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Trump threatens ‘devastating’ consequences if Russia does not accept ceasefire

Trump administration adds to pressure on Russia to agree to truce

Russia-Ukraine war
19 minutes ago
Starmer in race to secure trade deal to dodge Trump tariffs

Failure to reach an agreement by the end of the month could damage the UK economy, with fears for the steel industry

Politics
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What would a European-led peacekeeping force in Ukraine involve?
Defence
Aerial view of a road under construction through a rainforest.
Brazil clears eight miles of Amazon rainforest for road to Cop30

Thousands gathering for the climate conference in November will be able to use a new four-lane highway. Critics fear for rare species and livelihoods

Latin America
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
Geoffrey Cox speaking to reporters in Mauritius.
Tory MP was paid £75,000 to advise Mauritius ahead of Chagos deal
Politics
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
People in rain gear, alongside a rescue team helping flood victims into a yellow life raft.
Why Atlantic weather pattern points to ‘much worse’ storms and flooding
Environment
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Jes Staley arriving at the High Court in London.
Jes Staley is like family, Epstein told Prince Andrew
Companies
Silhouetted F-15 fighter jets in flight.
US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength
Defence
Arthur Knight, aka Nicholas Alahverdian and Nicholas Rossi, in a leather armchair wearing a suit and oxygen mask.
Seven more women to testify in Nicholas Rossi rape trial
Scotland
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Queen Camilla at the Cheltenham Festival.
Queen wears faux fur as Cheltenham dresses up for Style Wednesday
Royal family
Prince of Wales to visit British troops in Estonia
Russia-Ukraine war
POLITICAL SKETCH
Starmer’s right turn leaves Tories with little to shout about
Politics
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Editor's picks

World

Aerial view of the Wuhan Institute of Virology's P4 laboratory.
Germany ‘buried’ spy report that Covid started in Wuhan lab

Chancellors Merkel and Scholz are said to have kept secret an explosive intelligence assessment of how the pandemic began

Europe
Illustration of Vladimir Putin, a Ukrainian official, a Saudi official, and an American official.
Can a real estate mogul — and Trump’s golf partner — broker peace in Ukraine?
Russia-Ukraine war
Diego Maradona celebrating with the World Cup trophy.
Maradona’s doctors ‘were told to murder him’, says family’s lawyer
Latin America
Rodrigo Duterte speaking at a podium.
Duterte arrives in Netherlands for trial over drug killings
Asia
Greenland election results set to disappoint Trump
Greenland election results set to disappoint Trump
Europe
Stills from the film *A Match* showing three women laughing in the back of a vehicle.
Indian film takes a hard look at ‘objectifying’ bridal viewings
Film
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching at night.
Nasa launches space telescope to map galaxies far, far away
US news
Rodrigo Duterte speaking at a podium.
Duterte arrives in Netherlands for trial over drug killings
Asia
Greenland election results set to disappoint Trump
Greenland election results set to disappoint Trump
Europe
Stills from the film *A Match* showing three women laughing in the back of a vehicle.
Indian film takes a hard look at ‘objectifying’ bridal viewings
Film
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching at night.
Nasa launches space telescope to map galaxies far, far away
US news
Illustration of Vladimir Putin, a Ukrainian official, a Saudi official, and an American official.
Can a real estate mogul — and Trump’s golf partner — broker peace in Ukraine?
Russia-Ukraine war
Diego Maradona celebrating with the World Cup trophy.
Maradona’s doctors ‘were told to murder him’, says family’s lawyer
Latin America

Comment

a woman wearing a blue jacket and white shirt smiles for the camera
JULIET SAMUELTrump is learning wrong lessons from history

If the president thinks ‘hugging the bear’ will usher in a global realignment that weakens China, he will be disappointed

