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Silhouetted F-35B Lightning jets on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales at sunset.
Britain will spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2034

Defence secretary’s comments commit government to £10 billion extra in military funding per year, despite proposed cuts elsewhere

Defence

Trump doubling steel tariffs ‘would be body blow to UK industry’

Britain is seeking urgent clarification from the White House as Canada and Australia condemn the move as economic self-harm




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Sydney Sweeney: ‘I have to prove myself as a young woman’

Thanks to The White Lotus and hit rom-com Anyone But You, the actress has become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars — but she’s had to fight hard to get there




David Challen sitting on a park bench.
Dad wasn’t a monster, but I don’t blame my mother for killing him

Migrants in a small boat, with a French maritime patrol vessel in the background.
Coastguard ‘too busy with migrant rescues’ to come to yacht’s aid

David Challen sitting on a park bench.
Dad wasn’t a monster, but I don’t blame my mother for killing him





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‘Biggest benefits scam of all’? Motability boss hits back at critics


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Simon Yates celebrates winning the Giro d'Italia.
Yates produces one of the great British performances to win Giro d’Italia

Yates went into penultimate stage 1min 21sec behind Isaac del Toro, but produced stunning showing to snatch pink jersey and exorcise ghosts of 2018


Elon Musk receives a key to the White House from Donald Trump.
Elon Musk leaves the White House with a gold key and a black eye



British Airways Airbus A380 taking off from London Heathrow Airport.
British Airways to undercut rivals with cheaper ‘green’ flights


Pauline Al Said and Mark Wheatcroft leaving Salisbury Law Courts.




Beyoncé wearing a white cowboy hat and fringe jacket.
The making of Beyoncé — by friends, family and Team Bey insiders


M*A*S*H ‘Hot Lips’ actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87


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Editor's picks




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I’m healthier in my 60s than I was 30 years ago: here’s how



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I’ve gone from rebooting Swarovski to dressing Kate Middleton






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Vitali Klitschko was a heavyweight boxer before becoming mayor of Kyiv, but faces a fight for control after the Ukrainian president curbed his powers

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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



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Cartoon by Peter Schrank



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Pronatalism will bring votes but not babies






a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Pronatalism will bring votes but not babies






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Relationship expert Tracey Cox, 63, tells Anna Maxted what a lifetime of experience has taught her


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Matt RuddHow to beat the scammers? Bore them to death





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My holiday with my ex — the best we’d had in years



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Is butter better for you than low-fat spreads?
Health & Fitness
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Rachel Reeves speaking at a UK-EU summit reception.

Yields on UK government bonds are high, due to both Donald Trump’s policies and domestic economic problems. That makes it expensive to borrow


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


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Years of mismanagement caught up with Amorim’s side in farcical Asia tour but raft of regulations make it difficult for clubs not to bleed out

Football
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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’

Books
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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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Is your pension at risk of a tax grab?


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I pay my parents’ mortgage: welcome to the Bank of Son and Daughter

Is now the time to invest in an easy-access cash Isa?



‘Canada Life rejected my £80k claim for illness it said it would cover’

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