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Mercenaries Calls in Moscow to remove fighters' weapons

The Wagner group appeared to be continuing some of its operations yesterday, with recruitment centres open and fighters returning to their bases, as the group's leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, made his first public comments since abandoning his apparent armed mutiny.

Reynolds and McElhenney's sports journey continues with Alpine F1 stake

The actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, flush with the success they have brought to Wrexham football club, are expanding their sporting portfolio with an investment in the Alpine Formula One team.

Just 5% of private rentals are affordable on benefits

Families on housing benefit are being driven to live in areas of high crime and low employment because only one in 20 private rented homes are now affordable - the lowest level on record, analysis reveals.

Met police failed to hand over crucial information to Lawrence inquiry

An official investigation concluded that Scotland Yard had information that \"could and should\" have been handed to the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder, but failed to disclose it, the Guardian has learned.

Rwanda plan 'could cost £169k per person'

Home Office figures reveal cost of sending refugees to Rwanda

Racism and sexism rife in cricket, says report

Scathing report calls on cricket to tackle racism and sexism

Enemies wanted Russia to 'choke in bloody civil strife', says Putin

Wagner leader defends failed mutiny claiming 'society demanded it' Andrew Roth Moscow Pjotr Sauer Vladimir Putin and the Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin have both appeared in public for the first time since the Wagner chief abandoned his armed mutiny on Saturday, with the Russian president thanking mercenary fighters and commanders who had stood down to avoid bloodshed.

Gardner strikes to spark collapse and give Australia scent of victory

England's chances of a first Test win since January 2014, and a first win against Australia in any format since July 2019, hang in the balance after they sank to 116 for five in pursuit of a fourth-innings target of 268 on the fourth day at Trent Bridge yesterday

Memories of last year's pain help Jabeur warm up for return to SW19

Tunisian and her husband cried after watching Wimbledon loss on Netflix

Fast-learner Alcaraz back at No 1 and targeting Wimbledon next

Watching Carlos Alcaraz on grass during these past six days has been a bit like having a front-row seat as a prodigy deciphers the tennis equivalent of the Enigma code. At first confusion, especially at the speed and slipperiness of the green stuff

Farrell double helps tame Devils and bolster playoff push

The top seven are split by just six points as we pass the midway stage in the Super League regular season, with one of those sides guaranteed to miss out - maybe more, if teams such as Leeds and Hull FC produce a late-season run - when the dust settles in September

Ashes duo help Cubs and Cardinals put on an all-American show

Anderson and Lyon pitch in as London enjoys major league action between Chicago and St Louis teams

Smith Rowe makes quarter-finals sure of with a game to spare

England Under-21s reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2023 as Group C winners with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Israel in Georgia

W Series shown the red flag but its legacy is undeniable

Women-only competition brought drivers back into the sport, gave girls role models and prompted action by F1

Dettori shows no signs of pulling up in final furlongs of his farewell

Frankie Dettori blew the start and left himself with just a little too much ground to make up at the finish, but in every other respect he ran the big race he was hoping for at his final Royal Ascot. A ninth Gold Cup, on a 17-2 shot that would have been twice the price with anyone bar Dettori on board, was the obvious highlight but, once he had got a winner under his belt in the 13th of the 35 races, there was a sudden sense that Ryan Moore, who had a treble on Tuesday, was looking over his shoulder as his lead in the jockeys' standings diminished by the day

Greece re-elects conservatives after gamble pays off for leader Mitsotakis

Greece's conservative New Democracy has won a landslide victory in the country's second election in five weeks, granting its leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis a second four-year term as prime minister

Fatboy Slim joins appeal to resume drug testing at festivals

Fatboy Slim and a cross-party group of MPs have condemned the Home Office's decision to block on-site drug testing at festivals this summer as \"shortsighted and dangerous\"

English Heritage refused to lend 'fragile' Vermeer, emails show

English Heritage refused to lend one of its most precious paintings to a blockbuster Vermeer exhibition, claiming it was too fragile to travel, despite expert assurance that the risk of damage was \"negligible\", documents reveal

Sparkling up for Elton Fans don feather boas and novelty glasses for UK farewell

Given how many times Sir Elton John has announced his retirement from touring - the first almost half a century ago - diehard fans may be forgiven for thinking Glastonbury may not be his final encore

"There was hope' Excitement in Ukraine gives way to disappointment"

For nearly 24 hours, millions of Ukrainians believed that the war with Russia might be nearing its conclusion

Analysis Prigozhin and Putin avert bloodshed but the feud is not over

Though they've avoided open bloodshed, it is hard to imagine that Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin will ever be reconciled

Moscow moves back to normal' after rebel march is abandoned

A sense of normality returned to Moscow yesterday after Yevgeny Prigozhin halted his assault on the Russian capital under a deal that defused an unprecedented challenge to the authority of the president, Vladimir Putin

The march on Moscow Prigozhin mutiny swiftly burns out - but Putin emerges a weaker figure

Last Thursday Yevgeny Prigozhin let rip on his favourite subject: the incompetence and vanity of Russia's defence minister, Sergei Shoigu

Paris exhibition dispels myth of 'primitive' England in middle ages

A new exhibition in Paris aims to show how England in the middle ages was very much part of Europe's dynamic art, architectural, trade and culture scene between AD1000 and AD1500

NHS lags behind other rich nations 'due to low funding'

Britons die sooner from cancer and heart disease than people in many other rich countries, partly because of the NHS's lack of beds, staff and scanners, a study has found

Queen 'was asked to veto Lebedev peerage'

Queen was asked to block Lebedev's peerage, new documentary claims

Wagner uprising reveals cracks in Putin's authority, says US

A day after renegade Wagner mercenaries nearly sparked a civil war in Russia, the US’s top diplomat said yesterday that the uprising showed “real cracks” in Vladimir Putin’s regime, possibly offering Ukraine a crucial advantage as it launches a summer offensive

Money hacks - How to cut the cost of buying toys

The cost of living crisis is putting pressure on every aspect of household finances but children still need toys to play with.

Former New Zealand PM Ardern working on book about leadership

The former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she is writing a book, with the focus more on leadership than on politics.

The extreme weather-maker - So what do we really know about El Niño?

The planet is being hit with a double whammy of global heating this year. On top of the inexorable rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gas emissions is an emerging El Niño.