Illustration of a military officer offering free vodka to sailors near imperialist western tankers.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
EDWARD LUCASUS vandalism gives Gaullists the last laugh
a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
HUGO RIFKINDMarco Rubio is just the latest in a long line
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JAMES MARRIOTT | NOTEBOOKMy new print is in a noble tradition of hero worship
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SEAN O’NEILLCowardly killers must not be allowed to shirk sentencing
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EDWARD LUCASUS vandalism gives Gaullists the last laugh
a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
HUGO RIFKINDMarco Rubio is just the latest in a long line14 minutes ago
a young man wearing glasses and a black jacket
a black and white logo for thunderer with a lion
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
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a young man wearing glasses and a black jacket
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Life & Style

Diptych of a man smoking and talking on a cell phone, and King Charles III.
How did a ‘coked-up’ playboy befriend King Charles?

Socialite James Stunt lent forged paintings to Prince Charles’s charity. How could this man get so close to the heir to the throne?

Royal family
a woman with long brown hair is smiling for the camera
Sarah JosselMy four new favourite perfumes for spring
a man wearing a blue vest and a pink shirt
Dr Mark PorterHigh blood pressure: would the new hypertension treatment help you?
Child using a slushy machine in a convenience store.
It’s not just slushies: the dangers in soft drinks
Parenting
Collage of Meghan Markle, a woman in a yellow shirt, and a man in a bucket hat.
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
The hate-watches of With Love, Meghan worked: we’re getting a second series
Celebrity
A man with arms crossed next to a room full of people.
REVIEW
GILES COREN
KopiTiam review — a night in the pub and some Marmite chicken
Food & Drink
Beef steak with grilled vegetables.
How to cook steak like a chef at home
Food & Drink
Child using a slushy machine in a convenience store.
It’s not just slushies: the dangers in soft drinks
Parenting
Collage of Meghan Markle, a woman in a yellow shirt, and a man in a bucket hat.
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
The hate-watches of With Love, Meghan worked: we’re getting a second series
Celebrity
A man with arms crossed next to a room full of people.
REVIEW
GILES COREN
KopiTiam review — a night in the pub and some Marmite chicken
Food & Drink
Beef steak with grilled vegetables.
How to cook steak like a chef at home
Food & Drink
a woman with long brown hair is smiling for the camera
Sarah JosselMy four new favourite perfumes for spring
a man wearing a blue vest and a pink shirt
Dr Mark PorterHigh blood pressure: would the new hypertension treatment help you?

Business

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.
Trump’s ‘disappointing’ tariffs mean all options are on the table, says PM

Starmer says Britain would be more pragmatic than the EU

Economics
a woman in a green shirt is smiling for the camera
Louisa Clarence-SmithTrump honeymoon is over and Wall Street has that jilted feeling
a woman in a black jacket smiles for the camera
Tracey BolesBack to the future for Debenhams
Rachel Reeves entering a car to attend a cabinet meeting.
Taxpayer count soars as more than five million pay higher rates
Companies
Family in decorated golf cart at Independence Day parade.
US inflation dips amid worries about Trump tariffs
Economics
Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference.
US stocks stabilise and European markets rally as EU responds to Trump’s tariffs
Economics
Gray Porsche 997 Turbo parked on city street.
Porsche to cut 4,000 jobs amid US tariff fears
Companies
Rachel Reeves entering a car to attend a cabinet meeting.
Taxpayer count soars as more than five million pay higher rates
Companies
Family in decorated golf cart at Independence Day parade.
US inflation dips amid worries about Trump tariffs
Economics
Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference.
US stocks stabilise and European markets rally as EU responds to Trump’s tariffs
Economics
Gray Porsche 997 Turbo parked on city street.
Porsche to cut 4,000 jobs amid US tariff fears
Companies
a woman in a green shirt is smiling for the camera
Louisa Clarence-SmithTrump honeymoon is over and Wall Street has that jilted feeling
a woman in a black jacket smiles for the camera
Tracey BolesBack to the future for Debenhams

Sport

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Tommy Freeman of England playing rugby.
UPDATED
SIX NATIONS
Freeman at centre, Smith back at 15: Borthwick picks boldest ever team

