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Police officer standing behind police tape outside Keir Starmer's home.
Police investigate fires at properties and car linked to Starmer

Counterterrorism officers are investigating suspected arson as three blazes in four days linked to PM

Crime

Universities face tax on foreign students under immigration rules

The immigration white paper proposes overseas graduates be forced to return home after 18 months unless they find a skilled job


What are Starmer’s new immigration rules and will they work?


Migrants on a bus in Dover, Kent.



Harry Kane of Bayern Munich holding the championship trophy.
Kane: I’m very aware I hadn’t won a trophy. You think, will it ever happen?

Nigel Farage reacting to his party's by-election win.
Mandelson: I can’t imagine Nigel Farage ever becoming PM
Illustration of Sean Diddy Combs making a heart shape with his hands in court.
Diddy’s defence: I’m a domestic abuser but my sex life is not a crime

Harry Kane of Bayern Munich holding the championship trophy.
Kane: I’m very aware I hadn’t won a trophy. You think, will it ever happen?






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Screengrab of Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, embracing by a loch.
Kate says ‘nature has been my sanctuary’ in new video series

The Princess of Wales says she is ‘celebrating humanity’s longstanding connection to nature’ as part of Mental Health Awareness Week


Illustration of an obese person measuring their waist, with a heart and measuring tape overlaid.






A woman restoring colorful garden gnomes.
News in Pictures


MRI can detect cardiovascular disease 10 years before heart attack


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Editor's picks



Prue Leith in her new kitchen.
Prue Leith: the nine people I miss every day

At 85 I’ve lost my parents and my siblings — I’ll be remembering them this Celebration Day, and other loved ones whose memories I cherish


Simon Mills and Matt Smith at the Vanity Fair and Armani Party, Cannes Film Festival.
My drunken night on the A-list party crawl at the Cannes festival


Woman lifting weights at home.
How to start weight training in midlife

a man wearing a blue vest and a pink shirt
Mounjaro will be on prescription. You still need new lifestyle habits


Greta Garbo on the set of Mata Hari.
The truth about my great-aunt Greta Garbo — and why she stopped making films




Trump still buys Putin’s picture of innocence

Easily flattered, the US president’s acceptance of a portrait from the Kremlin does not bode well for Ukraine peace talks



Illustration of a man in a pub saying, "We risk becoming an island of strangers!"  A woman responds, "I don't know who you are anymore..."

Cartoon by Morten Morland



Portrait of Melanie Phillips.
Was London audience on the side of an antisemite?






Portrait of Melanie Phillips.
Was London audience on the side of an antisemite?




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Collage of parents investing in their child's future.
Jo EcclesHow parents are using the Bank of Mum and Dad to avoid inheritance tax





Russell Watson with his two Valais Blacknose sheep and pony at his home.
Russell Watson: ‘I’m convinced that animals know they’ve been rescued’






a woman wearing glasses and a black jacket looks at the camera
Mehreen KhanThe US may use the dollar but that doesn’t mean it can control it


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Collage of Richard Bean with actors from *The White Lotus* and *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*.

The One Man, Two Guvnors playwright on why Harry Potter is overrated, his love of Larry Sanders and the Henry Miller book that inspired him to quit HR

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Illustration of a man looking concerned at his phone with security cameras and a mountain village in the background.
Our holiday let had spy cameras, but Vrbo won’t pay compensation promised



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