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Starmer gives in to welfare rebels by offering to water down cuts

More than 120 Labour MPs have backed an amendment that would effectively kill the bill

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UK and France discuss ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant returns

Plan being considered by Keir Starmer and President Macron would allow Britain to return illegal small boat arrivals to France

Politics

IN DEPTH

‘Damage as much as possible’: undercover on Palestine Action’s recruitment drive

The activists, who are set to be proscribed as a terror group, told new members that they could ‘take the resistance into prisons’

Crime

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kissing in a boat in Venice.

‘Jeff in Venice’: Bezos’s three-day wedding party gets under way

The Amazon owner’s nuptials with Lauren Sánchez are being held in five-star locations across the Italian city, with a slew of A-list celebrities in attendance

Europe

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Team Trump hits back as doubts linger over Iran’s nuclear programme

US news

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UK spends more on disability than defence — how did we get here?

Politics

Team Trump hits back as doubts linger over Iran’s nuclear programme

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UK spends more on disability than defence — how did we get here?

Politics

Keir Starmer addressing the House of Commons regarding the NATO summit.

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Politics

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ANALYSIS

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Politics

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ANALYSIS

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Anna Wintour steps back from running Vogue — leaving big Manolos to fill

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Fashion

UK lags behind Kosovo and Kazakhstan in global women’s health table

Healthcare

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One fifth of Britons ‘suffering from a mental health condition’

Healthcare

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Science

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New MI6 chief’s grandfather was Nazi ‘Butcher’

Defence

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Michael Gove on divorce, gay rumours, dating and the Camerons

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World

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a televised speech.

ANALYSIS

By Ali Khamenei’s logic, he did beat the US — by surviving

For Iran’s supreme leader, the damaged nuclear programme was just one symbol of his country’s resistance to the West. Hezbollah and Hamas fight on

Israel-Iran

From horseless cart to va va voom: France’s love affair with the Renault

Europe

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IN DEPTH

Why payments to pregnant schoolgirls is dividing Putin’s pronatalists

Europe

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Comment

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PATRICK MAGUIRE Backbench revolt shows Labour hasn’t changed

Despite the grand ambitions of the Starmer leadership, No 10 is finding that the party has not been reprogrammed

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Cartoon by Morten Morland

GERARD BAKER Mamdani is riding a populist wave, like Trump

a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera

EMMA DUNCAN Division, decline, decay? What a load of rot

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Life & Style

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The cost of chillin’ — is air conditioning worth it?

With heatwaves becoming more commonplace, cooling technology in the home is all the rage

Property & Home

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FAME AND FORTUNE

James Constantinou: ‘I was so skint I stole cornflakes from Tesco’

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Business

Jes Staley fails to have ban over Epstein links scrapped

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Companies & Markets

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Alistair Osborne Banker’s reckless endangerment

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Harry Wallop Weight-loss jabs may just nudge producers to offer healthier food

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Sport

Maro Itoje, British & Irish Lions rugby player, holding a rugby ball.

COMMENT

LIONS TOUR

Itoje’s absence part of Farrell’s plan to create leaders — and competition

Head coach’s decision for Dan Sheehan to lead the Lions against Western Force is about sharing leadership responsibilities and looking after his captain

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Henry Pollock of the British & Irish Lions during a rugby match against Argentina.

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Culture

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Like Succession meets Spinal Tap: how Britain’s best record label collapsed

Anew podcast, Music, Money and Mayhem, explores the tale of rock ‘n’ roll excess that led to the downfall of EMI

Music

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INTERVIEW

Jamie Barton: Opera singers are being forced to take Ozempic

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REVIEW

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TV & Radio

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Travel

This wild weekend in Surrey is what adventurous children dream of

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England