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Everything. After seeing a late lead in their FA Cup semi-final against Man City wiped out in the closing stages at Wembley on Saturday, Saints will turn their attention back to the fight for automat

1. Developed vetting (DV) At the heart of the story is Mandelson’s application for a level of security clearance known as “developed vetting” (DV) made after his appointment as ambassador had been ann

04.42 EDT Morning opening: Co-prince Macron visits Andorra Jakub Krupa France’s president Emmanuel Macron is in Andorra, performing his duties as the state’s co-prince, alongside the Catholic Bishop

Mexican special forces have arrested one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel in the western state of Nayarit. Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a regional com

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The trial against a man accused of plotting to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago began in Austria on Tuesday. The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still

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Adelaide writers’ week was sacrificed to save the 2026 Adelaide festival, an event that ploughs more than $60m into South Australia’s economy each year, documents show. After the 8 January announceme

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Children in the UK will face restrictions on their use of social media but the government remains open-minded about what form the limits will take, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has sai

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Cardiff City are hopeful of signing Nathan Trott permanently following the goalkeeper's promotion-winning season on loan from Copenhagen. Trott joined last summer and has played 41 League One games f

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Kae Tempest’s new novel is dedicated to “you”, the reader. It also comes with a plea: “Be gentle though.” But to whom or what should we be gentle? The book or the writer? Having Spent Life Seeking is

In Beirut’s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan – though she is barely recognisable. F

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will have her appeal against the high court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful heard in the court of appeal this week, beginning on Tuesday. The

There is only one correct way to extricate a 15-tonne wrought iron mast from one of the world’s most famous and beloved warships – very slowly, and with extreme care. Which is precisely what a 30-str

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Jarome Luai is expected to become the face of the Papua New Guinea Chiefs after he agreed to join the NRL’s 19th team in 2028. The deal follows the PNG expansion side’s announcement of South Sydney t

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03.42 EDT Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important sk

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03.26 EDT Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stable We are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Iran needs “credible guarantees” against more US-

The author behind an offensive novel depicting toddler role-play has been convicted but spared jail for penning child abuse material. Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, a 34-year-old former marketing executive