Wednesday July 16 2025
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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
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How British state used celebrity gag order to hide its huge blunder

The superinjunction on the Afghan data leak was designed to be in place for four months. Instead there was secrecy on an extraordinary scale

Defence
ANALYSIS
Did the risk ever justify the secrecy in this Kafkaesque calamity?

The superinjunction on the Afghan data leak, put in place to protect lives, arguably became a mechanism to spare the government’s blushes

Politics
John Healey leaving 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting.
POLITICAL SKETCH
Hat-trick of cock-up, cover-up and stitch-up sees Healey take one for team

The government’s response to the Afghan records leak has been a full house in a game of fiasco bingo

Politics
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Huw Edwards arriving at Westminster Magistrates Court.
BBC can be ‘unbearable’ place to work, chairman warns
Media
John Torode on the set of This Morning.
BBC scrambling for MasterChef replacement after John Torode’s sacking
Media
Huw Edwards arriving at Westminster Magistrates Court.
BBC can be ‘unbearable’ place to work, chairman warns
Media
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Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
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Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
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Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
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Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
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Politics
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Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
Santé, babes! French vintners raise a toast to Essex wines
Food & Drink
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Woman holding carrots and a beer bottle.
Constance Marten wanted to expose ‘cult that broke her’
Crime
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Rachel Reeves leaving No. 11 Downing Street.
Ever-higher taxes ‘bad for growth’, OBR warns Reeves
Politics
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Photo of Emily Chesterton in graduation attire.
Six patient deaths linked to use of ‘substitute’ doctors by NHS
Healthcare
Mugshots of two men flanking a photo of a sycamore tree planted within a stone wall.
Sycamore Gap ‘morons’ sentenced to four years for felling tree
Crime
Person pouring Pinot Noir grapes into a bin.
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Food & Drink
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Kew Gardens Palm House and flowerbeds.
Palm House at Kew Gardens to shut for four years in net zero push

The Victorian era hothouse loses vast amounts of heat through inadequate glazing

London
Entrance sign for the Department for Work & Pensions at Caxton House.
More than a million universal credit recipients are non-UK citizens
Politics
Deliveroo cyclist riding an electric bike in London.
Ministers refuse to share asylum hotel locations with delivery firms
Politics
Protestors holding signs and a flag that reads "Save Our Kids" at a demonstration.
Asylum seeker ‘sexually assaulted girl’ days after boat crossing
Crime
Photo of firefighters battling a blaze at a warehouse that supplied Starlink equipment to Ukraine.
Russia ‘trying to recruit UK schoolchildren to carry out hostile acts’
Crime
Photo of Father Pat Brennan in a black clergy shirt.
Priest blames ‘entitled’ parishioners for dwindling attendance in poem
Religion
Protestors holding signs and a flag that reads "Save Our Kids" at a demonstration.
Asylum seeker ‘sexually assaulted girl’ days after boat crossing
Crime
Protestors holding signs and a flag that reads "Save Our Kids" at a demonstration.
Asylum seeker ‘sexually assaulted girl’ days after boat crossing
Crime
Photo of firefighters battling a blaze at a warehouse that supplied Starlink equipment to Ukraine.
Russia ‘trying to recruit UK schoolchildren to carry out hostile acts’
Crime
Photo of firefighters battling a blaze at a warehouse that supplied Starlink equipment to Ukraine.
Russia ‘trying to recruit UK schoolchildren to carry out hostile acts’
Crime
Photo of Father Pat Brennan in a black clergy shirt.
Priest blames ‘entitled’ parishioners for dwindling attendance in poem
Religion
Photo of Father Pat Brennan in a black clergy shirt.
Priest blames ‘entitled’ parishioners for dwindling attendance in poem
Religion
Protestors holding signs and a flag that reads "Save Our Kids" at a demonstration.
Asylum seeker ‘sexually assaulted girl’ days after boat crossing
Crime
Photo of firefighters battling a blaze at a warehouse that supplied Starlink equipment to Ukraine.
Russia ‘trying to recruit UK schoolchildren to carry out hostile acts’
Crime
Photo of Father Pat Brennan in a black clergy shirt.
Priest blames ‘entitled’ parishioners for dwindling attendance in poem
Religion
Protestors holding signs and a flag that reads "Save Our Kids" at a demonstration.
Asylum seeker ‘sexually assaulted girl’ days after boat crossing
Crime
Protestors holding signs and a flag that reads "Save Our Kids" at a demonstration.
Asylum seeker ‘sexually assaulted girl’ days after boat crossing
Crime
Photo of firefighters battling a blaze at a warehouse that supplied Starlink equipment to Ukraine.
Russia ‘trying to recruit UK schoolchildren to carry out hostile acts’
Crime
Photo of firefighters battling a blaze at a warehouse that supplied Starlink equipment to Ukraine.
Russia ‘trying to recruit UK schoolchildren to carry out hostile acts’
Crime
Photo of Father Pat Brennan in a black clergy shirt.
Priest blames ‘entitled’ parishioners for dwindling attendance in poem
Religion
Photo of Father Pat Brennan in a black clergy shirt.
Priest blames ‘entitled’ parishioners for dwindling attendance in poem
Religion
A woman brushes a Highland cow calf.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Senga the one-year-old Highland cow — and other news in pictures
Only 40% of London crimes reported as victims despair of justice
Crime
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Trump ‘not encouraging killing’ by asking if Zelensky could bomb Moscow

The White House said the US president had been taken out of context

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DANIEL FINKELSTEINCorbyn and Farage can educate one another

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