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Couple charged with gross negligence manslaughter

Pair also face charges of concealing birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after infant was found dead on Wednesday

Manchester Arena attack

Families accuse MI5 of ‘devastating’ failure

China

Xi Jinping to tighten Communist party’s grip on government

Hancock leak

Necessary to ‘get heavy with police’ over lockdown

Brexit

Johnson and DUP opposition strains Sunak deal

Ukraine invasion

'It's like hell'

Fires everywhere as Russians close in on Bakhmut's capture

Situation for Bakhmut’s defenders now almost untenable as seven-month assault may be nearing end

At a glance

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 373 of the invasion

Sanctions

Russia could run out of money next year, says oligarch Oleg Deripaska

G20

Russia accuses west of blackmail and claims it has China’s support

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Boris breaks silence to deliver lacklustre critique of Rishi’s deal

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Boris Johnson allies furious as Keir Starmer hires Sue Gray as chief of staff

Violence, corruption, power: key moments of Alex Murdaugh’s trial

Sport

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India v Australia: third Test, day three

Yorkshire hearing

Rafiq denies Rashid ‘blackmailed' over Vaughan allegations

'Truly shocking'

Liverpool fans' anger at FA backing Ceferin for Uefa re-election

Podcast

Today in Focus

Israel and the West Bank: a week of rage and rampage

Escalating violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories is happening amid unprecedented anti-government protests. It’s no coincidence, reports Bethan McKernan

Culture

The Merchant of Venice 1936 review

Shylock takes on Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts

Shylock takes on Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts

Film

Everything Everywhere All At Once: hotdog fingers and sex-toy trophy fetch thousands in online prop auction

Murder in the Pacific review

The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior boat makes for thrilling, urgent TV

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Environment

Plans for gas drilling in Surrey Hills to face judicial review

And on drums… Earth! Musicians to credit planet as collaborator to raise funds for activism

Business

National Express

Bus drivers in West Midlands vote to strike over pay

‘Greedflation’

ECB looking out for price gouging

Technology

Medical research

Human augmentation with robotic body parts is at hand, say scientists

Last night AI DJ saved my life?

Testing Spotify’s virtual radio host

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Gaming

Stray and God of War Ragnarök lead nominations at Bafta awards

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