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Revealed: Leak that risked lives of 100,000 Afghans — and a £7bn cover-up

A dataset was emailed to the wrong people, leading to fears of a Taliban ‘kill list’, a huge evacuation and an unprecedented superinjunction

Defence

Data breach notification: potential compromise of contact information.

NEW

Inside Operation Rubific: ‘kill list’, secrecy and a rescue mission

After a catastrophic data leak put thousands of Afghans at risk, the MoD began trying to bring them safely to Britain — without them knowing why

Defence

NEW

LARISA BROWN

I investigated the Afghan data leak. Ministers were gambling with death

Our defence editor recounts how she informed the government that she knew thousands of lives were at risk. Its response was to silence her

Defence

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LIVE

Defence secretary apologises for ‘serious error’ as Afghan leak revealed

Tens of thousands of Afghans receive ‘concerning’ emails after two-year court battle spearheaded by The Times reveals cover-up

Defence

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Trump announces Patriots for Ukraine and threatens Putin with 100% tariffs

Russia-Ukraine war

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at a New York City event.

Ghislaine Maxwell refused appeal on sex-trafficking verdict

US news

Trump announces Patriots for Ukraine and threatens Putin with 100% tariffs

Russia-Ukraine war

Ghislaine Maxwell refused appeal on sex-trafficking verdict

US news

Huw Edwards arriving at Westminster Magistrates Court.

NEW

BBC can be ‘unbearable’ place to work, chairman warns

Media

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Drivers to be given up to £3,750 to switch to electric cars

Transport

Portrait of Alistair Carns in Westminster, London.

Veterans minister may quit if Troubles-era troops lose immunity

Politics

Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter in the upcoming HBO series.

First glimpse of new Harry Potter, the next star of the small screen

Media

Robert Powell fears e-bikes will give him a heart attack

Transport

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BBC can be ‘unbearable’ place to work, chairman warns

Media

Drivers to be given up to £3,750 to switch to electric cars

Transport

Veterans minister may quit if Troubles-era troops lose immunity

Politics

First glimpse of new Harry Potter, the next star of the small screen

Media

Robert Powell fears e-bikes will give him a heart attack

Transport

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IN DEPTH

Who is the real Constance Marten? A life that led to tragedy

As she and her partner are convicted, her aristocratic background and history of abandonment, cults and living off-grid are revealed

Crime

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Constance Marten’s life in jail: killer friends and magazine covers

Crime

Illustration of a woman and a man's faces side-by-side.

The 53-day manhunt and the desperate search for a newborn

Crime

A stonemason restoring York Minster's rose window.

PHOTOGRAPHY

York Minster’s four-decade repair job — and other news in pictures

PHOTOGRAPHY

York Minster’s four-decade repair job — and other news in pictures

NEW

Labour scraps Tory plan to ban sex education for pupils under nine

Education

Illustration of male reproductive organs being presented to a classroom.

NEW

Labour scraps Tory plan to ban sex education for pupils under nine

Education

A day at Battersea nearly ends in another rescue dog for the Queen

Royal family

Queen Camilla meets a puppy at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

A day at Battersea nearly ends in another rescue dog for the Queen

Royal family

THE TIMES DIARY

Sleepless in Westminster: Lords burn the midnight oil

Politics

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THE TIMES DIARY

Sleepless in Westminster: Lords burn the midnight oil

Politics

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‘We don’t need this big house anymore’ — the rise of the early downsizer

More homeowners are selling their forever homes long before pensionable age

Property & Home

Constance Marten holding a baby at a train station.

HELEN RUMBELOW

Persecuted by the state? No, Constance Marten was in thrall to conspiracy culture

Crime

The experts’ guide to the probiotics that work

Health & Fitness

HELEN RUMBELOW

Persecuted by the state? No, Constance Marten was in thrall to conspiracy culture

Crime

The experts’ guide to the probiotics that work

Health & Fitness

World

Illustration of Mark Rutte and Donald Trump shaking hands, with NATO symbol and portraits of Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the background.

NEW

ANALYSIS

What impact will Trump’s weapons pledge have on Ukraine’s war?

The US president’s new military aid marks a significant shift, but Germany has warned it will take months to get Patriot missiles to the battlefield

Russia-Ukraine war

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shaking hands, with Melania Trump standing nearby.

ANALYSIS

Is Melania the reason for Trump’s turn against Putin?

US politics

Syrian soldier standing guard near damaged gate following clashes in Suwayda.

UPDATED

Israel strikes Syrian troops enforcing curfew in city after violent clashes

Middle East

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ANALYSIS

Is Melania the reason for Trump’s turn against Putin?

