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Britain summons Israeli ambassador over plan to divide West Bank

Foreign ministers of 25 countries condemn bid by Israel to thwart the possibility of a Palestinian state by approving expansion of illegal settlements

Politics

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

The leader of a Church of England ‘sex cult’ has been convicted three decades after its collapse. Why did the Church not learn from the scandal?


Wave of protests planned at up to 30 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



Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi at the Stranger Things 4 premiere.
Millie Bobby Brown reveals she has adopted baby girl

The Stranger Things star, who is married to Jake Bongiovi, shared the news in an Instagram post

15 minutes ago


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

Endless resits and regional splits: the stories behind GCSE grades
Endless resits and regional splits: the stories behind GCSE grades

Serena Williams holding a weight-loss medication pen.


Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting

Earth as seen from the Martian surface.
If aliens find Earth, they’ll probably come from this direction

Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting






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Joaquin Phoenix in Her.
Chatbots are causing psychosis, Microsoft chief warns

Reports of people believing an artificial companion has become sentient, or even given them superhuman powers, are becoming more common



James Bailey, CEO of Waitrose, in a Waitrose store.




The cast of Paddington the Musical in a chaotic scene.
Paddington The Musical cast — and other news in pictures


Why London’s rich are renting, not buying — at £325,000 a month


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Editor's picks



Illustration of a modern house with a hidden underground bunker beneath a swimming pool; a man in an Atlas Survival Shelters t-shirt stands beside it.
Meet the man selling ‘doom’ to Zuckerberg and the Tate brothers

Ron Hubbard is the biggest builder of underground bunkers, giving security to wealthy buyers who fear the world is coming to an end. And business is booming


Alison Steadman and Tim Stern in a scene from "Abigail's Party."
Play for Today was my ticket to another world — I’m thrilled it’s back



Andi Osho and Olisa Odele in a scene from *Fat Ham*.
Fat Ham — Hamlet with pornographic gingerbread men


Collage of the Beatles, Neil Young, and actors from *Wolf Hall*, with a YouTube logo and remote control.


Woman in black dress with an orange tent on a coastal landscape in the background.
My first British camping trip, aged 40 (plus 26 more glam options)


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Collage of a man carrying a child amidst explosions and fleeing people.

Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered the acceleration of a takeover operation and drafted in 60,000 reservists

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Look to Sweden for bold policies on migrants

Our politicians tend to crib from the Nordics sooner or later — should a seismic rethink on asylum measures be next?



Cartoon of a witch urging people to jump off a balcony.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
While Europe waits on Trump, Putin is winning






a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
While Europe waits on Trump, Putin is winning







Three teachers in a classroom.
Re-educating Yorkshire: what happened next at the school TV made famous


Patrons enjoying drinks at an outdoor pub by a canal.
The best pubs in Somerset — chosen by our beer expert


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


Crowded airport terminal with passengers waiting.
WH Smith shares drop 40% after US accounting error

a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneA Bermuda triangle for Conduit stock



Minister blocks rescue of UK graphene specialist by Chinese
11 minutes ago


Relief for Reeves as private sector speeds up


How will Rachel Reeves find a way out of her fiscal ‘trilemma’?
40 minutes ago

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Nicolas Jackson of Chelsea leaving the soccer pitch.
Jackson left out of squad for West Ham before possible Chelsea exit


Miriam Toews at the USC Libraries Scripter Awards.

In her candid memoir A Truce That Is Not Peace, the novelist talks about the suicides of her father and sister, her strict religious upbringing and being ‘the family clown’




Film still of sailors from Battleship Potemkin.
Purists may hate it, but the Pet Shop Boys’ music enhances Battleship Potemkin
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