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Michael Vaughan, Ben Stokes and Ian Botham.

England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a civil war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a clash that Australia’s current players and Justin Langer are all too familiar with.

  • Daniel Brettig

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Snickers – really satisfies?

Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?

Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

  • Liam Mannix
England in day-night Tests.

England after dark: When Stokes is half the player and half the squad hasn’t played

The tourists have their reasons for brushing a day-night warm-up before the second Test. But their pink-ball numbers are nothing short of alarming.

  • Dan Walsh
Putin Ukraine

‘Tough as nails’: What Putin really wants out of peace talk chaos

As Ukrainian and European officials sprang into a frenzy over Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan, the Russian president just sat back and watched.

  • Paul Sonne
Usman Khawaja.

Should Usman Khawaja walk away from Test cricket … before he’s pushed?

Age, form and a dodgy back are all conspiring against the 85-Test veteran. Retirement on his own terms might be the most palatable option.

  • Tom Decent
Pauline Hanson sits with her One Nation colleagues during a vote in the Senate.

Hanson’s stupid burqa stunt gives Ley a chance to break free of her clutches

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has not created a wave of public resentment so much as ridden one to record highs in the polls. 

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch.

The two right-wing moguls usurping Murdoch on Fleet Street

The Daily Mail’s successful pursuit of its more upmarket rival, The Telegraph, could deliver the biggest shake-up to British media since the closure of News of the World.

  • Calum Jaspan
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office during a meeting with Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York, who Trump had previously dismissed as a “communist”.

A weaker Trump should mean a bolder resistance – including on Ukraine

It’s no surprise that the initial 28-point peace plan is undergoing major surgery. The real surprise – and mystery – is how it was ever put forward.

  • Michael Koziol
Piastri.

Piastri was just disqualified from the Vegas GP. That’s actually a good thing

McLaren would understandably be lamenting the loss of valuable points, but this disqualification has hurt Lando Norris far more than Oscar Piastri.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Ana Toni, COP30 CEO (left) and Andre Correa do Lago, COP30 president, speak at a plenary session during the summit.

Ugly final hours of talks highlight just how difficult Chris Bowen’s new gig will be

The COP climate talks have slowed heating, but as Chris Bowen prepares to lead the next negotiations, they are becoming ever more brutal.

  • Nick O'Malley

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