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Queen Elizabeth II with Barbara Woodward at Buckingham Palace.
New MI6 boss will be a woman — and ‘Beijing Barbara’ is frontrunner

Dame Barbara Woodward, a former ambassador to China who has never been a spy, is one of three women in line for the top job

Politics

Explosions in Kashmir hours after India and Pakistan agree ceasefire

It was unclear who set off the blasts or what they were aimed at. Military chiefs had earlier confirmed a ceasefire and said sides were due to meet

Asia
38 minutes ago



Collage of grieving woman comforted by another woman, with a background of mountains and soldiers.
Recite Islamic verse or you’re dead — the Kashmir massacre retold

Eye witnesses recall the deadliest attack on civilians in the region in more than two decades and which led India and Pakistan to the brink of war




Illustration of Dr. Zeinab Basma and a man, with a crowd and Palestinian flags in the background.
Heathrow worker and NHS doctor run charity with Hezbollah links

Group photo of Kurt Geiger's Business by Design Academy graduates with Clara Amfo, Neil Clifford, and Sophia Johnson.
No degree? No problem. Why employers are choosing non-graduates
Collage of a person, knee x-rays, and Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Doctors warned a surgeon was dangerous — she kept operating for ten years
Healthcare
49 minutes ago

Illustration of Dr. Zeinab Basma and a man, with a crowd and Palestinian flags in the background.
Heathrow worker and NHS doctor run charity with Hezbollah links






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Collage of a surfer with a surfboard and a woman wearing a beauty pageant crown.
Tiaras and sashes? It’s surfboards and CPR for this Miss England

Milla Magee who is competing to become Miss World, is a passionate surfer who campaigns for clean oceans and teaching children emergency first aid

Health & Fitness
24 minutes ago

Collage of a man, a newspaper, and a politician.
The Sadiq Khan deputy who faked a football career on social media



A real estate agent stands in front of a house.
My former drug den fixer-upper turned out to be the Pope’s old home


Auschwitz I entrance gate with "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign.
‘We need Holocaust school lessons to counter antisemitism emergency’
Education
50 minutes ago




Black and white photo of eight supermodels sitting at a table.
Fifty is new 25 at glam high street chain Zara


The real Pope Leo XIV — by those who knew him in Rome, Chicago and Peru


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Editor's picks




Jo Malone standing on a path in a resort, Dubai skyline in the background.
Jo Malone on losing her sense of smell and why she moved to Dubai




Empty nursery school in Saint Ouen, France, with a mural on the exterior wall.

Unable to stop the dealers plying their trade near by, the council decided to move the children to other premises




Coltan and manganese miners in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Engines of chaos: inside the mines fuelling Congo’s brutal war

Calm, unflashy Pope is just what the world needs

Leo XIV’s first steps suggest a back-to-basics approach from a man with a popular touch and no interest in culture wars



Illustration of a general signing a surrender document.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes



a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Voters are sick of lectures from the lanyard class






a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Voters are sick of lectures from the lanyard class




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Illustration of a person using a pry bar to separate wooden planks.
Wayne PerreyHow to build raised garden planters





Headshot of Keith Anderson.
Keith AndersonWe mustn’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on wind power


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Adam Wharton, Crystal Palace midfielder, holding a soccer ball.

The Crystal Palace midfielder on choosing football over cricket, the FA Cup final and why he doesn’t care about passing accuracy stats



A man in a suit sits with a fainter image of another man behind him.

The comedian is working on a fresh set of impressions from the Reform leader to Keir Starmer. But he says it’s hard when there’s so much hate


Sarah, Duchess of York, standing next to a cartoon helicopter.
What’s on TV and radio this weekend — Fergie: Where Did All The Money Go?


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Would you be better off if stamp duty and council tax were replaced?


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