Tom Roebuck will make first start and Henry Pollock is set for his debut off the bench among nine changes for final Six Nations game in Cardiff

Rugby union
49 minutes ago
Ma'a Nonu of the New Zealand All Blacks running with the rugby ball during a match against England.
Steve JamesEngland and Wales must find their own Nonu to solve centre crisis
Cricket match at Adelaide Oval during sunset.
Mike AthertonPlaying anniversary Test with pink ball puts money before game’s traditions
Jamie George receives his 100th Test Match cap from RFU CEO Bill Sweeney.
EXCLUSIVE
Rebels issue call to arms to oust entire RFU board — not just Sweeney
Rugby union
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim during training.
Amorim: Ratcliffe is right, Casemiro and other stars are underperforming
Football
Winning jockey Sean Flanagan on Marine National at the Cheltenham Festival.
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Marine Nationale wins Champion Chase a month after former jockey’s death
Horse racing
Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day Two, Style Wednesday
NEW
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
‘Collection pot may be down,’ jokes priest after his 20-1 horse romps home
Horse racing
14 minutes ago
Jamie George receives his 100th Test Match cap from RFU CEO Bill Sweeney.
EXCLUSIVE
Rebels issue call to arms to oust entire RFU board — not just Sweeney
Rugby union
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim during training.
Amorim: Ratcliffe is right, Casemiro and other stars are underperforming
Football
Winning jockey Sean Flanagan on Marine National at the Cheltenham Festival.
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Marine Nationale wins Champion Chase a month after former jockey’s death
Horse racing
Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day Two, Style Wednesday
NEW
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
‘Collection pot may be down,’ jokes priest after his 20-1 horse romps home
Horse racing
14 minutes ago
Ma'a Nonu of the New Zealand All Blacks running with the rugby ball during a match against England.
Steve JamesEngland and Wales must find their own Nonu to solve centre crisis
Cricket match at Adelaide Oval during sunset.
Mike AthertonPlaying anniversary Test with pink ball puts money before game’s traditions

Culture

Stephen Graham as Sugar Goodson and Malachi Kirby as Hezekiah Moscow boxing in *A Thousand Blows*.
Violence is out of control in TV drama — so I’m taking a stand

Casual cruelty and horrific violence in shows such as Black Doves, Virdee, Gangs of London or Yellowstone should make us recoil

TV & Radio
Billy Hart playing drums.
UPDATED
REVIEW
The best jazz albums of 2025 so far
Music
Conductor leading an orchestra.
The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
Classical & Opera
Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson speaking at the Obama Foundation Summit.
REVIEW
IMO with Michelle Obama — cleaning tips and long-winded platitudes
TV & Radio
Alison Moyet performing on stage.
NEW
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
At 63, Alison Moyet is in full pomp
Music
14 hours ago
Painting of a woman in a straw hat sitting outdoors, with a view of a body of water and figures in the background.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Edvard Munch Portraits — the Scream painter shows his social side
Art
Man with long hair listening to headphones outdoors at sunset.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Birdsong
TV & Radio
Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson speaking at the Obama Foundation Summit.
REVIEW
IMO with Michelle Obama — cleaning tips and long-winded platitudes
TV & Radio
Alison Moyet performing on stage.
NEW
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
At 63, Alison Moyet is in full pomp
Music
14 hours ago
Painting of a woman in a straw hat sitting outdoors, with a view of a body of water and figures in the background.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Edvard Munch Portraits — the Scream painter shows his social side
Art
Man with long hair listening to headphones outdoors at sunset.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Birdsong
TV & Radio
Billy Hart playing drums.
UPDATED
REVIEW
The best jazz albums of 2025 so far
Music
Conductor leading an orchestra.
The best classical concerts and opera: our reviews
Classical & Opera

Travel

Aerial view of Antalya's old harbor, Turkey.
This is the Med’s best (and most affordable) seaside city

Impressively preserved Roman ruins, private beaches and sparkling minarets all await in buzzy Antalya — where a meal out will cost you just £4 too

