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The contest to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader may seem like an argument between corpses in a tomb. The candidates are yesterday’s rejects. Not even the hysterical headline-writers of the Tory press can bring themselves to hype the race as they would in the triumphalist years. The infantile tabloid screams of “Boris this” or … Read more

BBC The BBC named Matthew White as a suspect in the 1993 murder A suspect in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence told police he had a “girlfriend” who was a child, but no action was taken against him, the BBC can reveal. The lawyer representing Stephen’s mother, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, says the latest findings … Read more

Almost two months to the day after she became stranded in no man’s land in Nicosia, Mimi wants to go home. In her case, home means Cameroon, not the Republic of Cyprus, which lies meters away, or any other place in Europe. “I’ve seen everything here, snakes, rats, you name it and now I just … Read more

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Rishi Sunak has pledged to remain Conservative Party leader until arrangements are in place for selecting his successor, following the party’s worst election defeat in its parliamentary history. Here we look at some of those who might decide to throw their hat into the ring when the party’s leadership election gets going. Kemi Badenoch … Read more

Keir Starmer will promise to build enough offshore wind over the next five years to power 20m homes, by using taxpayer money to develop parts of the seabed owned by the royal family. The prime minister will announce details of the government’s energy generation company, known as Great British Energy, during a visit to the … Read more

When Paris’s gigantesque, city-centre Olympic Games opening ceremony begins on Friday night, with boats full of athletes gliding side by side down the River Seine in a configuration not seen since the days of King Louis XV, there is more at stake than France’s global image. The president, Emmanuel Macron, who has promised the Olympics … Read more

“I seem incapable of forgetting that Dean Richards’s 2001 transfer from Southampton to Spurs was the highest fee paid for a player as yet uncapped by England (£8.1m. Don’t bother checking. Trust me). Who’s the most expensive player (now retired) to have never been capped and which active player holds that title?” writes Thom Harris. … Read more

Joe Biden addressed the nation Wednesday to explain his historic decision to withdraw from the presidential race, delivering a reflective and hopeful message about the need to begin a new chapter in America’s story. “I believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for America’s future all merited a second term, … Read more

Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall on Taiwan’s eastern coast, unleashing torrential rainfall and whipping winds across the island that left three people dead. On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi also exacerbated seasonal rains in the nearby Philippines, triggering flooding and landslides that killed six. The superstorm hit Taiwan’s eastern Yilan county at around midnight local … Read more