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June 09, 2023

British toddler among six stabbed in French attack

A British girl on holiday with her family was among four toddlers and two adults stabbed in an \"odious and unspeakable\" attack in an open-air playground by a man armed with a knife.

3 mins

Police watchdog wants new powers 'to keep public safe'

New laws compelling failing police forces to improve must be brought in to \"keep the public safe\" after a series of scandals that have beset UK policing, the police watchdog has said.

4 mins

The police identity crisis is being paid for by the public

As yet another damning report on the state of British policing is published, warning of criminals going free, plummeting public trust and poor oversight, focus is starting to shift from asking what is going wrong, to why.

3 mins

Sunak grasps US economic deal but without free trade

Rishi Sunak proclaimed a new post-Brexit approach to world affairs as he unveiled what he said was a one-of-a-kind economic partnership with the US. But there was still no sign of the free trade deal with America that former Tory prime ministers have sought and which No 10 admits is currently off the table.

2 mins

Hands across the ocean: is Biden listening to Sunak?

John Rentoul on an increasingly lopsided special relationship

3 mins

Tory donor facing multiple accusations of sexual abuse

Multimillionaire hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women who have worked with him.

4 mins

Heat warning issued for weekend as 30C forecast

Health chiefs have upgraded a yellow alert for the weekend to an amber heat-health alert in five regions as weather forecasters say temperatures could hit 30C.

1 min

El Nino's return could bring heat, drought and cyclones

Scorching temperatures, tropical cycles and an influx of extreme weather could be on the way due to the return of El Nino.

1 min

Sunak more dangerous than Just Stop Oil, Lucas warns

Rishi Sunak's energy policies are more \"dangerous and radical\" than Just Stop Oil protesters, Caroline Lucas warned as she announced she was stepping down as the Green Party's only MP.

3 mins

Vulnerable children seeing graphic videos on Snapchat

Report finds rape, fights and sex acts viewed by youngsters

3 mins

Anti-vaxxer ‘tried to push Hancock down escalator'

Former health secretary Matt Hancock feared being pushed down an escalator by an anti-vaccination protester who accused him of murdering people during the coronavirus pandemic, he told a court yesterday.

3 mins

Flood-hit city attacked after Zelensky visit, says Ukraine

Rescue efforts are disrupted as Russia shells Kherson, where thousands are homeless following this week's dam breach

2 mins

Haze from Canada wildfires triggers flight chaos in US

Hundreds of flights were delayed and dozens of public events cancelled across the eastern United States yesterday as smoky haze caused by Canadian wildfires led to hazardous pollution.

1 min

Rail workers' phones seized after deadly crash in India

India's top investigations agency has seized the mobile phones and electronic devices of the railway officials on duty during the deadly triple-train crash that killed at least 288 people last week in Odisha.

2 mins

Hands down dresses and hands up skirts': is this just a regular work day for women?

It’s not a blip in the market or a black swan event. Allegations of harassment in the high-stakes world of finance and business are persistent. The latest focus is Odey Asset Management. Sex in the City? Please – it ain’t that glamorous.

2 mins

If only Sunak had teamed up with a different US president

As a British prime minister who is in many ways more attuned to the United States than any of his recent predecessors, Rishi Sunak should be God's gift to the much-hyped \"special relationship\".

5 mins

Succession, spying and selling up: this could be the end of the Barclay empire

With a debt that could run into hundreds of millions, the family company in receivership and the likely forced sale of their Telegraph newspapers, Chris Blackhurst charts the extraordinary unravelling of the Barclay brothers' world

6 mins

How this baffling film noir still thrills is a total mystery

The 1946 Howard Hawks adaptation of Raymond Chandler's hardboiled LA-set crime novel 'The Big Sleep' has confused filmmakers and fans for decades

6 mins

FOLLOW THE HERD

'The Crowded Room', starring Tom Holland, tries to be mysterious but is a cliched muddle

3 mins

Transforming a multibillion franchise into a snoozefest

Sadly, there's not a morsel of joy or amusement to be found in 'Rise of the Beasts', writes Clarisse Loughrey. Plus the Cheetos origin story no one needed (but which still charms)

5 mins

Sprawling, self-indulgent and sometimes heavenly

Christine and the Queens pairs with Madonna and samples Pachelbel's Canon on 'Paranoia, Angels, True Love', writes Helen Brown. Plus new LPs by Janelle Monae and more

7 mins

Builders want the return of Help to Buy - but Britain needs more homes first

Pushing mortgages will simply reheat a market that has stretched affordabillty to breaking point

3 mins

Pep has his best chance yet to cure lingering 'City-itis'

A win against Inter in tomorrow's Champions League final can end a decade of Euro heartbreak

6 mins

After 1,000 matches Moyes achieves his crowning glory

There were two men running free in the Fiorentina half. First Jarrod Bowen, en route to winning West Ham United their first trophy in 43 years. And then David Moyes, sprinting onto the Prague pitch in celebration, arms stretched out wide. It was a run that was 25 years in the making, a journey that took him from the Auto Windscreens Shield to the Europa Conference League.

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