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Councils in England and Wales join calls for ban on disposable vapes
Vaping  
Councils in England and Wales join calls for ban on disposable vapes
LGA says single-use e-cigarettes are a litter blight and cause problems in bin lorries and recycling centres
Uruguay  
Montevideo running out of drinking water as drought tightens grip
Exclusive  
UK Foreign Office cannot say how many climate officials it has
Live  
Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv’s troops forcing Russians out of positions in south, says general
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Sunak to force English universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees
Ukraine invasion
Ukrainian village’s sole resident defiant amid the ruins
‘Every morning, I curse Putin'  
Ukrainian village’s sole resident defiant amid the ruins
Vira Chernukha returned to live in the house she built with her dead husband a year after being forced to leave by the Russians
Vladimir Putin  
President says he tried but failed to oust Prigozhin after Wagner mutiny
At a glance  
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 507 of the invasion
Boris Johnson  
Former UK PM criticises ‘mealy-mouthed’ Nato over Ukraine membership
Spotlight
‘I was terrified of being known as the girl who was attacked while on The X Factor’  
Lucy Spraggan on rape, recovery and reality TV
Lucy Spraggan on rape, recovery and reality TV
Scenic hotels to coastal inns  
20 of the best dog-friendly places to stay in the UK
‘This feels exactly the right place to be’  
Sir Patrick Vallance on pandemics, eco-anxiety and leading the Natural History Museum
Blind date  
He was kissy right off the bat
Huw Edwards  
Unanswered questions hovering over presenter’s future
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‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival
Sunak says he can’t afford public sector pay rises – but look at the white elephants he’s happy to fund
Simon Jenkins
US west braces for fiercest temperatures yet as ‘supercharged’ heatwave arrives
David Cameron’s appointment to investment fund ‘part engineered by China’
D-day veteran, 98, put up in hostel after eviction from Dorset home
Opinion
As heat records break, the climate movement has the right answers – but the words are all wrong
Jonathan Freedland
As heat records break, the climate movement has the right answers – but the words are all wrong
I was not prepared for what we came across when treating gaming disorders
Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Stalin erased one generation of Ukraine’s artists. Now Putin is killing another – including my friend
Charlotte Higgins
Sport
Wimbledon  
Alcaraz powers past Medvedev to set up Djokovic showdown
Alcaraz powers past Medvedev to set up Djokovic showdown
Tour de France  
Kwiatkowski climbs to stage 13 win as Pogacar cuts gap to Vingegaard
Jabeur seeks Wimbledon catharsis after painful near misses
Tumaini Carayol
Podcast
The Sun, the BBC and Huw Edwards: the story of a scandal
Today in Focus  
The Sun, the BBC and Huw Edwards: the story of a scandal
After a week of frenzied reporting about allegations against the BBC presenter, there are uncomfortable questions for the paper that ran the scoop, reports Jim Waterson
Climate crisis
South Korea  
Torrential rain batters country, triggering landslides and leaving seven dead
Torrential rain batters country, triggering landslides and leaving seven dead
Canada  
Trudeau pays tribute to firefighter, 19, killed battling wildfires
In pictures
Twenty photographs of the week  
Seven days around the world in 20 pictures
Seven days around the world in 20 pictures
Friday’s best photos  
Biodegradable art and Bastille day
Biodegradable art and Bastille day
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