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French police providing life vests to migrants crossing the English Channel in a dinghy.
French move to intercept small boats at sea threatened by confidence vote

The potential collapse of France’s government could stop the law change required to allow its authorities to intercept migrant vessels

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How feasible is Reform’s plan to deport migrants?

The promise to send home 600,000 illegal immigrants, including women and children, must overcome significant legal and practical challenges


Reform UK’s migrant policy goes where no other party is willing to


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Swifties hold their breath for the wedding of their lives

Is this the end of Taylor Swift, the lyricist of scorned love?

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Princess Diana speaking with children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Princess Diana time capsule held Kylie Minogue CD and 90s relics

Migrants at the Grande-Synthe migrant camp in France after a police raid.
Desperate conditions in Dunkirk camp drive migrants to boats
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Rule of thumb suggests longer digits mean bigger brains

Princess Diana speaking with children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Princess Diana time capsule held Kylie Minogue CD and 90s relics





Court sketch of Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu and a court official.
Epping hotel migrant ‘tried to kiss girl, 14, and said he wanted sex’


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Robbie Williams performing at a concert.
Angels ‘co-writer’ paid £7,500 set to sue Robbie Williams

Ray ­Heffernan was not credited for his work on a song inspired by his partner’s miscarriage, which he played for the former Take That star in 1996


Photo of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer giving a statement.






People relaxing in deck chairs on a sunny day in Green Park, London.
UK summer set to be the hottest on record? Met Office is certain


Displaying Palestine Action poster in window is legal, police say


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Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch are sublime in The Roses


Portrait of Tom McPhail.



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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou at a press conference.
Debt pile has pushed French economy to the brink


President Trump and President Zelenskyy at the White House.
US to help Ukraine with air defence once war is over
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Labour has no mandate to raise our taxes

If you win a landslide saying you’ll fund spending through growth and fail to achieve that, you’d better look for cuts



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Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
Act now to stop a flood of climate refugees






a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
Act now to stop a flood of climate refugees



Headshot of Iqbal Jawad.
Giving 16-year-olds the vote puts extra pressure on teachers56 minutes ago





Two women in period costumes and a man in a tuxedo.
Julian Fellowes: My terrifying tremor surgery and the final Downton Abbey film


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Alex Gerko, founder of XTX Markets.
Russian-born tycoon earns record £682m payout from trading firm


Woman interacting with a pair of headphones inside a bubble using her smartphone.
Klarna to revive plans for US float with cut-price valuation

Portrait of Mehreen Khan.
Mehreen KhanTrump is tightening his grip on the US central bank



Rise in government borrowing costs puts chancellor in a bind


Debenhams may sell Pretty Little Thing in turnaround plan




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Anthony Elanga, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Lauren James are among top players enlisting outside help to gain extra edge, but not all clubs are happy



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The writer and activist, 41, on Elvis tribute acts, pirating cassettes from the library and the cardboard cheque Anthea Turner gave her


Black and white photo of Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde in their London studio.
The boozy, rocky love story of the ‘golden boys of Bond Street’


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