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Alexei Navalny How Putin's fierce political opponent spent his last days

Each morning at 5 am, Alexei Navalny was rousted with the words \"Wake up!\" as the Russian national anthem played on the prison loudspeakers.

'It feels impossible to live' One Rafah family's effort to find safety amid chaos

The view from the window of the Almodallals' kitchen in Rafah is nothing but rubble.

New hopes of Gaza ceasefire mounts on Israel as pressure and Hamas to reach a deal

An Israeli negotiating team arrived in Paris yesterday for talks about a potential ceasefire in Gaza, in the latest sign of tentative progress towards an agreement that could end the five-month-old war.

Lightbulb moment Moth collector with a plan to barcode every species on Earth

As a child, I used to collect moths and butterflies on the edge of the Great Lakes in Canada.

Rare or not so rare? How Argentina has started to fall out of love with the steak

The billboard in Buenos Aires shows a piglet standing forlornly by a butcher's fridge.

A lasting impression Paris revisits 150 years of painting that let fresh air into art world

To look at Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise is to live in its moment. You are right there in Le Havre docks at t sunrise, in the T purple misty light, as cranes and ships vaguely materialise in the weak light of the sun's low red disc.

Woman who thwarted 1797 French invasion on Welsh coast is honoured

The bravery of a Welsh woman who, legend has it, armed herself with a pitchfork to help thwart an 18th-century attempted invasion of Britain is being celebrated this weekend.

'We milked the hell out of it' Why takeaways and food shops go viral - and what happens next

Ben Newman, also known as the Spudman, spends as much time posing for selfies these days as he does selling jacket potatoes from his van in Tamworth.

Man who piloted fatal people-smuggling boat is jailed for six years

Ibrahima Bah will spend at least six years and three months in custody for manslaughter after at least four people died while he was smuggling dozens of people into the UK on a small boat.

Netflix hit propels David Nicholls' One Day back into the bestseller lists

The TV adaptation of One Day starring Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod shot to No. 1 in the UK Netflix chart when it premiered earlier this month.

'Massive last push' Galloway on the march in Rochdale

Every day at 10 am, George Galloway rallies his troops at a Suzuki showroom just outside Rochdale town centre.

Slapps MPS back curb on spurious legal action

Ministers are to back a crackdown on spurious lawsuits, which are used to intimidate journalists, academics and campaigners, known as strategic litigation against public participation (Slapps).

MPs and parliamentary staff voice concern over rise in threats and abuse

MPs spoke yesterday about the lengths they are taking to keep safe amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Gaza war, with some Labour members who have been vocal on Israel and Palestine saying they feared the possibility of an attack.

Notting Hill Twenty five years on, how hit film turbo-charged area's gentrification

She was only a girl, standing in front of a boy asking him to love her, but would Anna Scott and William Thacker recognise the Notting Hill that exists today, 25 years on from their fictional meet cute?

'Put the kettle on': unexploded bomb brings out the Blitz spirit

Usually, as the weekend approaches, the streets, shops, and pubs around Devonport in Plymouth, the largest naval dockyard in Western Europe, are humming with life.

Analysis 'Child victim' left with little hope as government washes its hands of problem

Five years after Shamima Begum expressed her hope of returning to Britain, having been found by a Times journalist in a detention camp in north-east Syria, she is no closer to her wish being fulfilled.

Birmingham Royal Ballet, Duran Duran and Joe Lycett unite against city's 'horrifying' cuts to arts

Birmingham's cultural figures from Carlos Acosta and Joe Lycett to Duran Duran and Napalm Death have criticised the 100% cut made by the city council to its arts funding, which they say will \"devastate\" the arts ecosystem in Britain's second city.

Rising to the challenge: how TikTok made a 177-year-old sourdough starter go viral

There is an old pioneer tradition dating from the earliest days of the colonisation of the US west that you shared your bread starter with anyone who asked, according to bread enthusiast Mary Buckingham.

MP Bob Stewart has racial abuse conviction quashed

The politician Bob Stewart has had his conviction for a racially aggravated public order offence quashed.

Energy price cap to fall to £1,690 from April, its lowest level in two years

The energy price cap will fall by £238 to £1,690 on 1 April thanks to a mild winter and lower gas prices, easing pressure on household finances.

Vow 'to fight on' as Begum loses UK citizenship appeal

Lawyers for Shamima Begum vowed to “keep fighting” to bring her home yesterday after they failed in a fresh attempt to overturn a decision to remove her British citizenship after the court of appeal ruled against her.

Truss Attacks Biden And 'Wokenomics' In Speech To US Rightwingers

Liz Truss made a fresh bid for political relevance yesterday by addressing a far-right conference in America, railing against Joe Biden, transgender rights and leftwing-run deep states.

Israel Looks For 'Right People' To Run Gaza As Chaos Grows

Israeli officials said yesterday they wanted to use local administrators without links to Hamas or the Palestinian Authority to run Gaza, and would set up small-scale trials of the scheme as soon as "the right people step up to the plate".

Furbank picked for attacking edge and settling the score at Murrayfield

Borthwick eager to 'develop England's game' with more tries in tomorrow's Calcutta Cup match against Scotland

Robinson and Bashir back for must-win Test

Wood and Ahmed drop out as England seek to level series on spinning pitch in Ranchi

'It's refreshing to just walk| around like a regular person.It's nice to be here'

Nathan Cleary is in England for the World Club challenge. He talks fame, the Penrith Panthers and politics

Cult following - Love your manager while you can-but don't expect them to love you back

I didn't expect to be signing up for Millwall TV this week. I certainly didn't expect to be watching Neil Harris's first interview as the new Millwall manager 11 weeks after watching Neil Harris's first interview as the new Cambridge United manager. It felt all the more personal given the social media guy at Millwall is also called Max.

UK criticised over apparent call to firms to help rebuild disputed region seized by Azerbaijan

The UK faces criticism after officials appeared to urge British businesses to help rebuild disputed areas of Azerbaijan just weeks after the state's military takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh led more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee the region.

S&P 500 and Nikkei reach record highs amid AI boom

Japan's main stock index, European shares and Wall Street's S&P 500 hit all-time highs yesterday as strong results from the chipmaker Nvidia stoked investor exuberance over an artificial intelligence investment boom.

Money down the pan? Cost of toilets for Osaka's world exhibition raises concerns

Visitors to next year's world exposition in Japan could find themselves spending a penny in toilets that cost more than £1m to build, with recent construction estimates sparking a row over the event's soaring costs.