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SETTLING SCORES

Revival of Stoppard's 1982 play 'The Real Thing' finds the writer at his brilliant but infuriating best, says Alice Saville

Just as bleak and formally daring as its predecessor

The hugely anticipated 'Joker: Folie à Deux' rejects comic book conventions and stars a stirring Joaquin Phoenix and a cruel and highly feline Lady Gaga, says Geoffrey Macnab

DAFT AND DERIVATIVE

Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber lead an unhappy family in Nantucket-set 'The Perfect Couple'. What may been biting satire is paint-by-numbers Netflix pulp, writes Nick Hilton

A painstaking study that's both gripping and moving

Featuring revealing interviews with Ukraine's president and his wife Olena, 'The Zelensky Story' is a sensitive look at the leader's rise and his tireless optimism, writes Sean O'Grady

'The press infantilised me like I was this innocent girl'

With her album up for a Mercury Prize, Corinne Bailey Rae tells Annabel Nugent about the influence behind it, shaking off her easy listening era and remembering Amy Winehouse

When did Nicole Kidman become the sad wife of TV?

In recent years, the award-winning actor has forged a new career playing wealthy women who are weighed down by cashmere scarves and troubled pasts, says Katie Rosseinsky

Should we book our flights now or heed agents' advice?

Q My family and I are looking to go to the US in July 2026. We want to fly to New York City for three nights, then spend 10 nights in Orlando and three nights on the Florida coast in Clearwater before flying home.

EGO OVERLOAD

Elon Musk says 'aneuro-typical' people should be in charge of the world, but Eleanor Mills argues in an age of soft power and empathy, high-status males are the least capable leaders

Pope kicks off Indonesia visit in ordinary family car

Pope Francis began his extensive 12-day tour of four Asian countries on a humble note by opting to use a family car and ditching a luxury hotel stay as he arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia for the first leg.

Indian villages terrorised by pack of man-eating wolves

At least 10 children have been killed in attacks since March

Netanyahu offering 'forever war', opposition party warns

Benjamin Netanyahu's government is offering Israel a war \"with no end date\" as long as it is in power, the country's opposition leader has warned.

Zelensky's reshuffle aims to project strength ahead of a tough winter for Ukraine

Dmytro Kuleba is one of Ukraine's most recognisable faces to Western officials, seemingly never afraid to speak his mind.

Russian strike on Lviv kills mother and three daughters

Zelensky carries out biggest government shake-up since the start of the war as Moscow's deadly aerial assault continues

Water bosses face prison.over UK sewage dumping

Water bosses are to be told today that new laws will mean they face prison if they continue to pump filth into Britain’s lakes and rivers.

Kyle guest called show '40 or 50 times' to appear on it

A man believed to have killed himself after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show called the programme “40 or 50 times” in a desperate attempt to go on, the inquest into his death has heard.

Labour to spend £15m on small boat deportation deals

The Home Office is spending £15m on returns partnerships with 11 countries to boost the number of deportations of small boat migrants, The Independent can reveal.

Patel is out - what's next in the Tory leadership contest?

With the lowest number of votes from fellow MPs – 14 out of 121 – Priti Patel has automatically dropped out of the running to be Tory leader.

As a Grenfell campaigner, this report has me seething

After more than seven years campaigning for Grenfell victims and survivors, my former Kensington constituents, and the countless others who are still living in unsafe homes up and down the country, I did not think it was possible to feel more anger than I already did.

Justice for Grenfell: the fight is only just beginning

Seven years after the fire which resulted in the avoidable deaths of 72 residents, Zoë Beaty speaks to the grieving relatives who feel their voices are still not being heard

'We must acknowledge part we played in tragedy' - May

Baroness Theresa May, who was prime minister at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire, has warned that all those in authority must accept their responsibility for the tragedy.

Decades of systemic failure led to Grenfell, report finds

The Grenfell Tower fire that claimed the lives of 72 residents was the result of decades of failure by governments and the construction industry, a damning final report into the disaster has found.

A less than mighty Blighty

National pride has taken a nosedive over the last decade. But with Brexit, Covid cronyism and unsavoury royal revelations, is it any wonder we’re fed up with our lot, asks Helen Coffey

'Mortality is something I think about intensely'

David Gilmour and his wife, the novelist Polly Samson, talk to Geordie Greig about collaborating on his new album and why there will never be a Floyd reunion with Roger Waters

Karsten vs Mondo could be the stimulus athletics needs

It is a fantasy clash plucked from the pages of fan fiction: Who would win if you took two Norse gods of athletics, stuck them on a start line in Zurich and pitted them against one another in the purest of sporting contests?

Inoue denied statement win after hip injury to Doheny

Naoya Inoue had started patiently against TJ Doheny. At first, the undisputed super-bantamweight champion was content to parry jabs and press forward gently.

Salah's contract is ending so where is his new deal? -

Liverpool have already had one bombshell announcement in 2024.

At least 51 killed in one of deadliest Russian airstrikes

‘Russian scum will pay for this, vows Volodymyr Zelensky, as rescuers in Poltava pick through the rubble to find survivors

IDF kills Hamas leader who was part of October attack

Israel’s military has said it has killed a Hamas commander who killed a father in front of his two children in the 7 October attack and then was filmed drinking a can of Coca-Cola from the fridge.

Leaked email claims Trump 'can't win New Hampshire'

The Trump campaign “no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable” and is “pulling back” from the crucial swing state, according to a bombshell leaked email from a top campaign volunteer.

'Emotional scars are deep, it affects your whole being'

Filipino women are challenging the Catholic Church and a conservative lobby to demand legal freedom from abusive or unhappy marriages. Maroosha Muzaffar hears their stories