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July 20, 2025

Bacteria know no borders we must stay in the fight

The reported cessation of the Fleming Fund represents a catastrophic abandonment of Britain's leadership on one of the gravest threats to global health security.

2 mins

UK body tackling antimicrobial resistance scrapped as part of global aid budget cuts

Move to close Fleming Fund also threatens standing as a reliable global partner

1 mins

Deny, delete and delay: the secrecy operation inside special forces

After allegations emerged of unarmed men and boys being murdered in Afghanistan, the special forces closed ranks when the military police investigated

9 mins

Are we supposed to believe no one noticed this email for 18 months?

Which of us has not sent an embarrassing email to the wrong person? Those of us who have struggled with Excel know just how easy it is to clip and send the wrong part of the data set.

3 mins

Under the gun: data leak puts spotlight on dark deeds of special forces

MP warns that unit could have its wings clipped after murder allegations

3 mins

Lionesses are pride of the nation with Euros final just a match away

Players take time out to relive the drama of thrilling penalty shootout victory, but Italy await on Tuesday

2 mins

Young hit hard by trade wars and rise of Al

Employers cite national insurance changes and new living wage for hiring fewer people for lower paying jobs

1 mins

More arrests over Palestine Action group

At least 80 people were arrested in protests across the country yesterday for supporting the group Palestine Action, which has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation.

1 mins

Wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to child mental health, writes the ZSL's

We have a problem. Young people’s mental health has reached a crisis point. Outdoor time at school has halved in a generation, according to a recent report from the Play Commission.

1 mins

A national treasure lost ... and still no one knows why

The Sycamore Gap tree-fellers have now been sentenced, but the big question remains.

3 mins

Teach First's brand must be protected, say headteachers

More than 100 headteachers are urging the government to protect Teach First, the education charity that recruits high-flying graduates to work in schools in deprived areas.

1 mins

Women are falling further behind as pension gap widens

Women are saving roughly half the amount men are putting aside for their retirement, with the pensions gender gap widening over the last five years.

2 mins

The show's over: Stephen Colbert is cancelled ... and so is satire in America

Jacob Weisberg unpicks the sorry tale behind a court case, the payment of $16m to Trump's future library and the end of The Late Show

3 mins

Starmer's next big battle: reforming the system for special needs children

Provision for pupils needing extra help could turn into a 'mess like welfare' if parents are ignored, Lib-Dem leader Ed Davey warns

4 mins

The lab detective: how genetic breakthrough freed a mother jailed for killing her children

Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison until Carola Vinuesa uncovered the truth in a drop of blood. By Rachel Sylvester

10+ mins

The Epstein files: Trump is trapped by the conspiracy theory he once gloried in

The US president's closest aides loved to accuse Democrats in the Biden team of covering the child sex-trafficker's tracks. Yet in power, they now call the client list a hoax. The Maga movement is not buying it, report Xavier Greenwood and Fred Harter

5 mins

From Watergate to Covid, this is why so many of us vanish down rabbit holes

What do we mean when we talk about conspiracy theories? It isn’t simply about holding the idea that there are sinister, secret forces doing shady things.

3 mins

Hard times and migrant fears lure voters to jump on Japan-first bandwagon

A far-right party leader who models himself on Donald Trump and rails against foreigners is expected to win seats in today's election.

3 mins

Three years on, the honeymoon is over for Poland's Ukrainian refugees

More than a million people fleeing the war have brought many benefits, but a painful history between the two nations and the far-right is stirring divisions.

4 mins

The prizes and perils from sucking up (or standing up) to Trump

Stand up or suck up? There are two choices world leaders face in dealing with Donald Trump, and last week provided supporters of both theses with the perfect argument for why they are right.

3 mins

In Darwin's slipstream

In 1831, when he was just 22, the naturalist Charles Darwin set sail from Plymouth on the HMS Beagle. Over the next five years, he explored distant lands, collected rare specimens and documented his observations in dozens of notebooks.

1 mins

Hezbollah must decide: disarm, fight on or turn fully to politics

Devastated by war with Israel and with its key allies in disarray, the Lebanese militant group is isolated and facing the most significant choice of its 40-year history, writes

4 mins

'It was horrifying beyond words': Syria mourns, and prays the ceasefire will hold

It took days for Alia al-Qantar to venture outside her home in the city of Sweida in southern Syria, after almost a week of fierce fighting led to hundreds of deaths. When she emerged, the scene was one of horror.

3 mins

End of the road for Hanoi's 7m motorbikes drives riders to fury

As the mid-afternoon heat subsides, the streets of Hanoi come alive with dizzying traffic and the deafening roar of thousands of motorbikes.

2 mins

Starmerish diplomacy is earning global respect – but Britain remains unconvinced

While foreign leaders warm to a steady, pragmatic prime minister, voters at home are waiting to be impressed

4 mins

Video killed the radio star, but who killed the WTF!

