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Ukraine masses a million troops for southern thrust

Defence Minister says Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered the retaking of coastal areas vital to the country’s economy.

Maxim Tucker

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Desperate Biden will beg the Saudis for oil, Trump claims

The president faces an outcry from Democratic Party members for choosing to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

David Charter

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Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa talks to the press as he arrives for the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)

World’s oldest alliance forged in village church 650 years ago

Britain gets an Iberian friendship built on tea and troops because of a deal struck with the Portuguese king on July 10, 1372.

Isambard Wilkinson

‘Safety’ restraintThe Times

Darnella Frazier used her phone to record Derek Chauvin as he knelt on George Floyd’s neck, contradicting the police narrative surrounding his death. Picture: DARNELLA FRAZIER/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/The Times

Arizona curbs filming of police brutality

Civil rights groups see the ban as the latest erosion of rights in the US, and are concerned the next George Floyd incident may not be captured on camera.

David Charter

War in UkraineThe Times

One million troops ready for fightback against Russia

Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov says the military has been ordered to retake coastal areas vital to the country’s economy.

Maxim Tucker

Spy thrillerThe Times

Eddie Chapman fed Germany false secrets so convincingly that he was given its highest honour for bravery. Picture: NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LTD

Iron Cross fraud adds to agent Zigzag mystery

Eddie Chapman, one of Britain’s best known double agents, fooled the Germans and won their highest medal but he wasn’t finished there.

David Sanderson

‘profoundly damaging’The Times

Boris has one last try to place ally in plum role

Boris Johnson is attempting to install Lord Hogan-Howe in one of the most prestigious jobs in law enforcement before he leaves No 10.

Matt Dathan and Fiona Hamilton

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Biden pours petrol onto flames of battle

As Joe Biden follows Trump in putting his thoughts straight onto social media, critics say the White House has no grasp of economics.

Callum Jones

Lofty priceThe Times

The penthouse, which overlooks Central Park, sits at the top of a tower which has been subject to a lawsuit for noises such as creaking and banging. Picture: ALAMY/ The Times

Penthouse that sways could sell for $250m

The New York apartment, at the apex of a spindly skyscraper, is back on the market after previous efforts to sell made it the most expensive flat ever listed in the city.

Will Pavia

MEDIAThe Times

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 29: General View of BBC Broadcasting House on January 29, 2020 in London, England. The BBC announced today that it is to cut 450 jobs by 2022 in an effort to save GBP 80 Million. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Brain drain gathers pace at the BBC

The pubs around New Broadcasting House in central London have been packed for months with BBC staff leaving parties.

Rosamund Irwin

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Arnold Skolnick, the artist who designed the original Woodstock poster. Source: YouTube

The poster boy for the Woodstock generation

Arnold Skolnick’s last-minute design for the 1969 festival captured the essence of the hippy era.

British politicsThe Times

Boris was ‘skint’ in office – now he’ll earn millions

Books, speeches, big business, TV? The PM likes to spend but he won’t be short of offers

TOM CALVER and EMANUELE MIDOLO

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TOPSHOT - Protestors demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa gather inside the compound of Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace in Colombo on July 9, 2022. - Sri Lanka's beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in Colombo, a top defence source told AFP, before protesters gathered to demand his resignation stormed the compound. (Photo by AFP)

Riots trigger resignations from president and PM

Sri Lankan voters furious at corruption and economic meltdown set fire to the prime minister’s home and stormed the presidential residence.

MATTHEW CAMPBELL

CommentaryThe Times

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 09: Ellis Genge of England breaks through the contact of Noah Lolesio of Australia during game two of the International Test Match series between the Australia Wallabies and England at Suncorp Stadium on July 09, 2022 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

England daren’t lose game won with return to tradition

It wasn’t some brave new England, but an old-fashioned case of the pack doing what it was once expected to do to the Wallabies – wallop them upfront.

