service pensions


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Protesters on paddleboards holding signs advocating against sewage pollution.
Chris HaslamI’ve driven 4,858 miles around the UK coast. Our seas are in a bad way


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