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Acting as a cheerleader for toxic standards of beauty

The docuseries 'America's Sweethearts' is back but there's a poisonous message hiding in plain sight, writes Helen Coffey

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Badenoch's lack of empathy may come back to haunt her

The trouble with Kemi Badenoch is that if she sees someone lying on the ground, she can't resist the temptation to kick them. She lacks empathy, to put it politely.

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Why War of the Worlds is soaked in tragedy of 9/11

Turning 20 this week, Steven Spielberg's loose adaptation of the HG Wells classic channelled US panic after the fall of the Twin Towers to tell an alien invasion story, says Al Horner

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Trump made ‘no progress at all’ in phone call with Putin

Moscow continues strikes on Kyiv following hour-long talk

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British committed genocide of Indigenous Australians, finds truth-telling inquiry

Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry has found the British committed genocide of the Aboriginal people in Victoria during their colonisation of the country.

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Congress approves Trump's 'big beautiful' tax breaks bill

Medicaid will suffer as package could add $3.4 trillion to debt

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British committed genocide of Indigenous Australians, finds truth-telling inquiry

Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry has found the British committed genocide of the Aboriginal people in Victoria during their colonisation of the country.

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A romantic and beautiful take on love, loss and death

Though it could be classed as a thriller, David Cronenberg's 'The Shrouds' is so much more, praises Clarisse Loughrey

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Reeves rescued by the City

After the prime minister's tepid backing, it was left to the markets to rally to the chancellor's aid, writes James Moore

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EYE OF THE STORM

The poetic rapping of Kae Tempest is confident and powerful on 'Self Titled', where well-worn candidness is enlivened by sonic textures courtesy of Fraser T Smith, says Helen Brown

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How they went Supersonic

Three decades ago, Oasis piled into a studio to record 'Bring It on Down' but, in a late U-turn, instead created a track that would go down in history. Hamish MacBain tells the story

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BBC won't show 'high risk' music acts after Vylan row

The BBC has said it will no longer broadcast performances deemed “high risk” live after controversy over punk rap duo Bob Vylan’s appearance at Glastonbury.

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Reeves is 'cracking on with job' after Commons tears

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves hugged each other as they launched their new plan for the NHS and put behind them a troubled week that saw markets panic over the chancellor's future.

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All smiles... but pain felt by the public isn't being justified

Keir Starmer promised that the last Budget would be “painful”. In a speech in the Downing Street garden in August, two months earlier, he tried to manage expectations, saying that the state of the public finances was “worse than we ever imagined”, and asked people to “accept short-term pain for long-term good”.

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Starmer unveils new plan to ‘fundamentally rewire’ NHS

The NHS is set for a radical overhaul with a new 10-year plan aiming to “fundamentally rewire” the health service, shifting care directly to people’s doorsteps, the prime minister has announced.

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Government has no idea how many stay in UK on expired visas, MPs claim

The revelations will come as a major headache for Yvette Cooper, who is trying to persuade voters she can get a grip on illegal migration (House of Commons/UK Parliament)

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Fan favourite’s death robs us of a quicksilver talent

Richard Jolly on the tragic loss of Liverpool’s Diogo Jota

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Cilic rolls back the years to ruin Draper’s title ambition

In the minutes leading up to Jack Draper’s second-round match with Marin Cilic, the energy in the Wimbledon crowd would’ve had you believe this would be a coming-out party for Britain’s newest tennis star. Yet within minutes of the match beginning, it

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Business news in brief

As it hailed “resilient” demand from shoppers, Currys has reported stronger sales and profits for the past year.

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Classic Djokovic coasts past Evans in search of a record

Sometimes Novak Djokovic doesn't need a miracle to win at Wimbledon. There's enough inspiration, divine or otherwise, from his racket to easily swat away those who have the misfortune to cross his path.

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EASY BREEZY

Tech tester Alex Lee helps in the heatwave with portable fans

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Wildfire forces thousands of tourists to evacuate Crete

At least 5,000 tourists were forced to evacuate parts of Crete as a massive wildfire scorched forests and olive groves on the Greek island.

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French air traffic controllers are on strike again – why?

Covid led to staff shortages of controllers, an issue that could still be having an effect

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Could a new party led by Corbyn reshape politics?

The MP for Islington North - ex-leader of the Labour Party and informal spokesperson for the “Alliance” group of independents in the House of Commons - is staging a bit of a comeback.

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The prime minister's wife who isn't married to the job

Since her husband became PM 12 months ago, 'Lady Vic' has only been seen at a handful of events. Eleanor Mills looks at a political spouse who has decided to do things a bit differently

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Football world stunned by death of Liverpool's Jota

Club ‘devastated’ as crash claims life of forward, 28

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Bleakly funny but realistic

The second season of Bafta-winning 'Such Brave Girls' sees the mother and daughters radiate a refreshingly crude comic energy and plumb emotional depths, says Katie Rosseinsky

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The government's health is in the hands of Streeting

As part of his presentation on the 10-year plan for the NHS, the prime minister promised the nation “a doctor in your pocket”.

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World news in brief

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Crisis, what crisis?

'I was having a tough day, insists Reeves