Sunak's Starmer swipe let on what he thinks about mums

He could have kept quiet. As a father-of-two, Rishi Sunak will be very familiar with trying in vain to step away from his desk to spend a few hours with his family.

Johnson's intervention was, as ever, mainly about himself

Boris Johnson’s surprise last-minute appearance at a Conservative election rally in London was not a sign of the party’s strength or unity, but a reminder of its weakness, divisions and sheer desperation.

Tories try to rewrite history by bringing back the Morlock

Boris Johnson Saves the World is probably the movie that our disgraced former prime minister sees himself starring in as he ascends the stage at the National Army Museum in London, surrounded by the tattered colours and worn muskets of past battles lost and won – Waterloo, Dunkirk, Goose Green.

North Korea balloon attacks on South ‘are soft terrorism'

North Korea’s campaign of sending hundreds of rubbish-filled balloons into South Korea is a “form of soft terrorism” that shouldn’t be taken lightly, an American think tank has said.

'No one is pushing me out'

Joe Biden tells campaign staff he's in race 'to the end' but ally admits next few days in the spotlight will decide leader's fate

Man receives death threats after tracking stolen iPhone

Victim was sent messages from Shenzhen in southern China

'Mummy makeover' adverts being removed by watchdog

Hundreds of ads a day pushing surgery and weight-loss jabs

Slapping therapy healer previously prosecuted in death of six-year-old boy

An alternative “healer” accused of the manslaughter of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who died after stopping taking her insulin at his slapping therapy workshop was previously prosecuted for the death of a six-year-old boy, a court has heard.

Help my father, son of jailed media mogul tells Labour

The son of a jailed British citizen detained by China has urged a Labour government to help release his father amid fears he could die in prison.

Could the Tories actually come third in the election?

Even when the situation is hopeless, the leaders of a doomed party in a general election usually try to show a brave face.

Rishi the Robot has failure down to a fine (body) art

Oh, Rishi. We’ve all been there, waiting for the results of an exam we know we flubbed, or the rejection email for a job where we accidentally called the interviewer “mum”, or the voters to consign us to the dustbin of history after leading our party to electoral ruin.

Bombshell poll forecasts the Tories will win only 82 seats

Rishi Sunak will lead the Conservatives to their worst election result in history, with a major poll for The Independent suggesting that the party will hold on to just 82 seats.

A slow train to Manchester

With HS2 firmly on the scrap heap, Simon Calder inspects proposals from companies eager to fill the yawning gap

'We just want him to stop'

Netflix docuseries The Man with 1000 Kids’ explores the case of a sperm donor who was banned from fathering any more children. Two mothers at the centre of the controversy talk to Kevin EG Perry about how their lives were upended

Keir clocking off wouldn't make him a part-time PM

Is anyone else worried that Keir Starmer is deluding himself? The Labour leader has said that if he makes it to No 10, he hopes to continue his routine of carving out “protected time” to spend with his wife, Victoria, their 16-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter.

Boulter and Dart advance to set up spicy Battle of Britain

With one sweeping backhand passing shot down the line, British No 1 Katie Boulter sauntered through to the second round at Wimbledon yesterday evening.

Draper marches into void as Murray departs centre stage

Under the roof on Centre Court, the symbolism felt a little too obvious.

Ruthless Gakpo leads the way as Oranje hit top form

For the first time in 16 years, the Netherlands have made it through to a European Championship quarter-final, and a showdown with Turkey in Berlin on Saturday.

Turkey stuns Austria with chaotic but deserved win

Turkey were supposed to be Euro 2020’s dark horses. Maybe everyone whose predictions looked hideously bad when they crashed out with no points and a lone goal merely got the wrong tournament.

Foreign judges urged to quit Hong Kong by mogul's son

The son of media mogul Jimmy Lai has called on all foreign judges to leave Hong Kong’s judicial system, which he claimed pressures them to go along with Beijing’s clampdown on “prodemocracy protesters”.

Beryl heads towards Jamaica leaving a trail of destruction

Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters yesterday as a category 5 storm on a path that will take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people.

Orban to Zelensky: Seek a quick ceasefire with Russia

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has urged Ukraine “to consider a quick ceasefire” with Russia during his first visit to the war-torn country since its invasion by Vladimir Putin.

Russian forces launch new recruitment drive in Africa

Moscow has enlisted a new mercenary group to train paid fighters for Putin’s war in Ukraine, writes Kim Sengupta

Man who murdered two of his girlfriends jailed for life

Aman has been jailed for life for murdering two girlfriends who had both complained to the police about his violence.

Killer Letby found guilty of attempted murder of baby

Lucy Letby was forced to listen to a judge’s sentencing remarks she previously refused to hear, as she was found guilty of the attempted murder of a baby at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.

Airline turned woman away over 'confusing' Brexit rules

UK passport holder denied boarding twice on the same day

Chief of nursing regulator stands down after four days

The nursing regulator’s new interim chief executive has stepped down just four days into the job after facing widespread staff backlash over her links to a high-profile race discrimination case.

Here's everything to watch out for once the polls close

John Rentoul on the seats worth staying up for, potential Portillo moments’ and when’s best to take a power nap

Could a postal vote delay affect the election results?

Britain’s failing public services have been something of a theme in the general election. Now, it seems an important part of the election process itself is failing, with questions over the slow delivery of ballot papers for postal voting in some areas.

Johnson returns to the trail just as campaigning finishes

Boris Johnson has lent his support to Rishi Sunak on the campaign trail as pollsters forecast their party could win a lower share of the vote than at any past general election”.