The fabled music video director Tim Pope is to appear at the North Berwick arts festival, Fringe by the Sea, next month.

2 mins

I sobbed along to Oasis. Why? It's complicated...

Xavier Greenwood

1 mins

Labour must exploit the advantage of power — or lose it

The government is listing in the water. Yet it is vital not just that it stays afloat, but it succeeds. In fairness it is doing many of the right things - the NHS 10-year plan, a clever industrial strategy, raising public investment and getting closer to the EU on defence and security. It also had to raise tax big time, and from whatever source the impact would have been economically depressive.

3 mins

'Controlling the narrative' always fails

It is a cliche that a cover-up is usually worse than the cock-up it is attempting to conceal.

4 mins

To solve the housing crisis, parties must be willing to take some electoral pain

A renter buying an average first home in London needs more than £65,000 in savings and a salary of £120,000.

3 mins

The left can't count on 16-year-olds' votes – but here's how they might be won

Shuab Gamote

3 mins

Gone rogue

The superinjunction around the Afghan data leak reveals a culture of impunity at the special forces

3 mins

Beaten by court backlogs and conviction myths, rape victims are giving up on justice

Martha Gill

4 mins

It's a privilege to choose my own bedtime

Vulnerable people often can't afford to pay for basic independence, writes Melanie Reid

2 mins

As traveller numbers ramp up, destinations fight overtourism

Popular spots have introduced measures to curb visitors, but many economies rely on tourism, writes Fred Harter

4 mins

Mark Rutte

The Dutch called their former PM Mr Teflon. The world now knows him as Nato's Trump whisperer, writes Andrew Anthony

4 mins

Hyacinth macaw

Face it, I'm gorgeous. I doubt if there's anything living more gorgeous than me: a full metre of glorious blue from beak to tail.

2 mins

Fauja Singh

Long-distance runner who became a sporting legend after competing in his first marathon aged 89

4 mins

Chevron seals Hess deal as oil focus shifts to Guyana

Chevron has completed the takeover of US oil company Hess after winning a legal clash with rival ExxonMobil that had held the deal up for nearly two years.

1 mins

Big four cut jobs for graduates as AI adds to consulting crisis

Accountancy giants are reducing their university intake and workforces while offshoring roles, as the disruption caused by advanced AI begins to take effect.

2 mins

It's great to have a US-style summer jobs scheme but it lacks scale and ambition

I started work, aged 14, paid £3 an hour in today's money, for Saturday mornings in a shop. At 16, I worked a full day, as did most of my friends. We also worked every summer. This was normal in the 1980s.

2 mins

Trump's threats to fire the Fed chair and raise tariffs will decimate the dollar

Understanding what motivates normal politicians to follow bad economic advice is difficult enough.

2 mins

In her genes? The woman who is giving DNA analysis a reboot

After paying $305m, Anne Wojcicki is back at the helm of 23andMe - the genetic data company she cofounded, ran, then left bankrupt. Can she convince the doubters who say she can't lead the business into its new, nonprofit phase?

4 mins

Reeves's taxing problems can be fixed by a customs union return

After that triumphant Test match at Lord's, I treated myself to a taxi home. Being an old-fashioned journalist, I asked the driver how business was. “Not good,” he said. “Most of my clients are rich and a lot are leaving London.”

2 mins

Mortgage rules shake-up has an instant effect for first-time buyers

When Amber Leaux graduated from university in 2018, she moved back into her parents' council flat in north London to save for her first home.

2 mins

Last orders for Diageo boss after failure to lift spirits

\"Pure Genius\", the slogan long used to sell Guinness, is now desperately needed by the black stuff's parent. Diageo last week parted company with its chief executive, Debra Crew, by mutual agreement after just two years in the job.

1 mins

Markets vote for Fed chair Powell

Conspiracy theories that the US Federal Reserve is a tool of the “deep state” have percolated since at least the 1990s, when pseudoscientist G. Edward Griffin wrote The Creature from Jekyll Island. More recently Curtis Yarvin, an influential far-right thinker, has questioned whether Fed independence is a good idea — despite evidence that countries with independent central banks have lower inflation and interest rates.

1 mins

Italian luxury brand Loro Piana linked to exploitation of workers

The exquisite touch of its logo-free products, especially its signature cashmere, has made Loro Piana arguably the world’s leading “stealth wealth” fashion brand.

1 mins

Tech giants rush to secure energy for Al datacentres

Mark Zuckerberg said last week that his company Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build datacentres, some of which would rival the size of Manhattan.

1 mins

Told to wait up to eight hours for RAC – and then left with £100 bill

When my car broke down on 26 April, I phoned the RAC at 12.58pm. I was told to go online. I did this and received a message advising that I would have to wait for between four hours 40 minutes and seven hours 40 minutes before a vehicle was likely to be with me.

3 mins

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