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Flights cancelled and routes suspended after US and Israel launch strikes on Iran
Iran latest: US and Israel launch strikes on Tehran as Trump confirms ‘major combat operation’
Trump’s statement on Iran in full as US launches ‘major combat operations’
US military bases in the Middle East mapped as attack launched on Iran
F35s, tankers and the world’s largest warship: Inside Trump’s mega arsenal behind Iran strikes
UK
UK home sales fall month-on-month in ‘significant’ dip since summer
Gorton and Denton by-election live: Labour warned ‘to resist leftward shift’ after resounding defeat
Radiohead publicly demand ICE to take down video using the band’s song
Man charged with criminal damage after Churchill statue defaced with graffiti
School support staff lost more than £2 billion in wages last year: ‘They are being discriminated against’
SPORTS
Alex Pereira shockingly vacates UFC title to spark heavyweight rumours
Arne Slot defends Liverpool’s summer signings: ‘£450m very well spent’
Liverpool and the curse of the seven right-backs
Rob Edwards understands significance of avoiding being worst Premier League team
Wolves dent Aston Villa’s Champions League hopes to surpass record low points tally
BUSINESS
FTSE 100 hits high and oil jumps amid US-Iran tension
Greggs to reveal trading amid pressure from cost of living and weight loss drugs
UK government set to approve new Leonardo military deal, saving thousands of jobs
Could AI be the next boardroom scandal?
Who is Katharine Braddick? The Barclays executive set to lead UK banking regulator
TECH
SCI
Why some people are more drawn to conspiracy theories than others
NASA overhauls mission to put astronauts back on the moon
Mummified woman’s skull shows she survived pioneering jaw surgery 2,500 years ago
Raincoat no longer waterproof? A textile scientist explains how to fix it
Secret of what makes ‘super-agers’ resilient to dementia may finally be revealed
POLITICS
US strikes against Iran not ‘legal in a way that the UK would recognise’
Gorton and Denton by-election live: Labour warned ‘to resist leftward shift’ after resounding defeat
Starmer under pressure as Labour civil war erupts over humiliating by-election loss
Plaid Cymru leader warns ‘Reform would set Wales back decades’ as he declares election a two-horse race
Peter Mandelson’s business emails ‘missing’, lobbying firm admits
HEALTH
The TikTok trend fuelling a new cottage cheese boom
Voices: ‘A lost generation’: Readers on why Gen Z are turning to the Bible
Hyundai Bayon 1.0T Tech Line: An old-school crossover SUV gets a slick update
The rise and fall of Lucy and Yak: how the millennial favourite fell foul of the internet
Alpine Divorce: Behind the sinister dating term made popular by a chilling TikTok
ENTERTAIN
Scream filmmakers reveal original brutal plan for Scream 7 before production overhaul
Kaley Cuoco: ‘The Big Bang Theory was an explosion of money and fame… of course there was drama’
Neil Sedaka death: Legendary singer-songwriter behind ‘(Is This the Way to) Amarillo’ was 86
Radiohead demands ICE remove their music from new advert: ‘It ain’t funny’
Bridgerton star reveals she developed skin condition due to bathtub sex scene
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