US politics

UPDATED

Israel strikes Syrian troops enforcing curfew in city after violent clashes

Middle East

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Comment

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WILLIAM HAGUE How to attract talent and keep the wealthy

Rachel Reeves’s ‘concierge service’ is a good idea but jars with other Treasury measures that have sent the rich packing

Illustration of Trump and other world leaders in a cartoon depicting the Ukraine war.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

MELANIE PHILLIPS The NHS model is on its last legs — time to replace it

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JAMES MARRIOTT My life advice: embrace the power of pessimism

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GILES COREN | NOTEBOOK Don’t listen to the critics — this film reboot is super fun

JAWAD IQBAL | THUNDERER Bungs for electric cars is politically misguided folly

Life & Style

Diptych of Donald Trump with a woman and Elon Musk with a woman.

EXTRACT

Giorgia Meloni: ‘I’ve never let being a petite blonde stop me’

How did the controversial right-wing Italian PM become the most powerful woman in Europe?

Europe

Gail Porter and her cat, Ziggy Stardust.

INTERVIEW

CELEBS AND THEIR PETS

Gail Porter: I named my rescue cat Ziggy Stardust — she doesn’t leave my side

Property & Home

Catherine Loveday and her mother, Scilla, at home in Devon.

INTERVIEW

What the neuropsychologist did to slow her mother’s dementia

Parenting

INTERVIEW

CELEBS AND THEIR PETS

Gail Porter: I named my rescue cat Ziggy Stardust — she doesn’t leave my side

Property & Home

INTERVIEW

What the neuropsychologist did to slow her mother’s dementia

Parenting

Business

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NEW

Falling demand for bonds ‘may add £20bn’ to UK borrowing costs

Economics

21 minutes ago

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Thames Water reports £1.65bn loss as debts and spills rise

Companies & Markets

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Alistair Osborne Heathrow’s investment plan punctures the third runway myth

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Mehreen Khan EU has few cards with Donald Trump, and it’s bad at playing them

Alistair Osborne Heathrow’s investment plan punctures the third runway myth

Mehreen Khan EU has few cards with Donald Trump, and it’s bad at playing them

Sport

Ben Stokes of England celebrates taking a wicket.

MIKE ATHERTON

What a captain, what a cricketer — immense Stokes inspires nail-biting win

Lord’s (final day of five): All-rounder shows his world-class qualities to guide England to 22-run victory in breathless finale to third India Test

Cricket

Rocky Flintoff of the England Lions adjusting his cap.

NEW

Rocky Flintoff, 17, given Hundred wild card — by his dad

Cricket

THE OPEN | ANGUS OLIVER

Brutal bunkers and Calamity Corner: this eight-handicapper’s Portrush humbling

Golf

Mack Hansen of the British & Irish Lions running with the rugby ball after a tackle.

LIONS TOUR

Hansen may miss first Test against Australia with foot injury

Rugby union

Ben Healy of EF Education-EasyPost celebrates on the Tour de France podium in the yellow jersey.

TOUR DE FRANCE | DAVID WALSH

To Yates the stage win, to Healy the Yellow Jersey ‘fairytale’

Cycling

England cricket players celebrating a wicket.

NEW

Archer: I’m ready to play final two Tests against India… if they let me

Cricket

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INTERVIEW

LIONS TOUR

‘Healey called me a plank and an ape and there I was eating a banana’

Rugby union

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LIONS TOUR

Hansen may miss first Test against Australia with foot injury

Rugby union

TOUR DE FRANCE | DAVID WALSH

To Yates the stage win, to Healy the Yellow Jersey ‘fairytale’

Cycling

NEW

Archer: I’m ready to play final two Tests against India… if they let me

Cricket

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INTERVIEW

LIONS TOUR

‘Healey called me a plank and an ape and there I was eating a banana’

Rugby union

46 minutes ago

NEW

Rocky Flintoff, 17, given Hundred wild card — by his dad

Cricket

THE OPEN | ANGUS OLIVER

Brutal bunkers and Calamity Corner: this eight-handicapper’s Portrush humbling

Golf

Culture

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Q&A

MY CULTURE FIX

Bettany Hughes: I couldn’t finish reading Das Kapital

The historian and broadcaster on what she learned from Fleabag, a family connection to Andrew Lloyd Webber — and why she won’t read the Lord of the Rings

TV & Radio

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The best Proms to book for this summer — and how to watch on TV

Classical & Opera

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Damien Hirst and plagiarism: ‘All my ideas are stolen anyway’

Art

The best Proms to book for this summer — and how to watch on TV

Classical & Opera

Damien Hirst and plagiarism: ‘All my ideas are stolen anyway’

Art

Travel

Seven of the UK’s most magical open-air cinemas

Make the most of the late summer evenings and watch a blockbuster from a deckchair in one of these brilliant venues — plus where to eat and stay nearby

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