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French minister ‘kept lover’s €400k jewellery gifts quiet’

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We’ll cut foreign aid if you don’t take back your migrants, says Merz

ANALYSIS

French minister ‘kept lover’s €400k jewellery gifts quiet’

PATRICK MAGUIRE Is this a time to be bold? Not for Starmer

Comment

PM is cautious on tax, spending and Europe despite Labour calls to seize the moment of flux for more radical change

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GERARD BAKER This is a perilous new phase in Trump v China

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MARTIN SAMUEL | NOTEBOOK Forget youth demand, here’s my oldie agreement

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EMMA DUNCAN Trump 0, globalisation 1 — it’s still very much alive

JOANNA WILLIAMS | THUNDERER Prince Harry the Sad could learn from the King

Business & Money

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Shares and dollar fall on Wall Street over trade war fears

US equity markets resume their sharp drops as traders are spooked by President Trump’s tariffs seesaw

Companies

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Alistair Osborne Ninety days in limboland will help no one

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Harry Wallop Why it’s high time we rediscovered the tea break

Alistair Osborne Ninety days in limboland will help no one

Harry Wallop Why it’s high time we rediscovered the tea break

Sport

Mohamed Salah signing a new contract at Anfield.

NEW

Salah signs new two-year Liverpool contract

Egypt forward extends Anfield stay with Virgil van Dijk also expected to sign new two-year deal with Premier League leaders

Sam Warburton Why I left Cardiff board — and how Welsh rugby can escape terrible situation

Sam Warburton reacting after a rugby match.

Southampton soccer players in pink uniforms applaud after a game.

James Gheerbrant Secret to Premier League survival for promoted sides? Stop copying elite

OWEN SLOT

Vulnerable and frazzled McIlroy collapses. Is it all over already?

Evergreen Rose three shots clear but dangerous Scheffler in ominous form

Justin Rose celebrates after making par on the fifth green at the Masters Tournament.

RICK BROADBENT

Onana’s words come back to haunt him after double howler

EUROPA LEAGUE

I saw a man save a young footballer’s life. Ten years on, we finally meet

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NEW

INTERVIEW

ALYSON RUDD

Vulnerable and frazzled McIlroy collapses. Is it all over already?

58 minutes ago

OWEN SLOT

Evergreen Rose three shots clear but dangerous Scheffler in ominous form

RICK BROADBENT

Onana’s words come back to haunt him after double howler

EUROPA LEAGUE

I saw a man save a young footballer’s life. Ten years on, we finally meet

NEW

INTERVIEW

ALYSON RUDD

Sam Warburton Why I left Cardiff board — and how Welsh rugby can escape terrible situation

58 minutes ago

James Gheerbrant Secret to Premier League survival for promoted sides? Stop copying elite

Life & Style

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FIRST PERSON

20 horrific years as an NHS patient — ‘I saw things I can’t unsee’

Tilly Rose has spent more time than most as a patient in the NHS. Now she’s written a shocking book about her experiences

Healthcare

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Pete Brown Who really brews Beavertown — and what is ‘indie’ beer?

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Deborah Ross How I was cured of my smartphone addiction — for four minutes

Pete Brown Who really brews Beavertown — and what is ‘indie’ beer?

Deborah Ross How I was cured of my smartphone addiction — for four minutes

Culture

REVIEW

Pulp and Jarvis Cocker are back, but is their new single any good?

As the band announce their first new album, More, in 24 years, our critic gives a cautious welcome to its first single

Music

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Shakespeare and Marlowe to be shown as co-authors in RSC play

History

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REVIEW

One to One: John & Yoko — did this have to be such a drag?

Film

Shakespeare and Marlowe to be shown as co-authors in RSC play

History

REVIEW

One to One: John & Yoko — did this have to be such a drag?

Film

Travel

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Q&A

Charlotte Church: ‘I opened a healing retreat after losing my baby daughter’

The singer on supernatural happenings in hotel rooms, the Asian city she’s desperate to return to and being struck by lightning while flying to Dublin

Inspiration

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The new ‘ultra-first-class’ plane suite — yours for £14,500 return

Could my social media stop me getting through immigration?

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The new ‘ultra-first-class’ plane suite — yours for £14,500 return

Could my social media stop me getting through immigration?