Fighting talk The 82-year-old dedicated to teaching India's oldest martial art to women

Today the pupils are schoolchildren, mostly aged from seven up to teenagers.

'I don't leave my flat' The Ukrainians hiding or fleeing to avoid the frontline

The autumn cannot arrive soon enough for Dmytro, when his handlers have promised to get him out of Ukraine.

'It will be tight' Centrists make final effort to shore up support

Standing in a courtyard framed by the white walls of one of Marseille's Armenian churches, Sabrina AgrestiRoubache, France's secretary of state tasked with citizenship, took a deep breath, choosing her words carefully as she addressed a voter who had admitted that she was considering switching to the far right.

Man accused of Holly Willoughby plot spent '99.9% of time online'

A man accused of plotting to rape and murder Holly Willoughby has told a court he spent 99.9% of his time online as he struggled with mental health problems triggered by his lifethreatening weight gain.

Rushed, half-baked Has The Bear gone off the boil?

The first season of award-winning TV drama The Bear was incredibly stylish, overwhelmingly propulsive and filled with characters you found yourself rooting for.

Britain's gardeners embrace pond life as demand for aquatic plants grows

Apond boom is happening in Britain's gardens as people try to halt biodiversity loss by digging water sources for amphibians and other aquatic life.

Ode to joy Psychologists tell England: forget quick fixes and start having fun

Sporting success isn't down to pickle juice, according to a leading sports psychologist.

Labour confirms stamp duty for some first-time buyers would rise

Stamp duty will rise for some firsttime buyers next year if Labour wins the election, the party has confirmed, as it plans to allow a temporary tax break enacted by the Conservatives to expire.

Kinnock urges Labour to tackle Reform's long-term nationalist threat

Neil Kinnock has warned his party not to ignore the nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage, as concern grows in Labour ranks that Reform UK could pose a long-term threat for them as well as the Conservatives.

Sunak speaks of hurt and anger at Reform campaigner's racist slur

Rishi Sunak has said he was hurt and angry to hear a Reform UK canvasser using a racial slur against him, saying Nigel Farage \"has some questions to answer\".

A 90-minute horror show Democrats hoped for Superman but got Clark Kent in his dotage

That sickening thud you heard was jaws hitting the floor. That queasy sound you heard was hearts sinking into boots.

Inner circle First lady and advisers have president's ear - but would he listen?

In March 1968, President Lyndon Johnson abandoned his re-election bid, citing the \"awesome duties of this office\", partisan divisions in the country, and \"America's sons in the fields far away\" in Vietnam.

Tesco and Asda are sued over sandwiches connected to E coli outbreak

Tesco and Asda are being sued by customers, including the family of an 11-year-old girl, who were left seriously ill after eating ownbrand sandwiches linked to an E coli outbreak.

Biden's shaky TV debate sparks calls to quit race

Panicking Democrats were last night speculating over whether Joe Biden should be replaced as their US presidential nominee, as whispers about his age and fitness burst into open debate.

Austria everything England are not...and never have been

Why should there be surprise at Southgate’s confused team when there is no culture or coaching school to learn from

England spun out and outclassed by ruthless India

It was a scene witnessed on countless Test tours to the subcontinent but one played out in the semi-final of the men's T20 World Cup in tropical Guyana.

Football's footprint Uefa trumpets its green ambitions but opts to ignore elephant in the room

Didier Deschamps wasn't amused. Les Bleus had fought hard to see off an excellent Austria side in the evening game and needed to rest.

Coach, physio ...manicurist? Elite tennis is now 'a travelling circus'

The rise of huge entourages for top players means even Wimbledon is struggling to make space for everyone

Boeing media briefing on door blowout 'violated rules'

Boeing has been sanctioned by the top US accident investigator for having \"blatantly violated\" regulations by revealing private information and speculating about what caused January's cabin panel blowout on a brand new Alaska Airlines plane.

Bolivia's army and navy chiefs held after apparently bungled military coup attempt

The former heads of Bolivia's army and navy are among a dozen people arrested for their alleged roles in a seemingly bungled military coup designed to topple the South American country's leftwing president, Luis Arce.

Le Pen: we will win majority and take military decisions over war in Ukraine

Marine Le Pen has said she expects her far-right National Rally (RN) party to win an absolute majority in France's general election, form a government and take over at least some defence and armed forces decisionmaking - including on Ukraine.

High levels of harmful bacteria found in river at Henley before regatta

Harmful E coli bacteria have been found at high levels at Henley, where elite rowers are to compete in an international regatta next week.

'Look at the state of the NHS' Junior doctors on the picket line

'Im itching to get back to work, to get back to the grindstone,\" says Matthew Alexander, a junior radiology doctor. \"Nobody wants to be here, nobody wants to be on strike.\"

Roy wins PEN prize while under threat of Indian prosecution

The Indian author Arundhati Roy has been awarded the PEN Pinter prize two weeks after Indian authorities granted permission to prosecute the writer over comments she made about Kashmir 14 years ago.

Reform UK withdraws candidate revealed to have been BNP member

A Reform UK general election candidate has been dropped after it emerged that he had been on a list of members of the British National party (BNP).

Betting row Met says dropped Tory candidate could face police inquiry

The Metropolitan police has indicated that dropped Conservative candidate Craig Williams could come under the scope of a criminal investigation into betting on the election that has overshadowed Rishi Sunak's campaign.

Companies linked to key Tory donors given £8.4bn in public contracts since 2016

Companies within the same corporate grouping have directly received £566,161 between April 2016 and April this year.

From rock to reverie: Abramović tries to keep noisy Glastonbury crowd silent for seven minutes

Glastonbury's Pyramid stage has played host to some of the loudest rock bands in the world and mass singalongs with thousands of participants, but today the artist Marina Abramović will step out and ask the crowd to do something different: remain silent for seven minutes.

BP brings in hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind plans

The head of BP has imposed a hiring freeze and halted new offshore wind projects in an apparent attempt to placate investors unhappy with the oil company's green targets.

All Change Bellingham Running Into Poor Form Gives Southgate A Big Decision To Make

Your best players are still your best players. Your best team is not necessarily the one with all the best players on the pitch. Unfortunately England are in that place again.