Saturday November 22 2025
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a trilateral meeting during the G20 summit.
Trump peace plan will leave Ukraine vulnerable, warn G20 allies

Sir Keir Starmer is among ten leaders who have called for ‘additional work’ to be done on the 28-point proposal negotiated by the US and Russia


Pensions ‘could be worth hundreds of thousands less after budget’

Most companies surveyed by the CBI say they will not make up any shortfall in employees’ savings if the chancellor targets salary sacrifice schemes




England captain Ben Stokes reacts after bowling during the 2025/26 Ashes Series.
England plunge to car-crash defeat on one of their darkest days

Australia win by eight wickets: Stokes’s side slump to ignominious defeat after Head makes one of the great Ashes centuries in astonishing turnaround

The Ashes


Mani from The Stone Roses playing bass during a concert.
Mani was more than Stone Roses bassist: he was our older brother

The lead singer of the Charlatans remembers how his friend and mentor Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, who died last week, inspired a generation of musicians

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Sacked teacher’s suicide sends shockwaves through Marlborough College

John Wright’s death followed internal disciplinary proceedings in relation to a 17-day school exchange to Malaysia and Singapore


Olivia Nuzzi at night in Los Angeles, standing beneath a full moon.
Olivia Nuzzi at night in Los Angeles, standing beneath a full moon.
Brain worms and blue eyes: the RFK love triangle shocking America

Front view of Marlborough College and its lawn.
Front view of Marlborough College and its lawn.
Sacked teacher’s suicide sends shockwaves through Marlborough College





M&S Food store at Clapham Common with blurred people and a double-decker bus.
M&S Food store at Clapham Common with blurred people and a double-decker bus.
M&S looking at 500 possible new sites for food stores



Messengers from brokerage houses crowd around a newspaper after the Wall Street stock market crash in 1929.
Does the world really want what Sam Altman is selling?

There is every sign hype on artificial intelligence is running ahead of economic reality. As with railways, booms tend to be punctuated by busts



Labour MPs must stop gaslighting voters about immigration, Mahmood says

Home secretary insists measures against illegal immigrants are vital to prevent people being won over by far-right narratives


Person collecting water in a bowl from a leaky roof.
Gaza refugee’s reunion dream dies as Mahmood tightens family rules

Ali al-Wahham wanted to bring his wife and daughters to the UK, but has been defeated by the home secretary’s new income and English requirements


Reeves knows this budget puts a target on her back

From a mansion tax to pensions and fuel duty rise, the chancellor will have to sell difficult choices to her core voters — and the stakes could not be higher



US President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office.
Trump praises Mamdani in the Oval Office: ‘We’ll help him’

The president and the New York mayor-elect put on a friendly display at the White House, defying expectations of a showdown




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Collage of Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and Rosalía.
20 years of Spotify — who’s winning, losing and making money?

The streaming giant has revolutionised music, but at what cost? We talk to its Swedish founder Daniel Ek and discover why many British artists are struggling


Barbara Hickmore, a 67-year-old retired schoolteacher, on a wooden boardwalk by a lake with mountains in the background.
Barbara Hickmore, a 67-year-old retired schoolteacher, on a wooden boardwalk by a lake with mountains in the background.





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A black taxi and cyclists on a city street during the day, with a Christmas tree and decorated building in the background.
Why do cyclists go through red lights? We asked them

More than 70 cyclists were spotted running one red light in London in just one hour this week — many on Lime hire bikes. They are facing a crackdown


Martin Lewis attends The Wizard of OZ press night.
Martin Lewis: ‘If I were chancellor, this is what I’d do to council tax’


Collage of L'Occitane Neroli Orchidee, Uniqlo Knit Jacket, crumpet, butter, John Lewis Bubble Glass Jug, and Dunelm ribbed mango wood mirror.
The really chic pre-budget guide — our experts’ top affordable luxuries

Royal Ascot 2019 - Day One
How much does the royal family really cost the British public?


Collage of L'Occitane Neroli Orchidee, Uniqlo Knit Jacket, crumpet, butter, John Lewis Bubble Glass Jug, and Dunelm ribbed mango wood mirror.



Illustration of Donald Trump surrounded by the days of the week, Monday through Friday, suggesting a focus on his weekly activities.
My Week: Donald Trump*



US President Donald Trump (right) speaks to reporters while meeting with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (left) in the Oval Office.

The president and the democratic socialist were remarkably cordial. Was it a ploy to rock Mamdani’s standing among progressives?

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Hallett has dodged the key Covid questions

Long-running inquiry asserts 23,000 lives could have been saved by earlier lockdown but lacks the evidence to prove it



Illustration of a British Heritage blue plaque for Sir Keir Rodney Starmer on a brick wall next to Number 10 Downing Street.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes



a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Labour must reset the rules on women’s spaces






a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Labour must reset the rules on women’s spaces







a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopOnline shopping is a grotty and confusing basket case



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Lloyd's CEO John Neal on a balcony overlooking the city.
Lloyd’s boss was confronted over affair allegation two years ago


Planes on the tarmac at Miguel Hernandez Alicante-Elche Airport in Spain.
Wish you were here? Wetherspoons to open at Alicante airport

Elon Musk’s Starlink is rewiring the world — but at what cost?


Reform UK to address CBI conference for first time




Travis Head bats during the Ashes Series Test Match between Australia and England.

No bowler escaped punishment in second-fastest Ashes century by Australian. He played how Ben Stokes’s ‘shell-shocked’ side want to play — but better


England's Joe Root is bowled out by Australia's Mitchell Starc during an Ashes cricket test match.
Leave more, attack squarer and play warm-up: my tips for England’s batsmen
The Ashes
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Artists Sarah Lucas and Maggi Hambling photographed at Sadie Coles HQ Gallery.

The two artists talk about their 25-year friendship, a severed finger and why they’re the opposite of ‘two little Bo Peeps’




Four people, two men and two women, seated on a large brown prop that resembles a tree trunk, with rose petals scattered on the ground.
All My Sons — Bryan Cranston breaks bad in Miller’s masterpiece
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People on the OzIris roller coaster in Parc Astérix, France, go into a water tunnel.
Matt HamptonI’ve been to 23 theme parks — here’s what I got right and wrong


Robert Stirm is reunited with his family after being released from the Vietnam War.
Robert Stirm

Returning prisoner of war and subject of an iconic photograph that did not tell the full story

Robert Stirm is reunited with his family after being released from the Vietnam War.
Robert Stirm


Judy Bell, ‘First Lady of Golf’


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