STUART BARNES

‘If I had a dime, it wouldn’t reach your hand’The Times

TOPSHOT - Johnny Depp performs on stage with Jeff Beck during the Helsinki Blues Festival in Helsinki on June, 19, 2022. (Photo by Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT

Depp blasts away courtroom blues with Heard hate song

Johnny Depp to break his silence after bitter libel trial with ex-wife Amber Heard in the form of an album, recorded with Jeff Beck.

LIAM KELLY

Inside No 10The Times

Boris the cat with nine lives has finally been neutered

For years, Johnson defied political gravity, yet last week, the PM, holed up in a bunker and egged on by ‘lunatics’, clinging to a belief in his own invincibility — was subject to the unkindest cut of all, in the most drastic reversal of fortune in modern political history.

TIM SHIPMAN

CommentaryThe Times

Pick of the Conservative field for tough times

Huge challenges await the next British PM and former chancellor Rishi Sunak is the leadership contender best equipped to meet them.

Matthew Parris

the despots’ world of interiorsLife

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team has released a report about a sprawling, opulent Black Sea palace allegedly owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: https://palace.navalny.com/#chapter-2

‘The nastiest building ever built’

All dictators have an appalling taste for bling and tat but Putin’s Black Sea monstrosity shows he is the worst offender.

Ben Macintyre

are you ready for rishi?The Times

Heavyweight contender to replace Boris makes his case

Former chancellor steals a march on his rivals with a warning about fairytales, amid a crowded field for new UK PM.

Steven Swinford, Oliver Wright and Chris Smyth

Democrats’ fightbackThe Times

Biden signs order to bolster abortion rights

The move by the US president marks the first attempt by the White House to act following the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v Wade.

Alistair Dawber

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Billie Eilish: ‘I craved judgment… or criticism’

As a child she suffered ‘crippling separation anxiety’. Now the most famous 20-year-old on the planet, Billie Eilish is finally getting comfortable in her own skin.

Megan Agnew

The Times

Major calls on Johnson to leave now

Theresa May effectively accuses her successor of endangering democracy itself by failing to adhere to the rules.

Henry Zeffman and George Grylls

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz answers questions during a session at the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament, in Berlin on July 6, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

MPs to go without hot water

Household heating bills could increase by as much as €2000 ($3000) a year for a family of four.

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Leadership doubtsThe Times

Loyal aide quits as allies attack ‘hopeless’ Biden

The departure of Kate Bedingfield is seen as another sign that the US president’s administration is suffering because of poor management.

Alistair Dawber

Dress downThe Times

A local journalist in Sorrento said the ban would stop a “macabre procession“ of bare flesh ALAMY/The Times

Bikinis outlawed to spare Sorrento blushes

Wearing swimming costumes around the Italian resort town will now incur a fine, curtailing ‘widespread indecorous behaviour’.

Philip Willan

What’s nextThe Times

Tories can recover if they quash PM’s myths

There is plenty of time for a fresh start under a successor but the party must make a clean break with Boris Johnson.

James Forsyth

COMMENTARYThe Times

Boris’s political death can’t wait for three months

The Prime Minister has not resigned. He has bought himself a couple more months. Not until there’s a stake through his heart can we be sure he’s gone.

Matthew Parris

The Times

Sailing solution to space junk

China has successfully trialled a huge ‘sail’ to capture and remove debris from Earth’s orbit, prompting it to herald a breakthrough in the international battle against space junk.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 27, 2018 British theatre and film director, playwright and actor Peter Brook poses during a photo session at the Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris. - British theatre and film director, playwright and actor Peter Brook has died aged 97, AFP reports on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

Peter Brook, the director who wrote the book on space exploration

Peter Brook could conjure up marvels of dramatic invention, often in places far remote from any traditional stage.

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Russia invasionThe Times

The Ukrainian drone pilots out to halt Putin’s war machine

A small team of remote operators is waging a highly effective campaign to starve the Russian advance of vital fuel and ammunition supplies.

Maxim Tucker

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