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Fri 3 Jul 2026
Gisele Pelicot in a pink shirt stands surrounded by uniformed officers in a crowded public space
Rape and sexual assault
‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency
Andy Burnham in front of an LBC microphone holding a copy of the UK defence plan
Politics
Andy Burnham promises to ease cost of living pressures if he becomes prime minister
A person in an England flag cape and sunglasses holds a plastic cup of beer
Football
Starmer to allow pubs to stay open until 5am for England v Mexico match
Rescuers conduct search and rescue operations at a multi-storey residential building damaged in a huge Russian aerial attack in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
Both sides vow to escalate fighting after Russia’s deadly Kyiv barrage
A printed page showing the header and opening paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence dated July 4, 1776
National Archives
‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
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In focus

A woman in China has won a rare legal victory in a workplace sexual harassment case.
#MeToo movement
‘I have successfully defended my personal dignity’: woman wins rare MeToo court victory in China
South Korea
3,000% bonuses but a growing wealth divide: South Korea grapples with its AI chip boom
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Features

Birds dawn chorus
Birds
Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
Film
‘I feel both thrilled and ruined by this’: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on making sex comedy The Invite
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The long read

Ancient Roman surgical instruments.
‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages
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Opinion

David Batty being cradled by his first mother, with her mother next to her
quote  Britain’s apology for the scandal of forced adoption won’t – on its own – heal the wounds of survivors like me
David Batty
quote  Keir Starmer’s on the pitch, he thinks it’s all over … Well, it will be soon
John Crace
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Sport

Heather Knight (left) and Nat Sciver-Brunt
Women's T20 World Cup
England book final date with Australia as Sciver-Brunt and Knight sink South Africa
Wimbledon
Fery defies nosebleed to carry British hopes into round three
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Podcast

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The return of the firing squad in Trump’s America – podcast
Podcast | 27:21
 
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Climate crisis

Two bottlenose dolphins jumping out of the water.
Dolphins
Dolphins increasingly rely on trawlers for food in overfished Adriatic, say scientists
Sea level
As seas rise, American history could be washed away
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Business & technology

A man carries a boxed fan along a street
Business
Fans in short supply as next UK heatwave approaches, says Currys
Technology
Tesla sales surpass expectations for second quarter as Musk backlash seems to cool
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