Tuesday September 2 2025
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‘Western democracy at risk without asylum reform’

Hans-Jürgen Papier, Germany’s top judge at the start of Angela Merkel’s era, says the ECHR allows ‘de facto right to migration through the back door’


Angela Rayner arriving at a cabinet meeting.
Rayner’s propensity for scandal jeopardises path to No 10, allies warn

Supporters of the deputy prime minister say frequent controversies could damage her prospects of succeeding Starmer

Politics

Gilts sell-off pushes UK borrowing costs to 27-year high

Investors also dump US and European government bonds over fears of expanding budget deficits and rising debt burdens



Chloe Malle at the Tribeca CHANEL Women's Filmmaker Program Luncheon.
Chloe Malle, daughter of Hollywood royalty, replaces Anna Wintour

After 37 years, the fashion doyenne will step back from day-to-day US Vogue editorship



Bella May Culley in court in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Pregnant British ‘drug mule’ could be freed if family pays large fine

Zack Polanski, new Green Party leader, being applauded.
Green Party announces ‘eco-populist’ as leader in landslide victory
Man with megaphone, advocating to end austerity.
Who is Zack Polanski? Outsider who wants to emulate Farage tactics

Photo of Graham Linehan.

Collage of a man looking stressed, surrounded by images representing the NHS, police, energy, and education.
Starmer scraps flagship mission unit as part of latest reset
Politics
46 minutes ago

Bella May Culley in court in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Pregnant British ‘drug mule’ could be freed if family pays large fine





Photo of Graham Linehan.
Comedian Graham Linehan arrested over trans tweets


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Aurora Borealis over Bempton Cliffs.
Northern Lights spotted as far south as Kent — and may return tonight

Aurora caused by particles ejected from the sun may be visible across Britain again overnight






Lynx running in forest.
A lynx reintroduced to the wild — and other news in pictures


Gérard Depardieu faces trial over alleged 2018 rape of actress


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Editor's picks



Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael in period costume for *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale*.
We proved Bafta and the critics wrong — Downton Abbey bows out

The upstairs-downstairs saga is ending after 15 years. Its creator and cast talk about snobby reviews, real-life romances and Maggie Smith’s legacy


Sergio Carrallo and Caroline Stanbury in formal attire.
My age-gap relationship: I was 43 and he was 24


Couple and dog posing on a couch in their renovated apartment.
My French renovation nightmare: ‘The builder broke our fireplace’

Collage of Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson from Fifty Shades of Grey, Clare Balding, and Mark Knopfler.
Clare Balding: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey was awful. I’m an absolute prude’


Ben Fogle with his dogs, Storm and Swift.


Three senior men sprinting in a track race.
How to never run out of money in retirement


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Illustration of Kim Jong-un's face.
Kim Jong-un’s success story in his friendship with Xi and Putin
40 minutes ago

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Trump’s clueless diplomacy is a gift to Xi Jinping

First it was a failed tariff war with China, now the US president’s treatment of Narendra Modi pushes India closer to Beijing



Illustration of two men in a messy room, one in a painter's outfit, the other in a suit; text indicates a shift from grand designs to a vaguely presentable outcome.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



Headshot of Melanie Phillips.
Beware the rise of ‘dank-right’ cheerleaders






Headshot of Melanie Phillips.
Beware the rise of ‘dank-right’ cheerleaders






Workers assembling Jaguar XJ automobiles on a production line.
Jaguar Land Rover ‘severely disrupted’ by cyberattack


Illustration of Heathrow West airport expansion proposal.
Tycoon unveils £25bn rival Heathrow expansion plan

a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneHeathrow option still comes up short



Is now a good time to buy shares in Tesla as sales slump?


Suntory CEO quits over police ‘supplements’ investigation


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Photo of Chris Froome.

The 40-year-old’s wife, Michelle, says high-speed collision with road sign left him with pericardial rupture on top of broken back and ribs


a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
League’s £3bn spend masks a sterile and cautious market dominated by loans
Football
56 minutes ago







J.K. Rowling promotional photo for *The Hallmarked Man*.
JK Rowling’s new Strike novel — 900 pages of romance and Victorian poetry
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