Monday June 2 2025
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John Healey, UK Defence Secretary, at the BBC for a media round.
Britain is not ready for war, strategic defence review warns

Threats we face are ‘more serious and less predictable than at any time’ since the Cold War

Defence
10 minutes ago

What threats would Britain face if war was declared in 2025?

Strategic defence review has warned that the UK is not prepared for war

Defence
47 minutes ago

‘War-fighting readiness’ costs more than this


Tony Blair speaking on a panel at SXSW London.



Mugshot of a man with injuries and a courthouse with police tape.
Boulder suspect ‘plotted anti-Zionist violence for a year’
US news
37 minutes ago

Photo of Madeleine McCann.
New search for Madeleine McCann near house of prime suspect

Woman in Stone Master Marathoners shirt waving at Cheddleton 10k race.
Woman who claimed £20k in benefits for MS caught at running events
Crime
22 minutes ago

Mugshot of a man with injuries and a courthouse with police tape.
Boulder suspect ‘plotted anti-Zionist violence for a year’
US news
37 minutes ago





A golden retriever lies on a dog bed next to a young woman and man sitting on a patio couch with another dog.
Dog returns home after 100-mile trip — including swimming to an island


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Aerial view of an unfinished bridge and road in Lincolnshire, England.
‘Bridge to nowhere’ ridiculed after council’s road funding stalls

A half-built relief road that includes a £50m bridge will not be finished without external financing, Lincolnshire council admits


Emirates business class seating.
Economy class passengers ignored for too long, says Emirates boss



Mugshots of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.
Constance Marten jury is told lies ‘fall from her like confetti’
Crime
16 minutes ago


A boarded-up door of a house after a suspected arson attack.
Fourth man arrested over Starmer ‘arson’




Two chess players competing in a tournament.
Chess ‘king’ Magnus Carlsen loses his cool over defeat to teenager


Ukraine hands Russia list of kidnapped children at peace talks


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Editor's picks




Man smiling next to an Italian village with people on rooftops and windows.
I gave up the rat race to search for a polyamorous commune


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UK universities are ripe for a populist assault

Trump v Harvard will set a tone — and British institutions have made themselves vulnerable



Illustration of a soldier in a red uniform playing a trumpet while riding a snail; a banner reading "Strategic Defence Review" is attached to the soldier.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



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You get what you pay less for at chains: a bitter taste






a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
You get what you pay less for at chains: a bitter taste

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The superpowers of weight-loss jabs extend to our livers57 minutes ago





Jessie and Georgie Campbell posing together outdoors.

After the eventer Georgie Campbell’s fatal fall, her husband Jesse took over her favourite horse. He tells Marina Fogle what it meant to him


Samantha and David Cameron at a wedding.
Shane WatsonHow the Goves kept up with the Camerons: the cost of richer friends




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Performance-related bonuses reward his turnaround of the retailer before it was hit by a cyberattack


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Mehreen KhanTrump’s ‘revenge taxes’ are more dangerous than his trade war


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Jack Draper at the French Open.

Bublik brings British No 1 crashing back down to earth as win earns Kazakh ‘the best moment’ of his life and a quarter-final place at Roland Garros




Collage of John Lithgow, Larry Lamb, and Carrie Fisher.
Larry Lamb: ‘I don’t have time to talk to idiots or watch rubbish TV’


Protestor holding a sign that reads "MY BODY MY CHOICE" in front of the Supreme Court.
The unexpected rewards of giving up sex



Brisbane's Streets Beach, an inner-city man-made beach with people swimming and relaxing.
Kathryn FlettShould I crash my son’s gap year?


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