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Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis -
Metropolitan police apology and £30,000 payout for ‘incident’ on Chiswick Common that left Zac Sharif-Ali ‘gasping for breath’
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Soaring costs have given rise to a civil disobedience movement aiming to put pressure on energy firms -
Collection bequeathed to National Museums Scotland includes species that are unknown to science -
Move to examine the Barrowman Foundation comes amid mounting scrutiny of Charles’s charity
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The tiny island, once famed for its welcoming approach to those risking their lives in the Mediterranean, is centre stage as elections approach -
Health authorities in Palestinian enclave report 15 dead in Israeli attacks targeting Islamic Jihad
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Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960s -
Ben Green is trying to stay positive about a collapse of the food supply -
When Francia Márquez became the South American country’s VP elect, she chose the unknown Esteban Sinisterra Paz to create her outfits -
Entrepreneur Anna Vorosheva accuses Moscow of murder after spending 100 days in the Olenivka detention centre
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Despite their promises of peace and stability, the country is on its knees, and its people are desperate
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She cost a cool $90m but the comic book heroine won’t even be streamed. Why do some productions deserve such an extreme fate? -
Nica Burns, driving force of the festival’s comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event -
Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist -
With temperatures hitting 47C, sentries who staff the country’s watchtowers say even a wisp of smoke can mean disaster
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A Devon council has banned a popular four-legged official from a pub. You couldn’t make it up -
As Beijing swings from contempt to anger, Washington must focus on de-escalation -
The Sandy Hook conspiracy peddler’s courtroom rout shows truth can triumph, but there is no guarantee it always will
Editorials & letters
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Ignoring Joe Biden’s advice not to go, the US politician might have brought the region a step closer to war -
As millions face hardship thanks to soaring bills, the Tories are focused on their next leader rather than the emergency at hand -
This week’s corrections
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If you thought the cost of living crisis couldn’t get any worse, utility firms are piling on the pressure with mistakes and poor customer service -
The Tory leadership contenders are pursuing a dangerous nirvana of low taxation while ignoring the damage inflicted by leaving the EU
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Results this week will reveal the tour giant’s post-Covid boom, but what might a deep recession do to holiday bookings? -
The union’s secretary general, who used to fly superjumbos for British Airways, admires rail counterpart Mick Lynch but is steering his own course in negotiations
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Pioneering reporter was a Wembley witness to both Alf Ramsey’s World Cup winners and a stunning Euro 2022 victory -
Borussia Dortmund began their Bundesliga campaign with a hard-fought home win while Union won the Berlin derby -
Keely Hodgkinson had to settle for another second place after Kenya’s Mary Moraa stunned her with an unconventional surge for gold
Reviews
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The pleasingly ramshackle area of central London where punk was born and you went to buy a banjo now includes a multi-billion ‘super-flexible brand engagement platform’. So is it as awful as it sounds? -
4 out of 5 stars.
Beyoncé: Renaissance review – a breathtaking, maximalist tour de force
4 out of 5 stars.The superstar’s seventh solo album is a kaleidoscopic barrage of disco, soul, house and dancehall that puts other post-pandemic party albums in the shade -
2 out of 5 stars.
A high-speed Japanese train full of assassins hits the buffers big time in this doomed star vehicle -
4 out of 5 stars.
The week in classical: Dalia; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Aurora Proms – review
4 out of 5 stars.Garsington’s refugee community opera bowls everyone over. At the Proms, uprooted Ukrainian musicians play as one, and Aurora Orchestra go to the brink
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The Afghan-Iranian artist narrowly escaped from Kabul to Paris last August, as the Taliban took over. She talks about the terror of that time, why she still longs for home, and her work photographing Afghan women in exile -
The German director, famed for making films about people at the fringes of society, has written a novel about another one: a Japanese soldier who carried on fighting the second world war for 29 years after it ended
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New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson struggled with maths at school, finding inspiration in literature instead. But aged 65, in the hope of unlocking a new part of his brain, he decided to put the limits of his intelligence to the test -
Our attitudes to mental health are changing but much of the stigma that surrounds conditions such as schizophrenia remains – along with some enduring and often damaging untruths -
Determining the way artificial intelligence is used and governed will be one of the century’s key political battlegrounds. Here’s what everyone needs to know -
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony tried to gloss over what a rotten country this has become. It only confirmed it
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One of the unexpected results of the pandemic has been the rise of nudism – so much so that British Naturism is experiencing the fastest growth in new members in 100 years -
As Tim Burgess releases his latest solo album, the indie star talks about the incredible success of his lockdown Listening Parties. By Johnny Davis
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Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the number of people suffering with health anxiety. Annalisa Barbieri reveals what triggered – and eventually settled – her ‘late-onset hypochondria’ -
New potatoes in a delicious herby mayo dressing. By Nigel Slater -
Layer upon hidden layer revealed its different incarnations. By Tami Christiansen -
Time to come clean about who does the housework
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From Meedu Saad’s fried courgettes in garlic vinegar to Giorgio Locatelli’s pasta with sardines and Claudia Roden’s rice pudding with apricots, here are our favourite recipes from the north and south of the Mediterranean -
Oysters in Essex, cheese toasties in Scotland, cod and chips in Cornwall, Jay Rayner on the restaurants, pubs and seafront kiosks worth eating at this summer
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The Bafta-winning TV cook on why his food tech teacher was great – and why Michel Roux Jr’s souffle wasn’t -
Great value whites, reds and fizz on the UK high street, chosen by the Observer’s wine writer -
Of all the homegrown seasonal fruit and veg we get in Britain, the tomato is summer’s finest. Here are five dishes that celebrate its versatility -
Meet the enduring chefs who have no intention of having up their aprons and try Uyen Luu’s budget-conscious Vietnamese recipes
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