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Wave of protests planned at migrant hotels this weekend

Anti-racism groups are co-ordinating counter protests, warning that towns and cities could experience the worst disorder since the riots last summer

Politics

Collage of Donbas: people hugging, wine bottles in a cellar, salt packaging, and salt mining.
‘Maybe we’ll never return’: what losing the Donbas means to Ukraine

As world leaders debate the region’s future, its people mourn a depleted population, missing children and toppled industries

Russia-Ukraine war
17 minutes ago

Quarter of Labour members set to back Corbyn’s new party

Survey finds 28 per cent considering voting for the former Labour leader’s new left-wing, pro-Gaza movement at next election



Woman harvesting seeds from a Wollemi pine tree.
Money grows on trees … if it’s a lonesome ‘dinosaur tree’

A couple bought a Wollemi pine sapling, a species thought extinct for millions of years, which has now produced seeds that will be sold for charity



Christopher Brain leaving Inner Crown Court.
Inside the cult-like Nine O’Clock Service and its dramatic fall


Christopher Brain leaving Inner Crown Court.


A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform

Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD

A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform






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Serena Williams holding a weight-loss medication pen.
Serena Williams: I used weight loss drug after having children

Tennis star revealed her use of the GLP-1 medication Zepbound to lose weight after giving birth to two daughters


Hubble image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
Comet? UFO? Astronomers puzzle over fastest object in solar system
50 minutes ago






Motorcyclist performing a jump on a Red Bull-branded ramp on a truck.
Red Bull biker’s backflip over bridge — and other news in pictures


Fisherman who met King jailed for £18m drug smuggling plot


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Editor's picks



Portrait of Paul Merton and Suki Webster.
Paul Merton: how I found happiness after heartbreak and loss

Finding love was the last thing on Paul Merton’s mind after his wife died in 2003. Then romance unexpectedly blossomed, thanks to brandy and Imodium


Clare Balding with Sherlock, a fire brigade sniffer dog.
Clare Balding: My 10 favourite walking routes


Portrait of Inigo Phillbruck.
Inigo Philbrick pulled off history’s greatest art fraud — now he’s back

Woman weightlifting.
Strength training: why strong not skinny is the hot body type now


Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner drinking wine on Hove beach.



Collage of four bottles of rosé wine.
15 best rosés for the bank holiday weekend

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Collage of a man carrying a child amidst explosions and fleeing people.
Why is Israel attacking Gaza City? What new offensive aims to achieve



Erik Menendez appearing before a parole board via video conference.
Parent killer Erik Menendez denied parole
27 minutes ago

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Rising food prices mean hefty obesity costs

If people can’t afford a healthy diet, the whole economy suffers — so let’s put Nutrition Impact Bonds on the menu



Illustration of three figures representing different stages of British patriotism: flagging, flagon, and flagrant.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
Asylum crisis is taking Labour’s eyes off growth






a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
Asylum crisis is taking Labour’s eyes off growth






JCB factory worker assembling a yellow excavator.
New US tariffs will cost JCB ‘hundreds of millions’


Standard Chartered bank headquarters in London.
US rejects Standard Chartered whistleblower sanction claims

a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneWH Smith facing a long-haul flight



Ministers take control of part of Sanjeev Gupta’s steel group


WH Smith could pay heavy price for counting on America


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Michael Atherton of the England cricket team leaning on a balcony in Nottingham during his first test match against Australia.

Mike Atherton reflects on a 36-year relationship with cricket before picking best venue, teams and two fiery captains for his ideal fictional game




Photo of Charlie Rowe and Gloria Obianyo in a theatrical production of As You Like It.
Would Judi Dench be won over by Ralph Fiennes’s As You Like It? I’m not so sure


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