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June 21, 2024

Tory campaign engulfed by election gambling scandal

The Conservatives are facing electoral meltdown after the scandal over betting on the election date engulfed the party’s top campaign team.

4 mins

A trip on the Tory battle bus with the elusive Mr Gove

Archie Mitchell joins the minister for a ride on the campaign trail but comes away with more questions than answers

3 mins

Sunak 'angry' about betting on election date allegations

Question Time viewers also give Keir Starmer a tough ride

4 mins

Starmer and Sunak trade on the 'I'm not Liz Truss' card

My test for the BBC Question Time special was how honest Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak would be about the trade-offs facing the next government.

3 mins

People could face sanctions for refusing national service

Rishi Sunak has said he could take drivers’ licences and bank accounts off 18-year-olds if they refuse to take part in his mandatory national service.

2 mins

Tired party leaders were no match for furious audience

No tittering at the back, but Rishi Sunak is angry. Not just cross, but “incredibly angry”.

5 mins

Is Johnson's memoir part of a new comeback campaign?

Boris Johnson has released the details of his memoir, and it is likely to cause quite a stir.

3 mins

Hunger Games and MASH star Sutherland dies aged 88

An anti-war activist as well as a chameleonic actor, his career spanned seven decades and encompassed almost every genre

4 mins

Olympics organisers urged to drop foie gras from menu

Catering at Paris Games set to include controversial product

2 mins

Tenerife missing teenager 'had no idea where he was'

Jay Slater, 19, told friend he had a cut leg in frantic last call

2 mins

'It could happen to you, so prepare for war with Russia'

Author and soldier Oleksandr Mykhed tells Tom Watling about his new book describing the reality of Putin’s invasion

5 mins

Putin and Kim alliance lacks credibility on global stage

Vladimir Putin’s military pact with Kim Jong-un represents a “pariah partnership” between two countries that are emerging as key components of an autocratic, anti-Western “axis of impunity”, experts say.

3 mins

Deaths surge past 1,000 as hajj pilgrims suffer in 50C

More than 1,000 people have died during this year’s hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia – with temperatures having reached a peak of 51.8C in Mecca in recent days.

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Coca-Cola heir told to pay $900m in sex assault case

A billionaire heir to a Coca-Cola bottling fortune has been ordered to pay 900m 710m) in damages to a former employee in a landmark sexual assault case.

2 mins

Biden's mental capacity is an election issue - he has to go

Over the past week, discussion of the US presidential election has dramatically shifted from Joe Biden’s chances of winning a second term to his chances of contesting the election at all.

5 mins

Do pushy parents damage kids or help them to thrive?

Tennis ace Emma Raducanu says she’s lucky to have a strict mum and dad despite years of resentment and the returns are clear. Charlotte Cripps wrestles with a parental poser

6 mins

Interest-rate hold means a cruel summer for borrowers

Struggling homeowners may have to wait until autumn for the Bank of England to ease pressure, writes James Moore

3 mins

Sloppy England struggle against energetic Denmark

If Gareth Southgate has already warned his players to ignore criticism, he’s going to need to lock them away in Erfurt after this.

3 mins

Southgate fails to master the midfield balancing act

There was a problem with the team of all the talents.

3 mins

Williams sublime as Spain dominate Azzurri to win

As Nico Williams weighed up Giovanni Di Lorenzo in the early moments of the second half on a charged evening in Gelsenkirchen, the Italy defender must have felt as if his night was never going to end.

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