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Tory election betting scandal grows days out from UK polling day
The betting scandal has dealt a heavy blow to the Rishi Sunak led-Conservatives as they battle to revive its struggling campaign ahead of the vote.
- by Rob Harris
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Crime
Gunmen kill at least six police and a priest in attacks in Dagestan
At least 12 others have been injured when the gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region.
Instagram account of teen missing on Spanish island mysteriously active
Jay Slater, 19, was last heard from on Monday when he told a friend he was lost in the mountains and desperately thirsty before his phone ran out of battery.
- by Albert Tait
Watch: Prince William caught ‘dad dancing’ at Taylor Swift concert
As embarrassing as dad dancing can be, Prince William’s uninhibited performance at Taylor Swift’s first Wembley concert was as enthusiastic as it was vigorous.
- by Steve Bird
Explainer
World elections
‘Le TikTok king’ : How a 28-year-old could be France’s new prime minister
Snap elections in France have put a spotlight on the leader of its major far-right party. Who is he? And why is French politics in turmoil?
- by Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
‘Largest problem’: Barcelona plans to ban all holiday apartments by 2028
The boom in short-term rentals in Barcelona, Spain’s most visited city by foreign tourists, means some residents cannot afford an apartment after rents rose 68 per cent in the past 10 years.
- by Joan Faus
Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
The comments in a BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson echo arguments made by Donald Trump, the former US president and friend of Farage. Â
- by Ben Riley-Smith
Prince William takes the children to watch Taylor Swift at Wembley on his birthday
The Prince, who is celebrating his 42nd birthday, is believed to have booked a private box to mark the occasion alongside Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six.
- by Victoria Ward
Analysis
World elections
Can a national hero like Kylian Mbappe stop the rise of the far-right in France?
Before President Emmanuel Macron’s stunning decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap poll, France’s reckoning with the hard right was scheduled for 2027.
- by Rob Harris
Druids, selfies and weak flat whites: Ancient traditions mix with the new at Stonehenge
About 10,000 people have marked the summer solstice at Stonehenge, including a man called Larry who says he was a raven.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
UK election
I mentored the next British PM. Here’s what Australians need to know about him
Keir Starmer does not have the charisma of Boris Johnson or Tony Blair, but charisma in politicians is much overrated.
- by Geoffrey Robertson