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Sports news in brief
Villa sweep aside Lille to reach Europa League quarter-finals
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March 20, 2026
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Farage wants to ban mass public prayers by Muslims
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for all mass religious observances to be banned following objections to a Ramadan event in London’s Trafalgar Square.
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March 20, 2026
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Netanyahu is copying Putin – it’s going to backfire badly
Like Russia’s bombing of Ukrainian infrastructure, Israel’s strategy will do little to bring Iran’s regime to its knees
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March 20, 2026
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Iranian war could damage the economy – and Labour
If the bombing of energy infrastructure continues, Rachel Reeves could be left with another crisis just as the public finances were about to turn a corner, says Sean O’Grady
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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THE IVES OF MARCH
Indie-rocker Grace Ives bounces back with ‘Girlfriend’, an album that is both bold and reflective, writes Helen Brown
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March 20, 2026
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‘Stay home’ Covid message may have killed thousands
People were deterred from seeking healthcare and the NHS survived the pandemic ‘but only just’, inquiry chair concludes
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March 20, 2026
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World news in brief
Eid ceasefire as Kabul holds mass funeral for airstrike victims
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March 20, 2026
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ON THIS DAY
1413: Henry IV, also known as Henry of Bolingbroke, died aged 45 after suffering a stroke at the abbot’s house in Westminster Abbey.
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March 20, 2026
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War has become a trap even Trump can’t chicken out of
Will Trump chicken out?
3 min |
March 20, 2026
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Home news in brief
Man who stalked TV presenter restrained
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March 20, 2026
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Trump cracks Pearl Harbor joke in front of Japanese PM
Oval Office crowd left briefly silent after US president makes light of Second World War attack in front of Sanae Takaichi
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March 20, 2026
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CLASS IS PERMANENT
A new revival of Maxim Gorky’s 1904 satire ‘Summerfolk’ is unsubtle but still strikingly relevant, writes Alice Saville
2 min |
March 19, 2026
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Iran hits Qatar refinery in retaliation as oil prices soar
Tehran warns Gulf states to evacuate workers after its South Pars and Asaluyeh oil facilities suffered an Israeli airstrike
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March 19, 2026
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Why demining the Strait of Hormuz will be so perilous
Experts warn that the waterway is Donald Trump’s achilles heel and clearing it will be a ‘slow and grinding business’
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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Can you help me solve my Qantas case conundrum?
Q I am due to fly back from Melbourne to London on Sunday. I have just given up on Qatar Airways flying me home.
1 min |
March 19, 2026
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Rayner rhetoric reveals she is ready to go for leadership
Former deputy has distanced herself from Project Starmer
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March 19, 2026
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‘I got no support when my housemate turned abusive’
As more people turn to housesharing, an increasing number of them reveal they are feeling threatened by those they live with. Alice Wilkinson investigates the underreported issue
7 min |
March 19, 2026
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Sports news in brief
Dyson buys 50% of Bath Rugby football club
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March 19, 2026
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UK ‘owes Rwanda £100m’ for scrapping migrant deal
Labour failed to exit the Tories’ doomed Rwanda deal when it took office, leaving taxpayers on the hook for a £100m bill, an international court has heard.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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Ambitious Rayner has played a cautious hand, until now
I am told that Angela Rayner used to boast to her supporters in private, when she was Keir Starmer’s deputy, that she could “take him out” whenever she wanted to.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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‘We’re at a worse point than during the Covid pandemic’
Health leaders warn that the NHS is in a ‘perilous’ state and any of the lessons from Covid-19 have been ‘very rapidly’ lost
4 min |
March 19, 2026
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Spurs pull off surprise win to exit Europe on a high
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Kolo Muani (30), Simons (52, 90 pen) Atletico Madrid 2 Álvarez (47), Hancko (75), (5-7 on aggregate)
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March 19, 2026
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Salah bounces back as Reds thrash stunned Galatasaray
Liverpool 4 Szoboszlai (25), Ekitike (51), Gravenberch (53), Salah (62), (4-1 on aggregate)Galatasaray 0
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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Home news in brief
Former Tory MP Blunt charged with drugs offences
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March 19, 2026
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Polanski plans to overhaul tax and end ‘rip-off Britain’
Zack Polanski has laid out his vision for the Green Party’s approach to Britain’s economy in his first major policy speech as leader.
4 min |
March 19, 2026
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What happened when I flew from the UAE no-go zone
The Foreign Office says Abu Dhabi and Dubai are off-limits, but flights through both airports are still full of UK travellers. Simon Calder found out first hand what they can expect
7 min |
March 19, 2026
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Rayner is right about this – Starmer must now deliver
Angela Rayner’s tilt at the leadership is a reminder to Sir Keir Starmer that there is a lot for him to do on the domestic front.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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US failed to realise Tehran would love a ground war
Iran’s enemies appear unprepared for its concept of ‘mosaic defence’, whereby its military can survive and even thrive without leadership, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
4 min |
March 19, 2026
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Stripping Senegal of Afcon title is a farcical ‘travesty’
The decision to overturn January’s result and award the title to Morocco opens up a chasm for doubt and post-truth
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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I’m fighting to get ‘Coldplay kisscam woman’ a job today
It’s one rule for chaps and another for the girls, isn’t it?
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