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US says ‘human rights have worsened’ in Britain

A report warns of chilling effect on free speech, citing prosecutions of anti-abortion activists and of social media users after the Southport attack

Politics
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Migrants wade through water towards a small boat.
Channel migrants arriving at record speed under Starmer

Minister deems ‘unacceptable’ the landing of 50,000 since Starmer took power 13 months ago — the fastest the milestone has been hit under any PM

Politics
Six ways Starmer hopes to stop migrants crossing Channel

The PM has struck deals with President Macron of France and is strengthening legislation to ‘smash the gangs’. How effective are his options?

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Collage of cannabis, people, and a large house overlaid on maps of the UK and Vietnam.
INVESTIGATION
What I saw on the trafficking route that ships ‘slaves’ to the UK

Vietnamese are being fast-tracked en masse, hoping their wages will build mansions back home — but danger is rife even in Britain

Police officers in riot gear face a burning structure.
UPDATED
Official guidance urges police to confirm suspects’ ethnicity
Vice President JD Vance and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy fishing.
JD Vance to meet Nigel Farage for breakfast in the Cotswolds
Politics
Police officers in riot gear face a burning structure.
UPDATED
Official guidance urges police to confirm suspects’ ethnicity
Vice President JD Vance and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy fishing.
JD Vance to meet Nigel Farage for breakfast in the Cotswolds
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Star-filled line-up for Cheltenham Literature Festival
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Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
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Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Collage of three people.
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Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Collage of three people.
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Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Collage of three people.
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Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Collage of three people.
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Books
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Collage of three people.
NEW
Star-filled line-up for Cheltenham Literature Festival
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58 minutes ago
Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
Politics
Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
Politics
Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
Money
Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
Money
Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
Collage of three people.
NEW
Star-filled line-up for Cheltenham Literature Festival
Books
58 minutes ago
Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
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Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
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Collage of three people.
NEW
Star-filled line-up for Cheltenham Literature Festival
Books
58 minutes ago
Collage of three people.
NEW
Star-filled line-up for Cheltenham Literature Festival
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58 minutes ago
Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
Politics
Rachel Reeves presenting her Spending Review to Parliament.
Treasury considers inheritance tax raid in budget
Politics
Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
Money
Two schoolchildren in uniform talking outside their school.
Total cost of private school to almost double to £380,000
Money
Undercover female police officers jogging.
Surrey police send undercover joggers to catch catcallers
Photo of skeletal remains in a double burial and an anchor stone.
Bodies buried in 7th-century England had West African ancestry
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Illustration of Putin, other political figures, and a yacht, with a European Union flag in the background.
IN DEPTH
How Europe can hit Russia where it hurts — and why it probably won’t

The Continent is home to €260bn of frozen Kremlin assets. Ukraine wants it all seized like a sanctioned oligarch’s yacht

Russia-Ukraine war
Richard Tice speaking to the media outside HMP Peterborough.
UPDATED
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Politics
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Little progress on sickness benefits as half don’t need to look for work
Politics
Pencil sketches of three men.
NEW
Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp
Tymal Mills at an England v Ireland cricket match.
Cricketer takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)
Cricket
Bronze statue of Robert Clive in London.
Clive of India’s descendant defends his legacy after statue row
Pencil sketches of three men.
NEW
Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp
Pencil sketches of three men.
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Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp
Tymal Mills at an England v Ireland cricket match.
Cricketer takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)
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Tymal Mills at an England v Ireland cricket match.
Cricketer takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)
Cricket
Bronze statue of Robert Clive in London.
Clive of India’s descendant defends his legacy after statue row
Bronze statue of Robert Clive in London.
Clive of India’s descendant defends his legacy after statue row
Pencil sketches of three men.
NEW
Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp
Tymal Mills at an England v Ireland cricket match.
Cricketer takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)
Cricket
Bronze statue of Robert Clive in London.
Clive of India’s descendant defends his legacy after statue row
Pencil sketches of three men.
NEW
Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp
Pencil sketches of three men.
NEW
Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp
Tymal Mills at an England v Ireland cricket match.
Cricketer takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)
Cricket
Tymal Mills at an England v Ireland cricket match.
Cricketer takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)
Cricket
Bronze statue of Robert Clive in London.
Clive of India’s descendant defends his legacy after statue row
Bronze statue of Robert Clive in London.
Clive of India’s descendant defends his legacy after statue row
Long-exposure photo of the Perseid meteor shower over Ankara, Turkey.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee with puppies at a guide dog school.
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The dog-loving wife of South Korea’s impeached former president is in prison on suspicion of corruption and election meddling

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Robot antelope joins the herd to keep an eye on their health
Illustration of Agustina Zaragoza Domenech firing a cannon during the Siege of Zaragoza.
The heroine who fought Napoleon and was immortalised by Byron
Three men standing in front of a small airplane.
TV crocodile wrangler ‘falsified flight records before helicopter crash’
Crowded beach in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France.
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Antelope in a barren landscape.
Robot antelope joins the herd to keep an eye on their health
Illustration of Agustina Zaragoza Domenech firing a cannon during the Siege of Zaragoza.
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TV crocodile wrangler ‘falsified flight records before helicopter crash’
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DANIEL FINKELSTEINTake Farage seriously, because voters will

With Labour flailing and the Tories in the wilderness, electorate may feel there’s nothing to lose taking a punt on Reform

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ALICE THOMSONMPs must dial down the rhetoric on migrants
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Thames Water could be sold to Chinese firm after possible public takeover
Shoppers at Macy's department store in Manhattan.
US on a high as inflation holds steady in July
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Liam Livingstone celebrating victory at a cricket match.
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WAAFs and soldiers celebrating VJ Day in Piccadilly Circus.
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Luxurious bedroom with a large bathtub and forest views.
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Whitby Abbey ruins reflected in a still pool.
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Visitors on safari watch a lion in Masai Mara in Kenya
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Luxurious bedroom with a large bathtub and forest views.
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The Delfshaven district of Rotterdam, one of the best places for a bank holiday break
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