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Tax rises loom to put Britain on a war footing

A bigger army, more reservists and urgent research into new WMD threats are promised as Starmer pledges to make the nation ‘battle-ready’

Defence

What is in the UK defence review? What you need to know

New methods of fighting and an increase to troop numbers are among the recommendations from the 48,000-word strategic defence review




Photo of an airplane cabin in the 1990s, showing passengers and a flight attendant.


Two women in head scarves embrace and weep.
‘Attack’ at Gaza aid point kills 27 Palestinians and injures dozens

Hamas-run health ministry suggested victims were targeted by tanks, helicopters and drones. Israel said shots were fired ‘at individuals posing a threat’

Israel-Hamas war
37 minutes ago


Police search area set up in Portugal.
New search for Madeleine McCann near house of prime suspect

Shoppers with Selfridges bags on Oxford Street.
Thames Water rescue in limbo after private equity firm pulls out
Companies & Markets
19 minutes ago

Police search area set up in Portugal.
New search for Madeleine McCann near house of prime suspect





Migrants in life vests board a small boat in the water.
UK calls for French crackdown on shallow-water migrant crossings


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Aerial view of an unfinished bridge and road in Lincolnshire, England.
‘Bridge to nowhere’ ridiculed after council’s road funding stalls

A half-built relief road that includes a £50m bridge will not be finished without external financing, Lincolnshire council admits


Woman in Stone Master Marathoners shirt waving at Cheddleton 10k race.
Woman who claimed £20k in benefits for MS caught at running events



Mount Etna erupting.
‘No danger to the population’ from Mount Etna eruption


Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, posing outside their Welsh home.




A golden retriever lies on a dog bed next to a young woman and man sitting on a patio couch with another dog.
Dog returns home after 100-mile trip — including swimming to an island


Water commission chair calls for ‘radical streamlining’ of Ofwat


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Editor's picks



Portrait of Christa D'Souza.

Christa D’Souza got her first one at 13 — and so began five decades of sun worship. Can she still get away with one now?




Aerial panoramic view of Marmaris, Turkey.
Teenager dead after earthquake hits tourist hotspot in Turkey
Europe
43 minutes ago





Lee Jae-myung at a South Korean presidential election campaign rally.
Divisive ‘scrappy fighter’ set to win South Korea presidency
Asia
29 minutes ago



Poland votes to lock its leaders in a constitutional cage match
Poland votes to lock its leaders in a constitutional cage match

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Resetting our water industry can be done with the right approach

Caring for our most vital resource means beefing up regulators, listening to locals and giving a stronger voice to consumers



Illustration of a soldier in a red uniform playing a trumpet while riding a snail; a banner reading "Strategic Defence Review" is attached to the soldier.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



Portrait of Sonia Sodha.
UK universities are ripe for a populist assault






Portrait of Sonia Sodha.
UK universities are ripe for a populist assault






Fern Britton kissing her cat.

The TV presenter on the different natures of her feline friends — and how they have comforted her through illness and the breakdown of her marriage


Samantha and David Cameron at a wedding.
Shane WatsonHow the Goves kept up with the Camerons: the cost of richer friends





a woman wearing glasses and a black jacket looks at the camera
Mehreen KhanTrump’s ‘revenge taxes’ are more dangerous than his trade war


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Diptych of self-portraits by Gwen John and Augustus John.

The sibling portrait artists have been re-evaluated since their deaths, says Judith Mackrell in her double biography Artists, Siblings, Visionaries. So who was the greater talent?




Panoramic view of Saint-Pierre Bridge in Toulouse, France, with the Dome de la Grave in the background.
Julia Brookes‘Avis didn’t have the hire car we’d booked and charged us £619 for another’


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Collage of a woman with arms crossed, a car on a tow truck, and septic tanks being installed.
A breakdown lorry left a £1,500 hole in my cesspit



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