Thatched-roof bar and pool area at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon in Yucatan, Mexico
REVIEW
Hacienda Sotuta de Peon hotel review: a historic Mexican hideaway in glorious grounds
View of Mykonos town, Greece, from above, showing whitewashed buildings, a turquoise bay, and windmills.
I’ve been cruising for 20 years. This was my first solo trip
Cruises
The Cavendish Hotel in Baslow, showing its garden room terrace and outdoor seating area.
BEST PLACES TO STAY 2025
Revealed: 100 Best Places to Stay in the UK for 2025
UK
Aerial view of airplanes parked at airport gates.
NEW
My day with Heathrow’s air traffic control — and how it’s all about to change
Advice
The harbour in Dubrovnik, one of the best city breaks in Europe
26 of the best city breaks in Europe for 2025
Europe
Hilltop resort nestled in a verdant landscape.
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
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The Cavendish Hotel in Baslow, showing its garden room terrace and outdoor seating area.
BEST PLACES TO STAY 2025
Revealed: 100 Best Places to Stay in the UK for 2025
UK
Aerial view of airplanes parked at airport gates.
NEW
My day with Heathrow’s air traffic control — and how it’s all about to change
Advice
The harbour in Dubrovnik, one of the best city breaks in Europe
26 of the best city breaks in Europe for 2025
Europe
Hilltop resort nestled in a verdant landscape.
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a luxury Portugal break for two worth up to £2,500 with Viceroy at the Ombria Algarve
Thatched-roof bar and pool area at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon in Yucatan, Mexico
REVIEW
Hacienda Sotuta de Peon hotel review: a historic Mexican hideaway in glorious grounds
View of Mykonos town, Greece, from above, showing whitewashed buildings, a turquoise bay, and windmills.
I’ve been cruising for 20 years. This was my first solo trip
Cruises
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Obituaries

Boxer Dick McTaggart training with a punching bag.
OBITUARY
Dick McTaggart, Scotland’s only Olympic boxing champion
OBITUARY
Giles Paxman, diplomat and brother of the broadcaster Jeremy
OBITUARY
Fred Stolle, prolific winner of Grand Slam tennis titles

Parenting

Girl with red tongue after eating a slushy.
Slushie drinks have put at least 21 young children in hospital
Why I don’t think a third child would have made me happier
FIRST PERSON
FIRST PERSON
Should we have kids? We asked America’s ‘baby decision coach’

Science

Archaeologist excavating fossilized bone fragments.
NEW
Oldest human facial bones found in western Europe rewrites prehistory
Fish fingers for tea? It may make your children nicer
Birds, like humans, change their tunes with the generations

Environment

Swan on Lake Windermere.
We will end sewage in Windermere, ministers say — but set no deadline
In pursuit of the hawk divebombing tall men in Hertfordshire
TIMES EARTH
Inside the model estate testing the government’s plans for eco-homes

Obituaries

Boxer Dick McTaggart training with a punching bag.
OBITUARY
Dick McTaggart, Scotland’s only Olympic boxing champion
OBITUARY
Giles Paxman, diplomat and brother of the broadcaster Jeremy
OBITUARY
Fred Stolle, prolific winner of Grand Slam tennis titles

Parenting

Girl with red tongue after eating a slushy.
Slushie drinks have put at least 21 young children in hospital
Why I don’t think a third child would have made me happier
FIRST PERSON
FIRST PERSON
Should we have kids? We asked America’s ‘baby decision coach’

Science

Archaeologist excavating fossilized bone fragments.
NEW
Oldest human facial bones found in western Europe rewrites prehistory
Fish fingers for tea? It may make your children nicer
Birds, like humans, change their tunes with the generations

Environment

Swan on Lake Windermere.
We will end sewage in Windermere, ministers say — but set no deadline
In pursuit of the hawk divebombing tall men in Hertfordshire
TIMES EARTH
Inside the model estate testing the government’s plans for eco-homes

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