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Heavy strikes hit southern Beirut and Gaza mosque as Israel targets Hamas and Hezbollah
Middle East crisis  
Heavy strikes hit southern Beirut and Gaza mosque as Israel targets Hamas and Hezbollah
Explosions heard across Lebanese capital; dozens reported killed with more wounded in hit on central Gaza mosque that Israel says was Hamas base
Social care  
Private firms ran almost all care homes forced to shut for breaches in England
US election  
Donald Trump makes a theatrical return to Butler, scene of assassination attempt
Science  
Wanted: expedition botanist to follow in Darwin’s footsteps and look for plants
Revealed  
Premier League’s £100,000 ‘freebies’ operation to target cabinet and MPs amid battle over new regulator
In focus
Confused and conflicted: Tory party’s future hangs in the balance after divided conference
Conservative leadership  
Confused and conflicted: Tory party’s future hangs in the balance after divided conference
The four leadership candidates strutted around Birmingham last week like celebrities, but members seem unimpressed – and MPs think whoever wins might not even last until the next election. How do the Conservatives move forward?
Middle East  
‘The mosque was closed but the nightclub opened its doors’: bombed-out families find shelter in Beirut venue
Ukraine war briefing  
Kyiv’s military claims downing of Russian fighter plane over Donetsk region
Spotlight
Film  
‘It’s all I think about’: Stanley Tucci on love, grief and pasta
‘It’s all I think about’: Stanley Tucci on love, grief and pasta
Ask Philippa  
I feel I can’t give 100% to anything – including my family
Food  
Hot Dogs by Three Darlings, London: ‘Things that no one needs’ – restaurant review
Opinion
Amanda Abbington was brave enough to complain. She shouldn’t shrink from admitting it
Barbara Ellen
Amanda Abbington was brave enough to complain. She shouldn’t shrink from admitting it
Less haste more speed will win Labour the race to fix 21st-century Britain
Phillip Inman
I know there will come a time when my wife no longer recognises me. But for now, we both feel blessed
Steven Herrick
Sport
Football  
Ten Hag’s transfers rated: flop Antony set tone for United’s slap-dash spree
Ten Hag’s transfers rated: flop Antony set tone for United’s slap-dash spree
Cricket  
Stokes feels England have characters who can take the heat
Liverpool occupy Palace’s turf like team of peacekeepers
Barney Ronay
Podcast
Do Israel and Iran really want to go to war? – podcast
Today in Focus  
Do Israel and Iran really want to go to war? – podcast
For years the two countries have been engaged in a shadow war. Why, and will it finally explode into a direct confrontation? Patrick Wintour reports
Climate crisis
Canada  
Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe
Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe
Plastic pollution  
British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax, documents reveal
Business
Politics  
Increase wealth taxes to stop rise of Reform UK, says ex-Labour minister
Increase wealth taxes to stop rise of Reform UK, says ex-Labour minister
Employment  
UK bill giving millions workers’ rights from day one to be tabled next week – report
In pictures
Art and design  
Evergreen art: depictions of trees over the centuries – in pictures
Evergreen art: depictions of trees over the centuries – in pictures
Photo essay  
One year in Gaza since the 7 October attack
One year in Gaza since the 7 October attack
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