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Technology
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data

England
Ambulance crews stuck at A&E miss thousands of 999 calls a day

California wildfires
LA wildfires: death toll rises to 24 as winds threaten further destruction

Housing
UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study

Economic policy
Reeves back from China with one eye on bonds and the other on economic data

In focus

India
India’s Maha Kumbh Mela festival gets under way for first time in 144 years

The grand version of the 12-yearly Hindu pilgrimage is expected to draw more than 400 million devotees

Syria
Syria’s new rulers invite Assad security officials to surrender

Explainer
Flu: who is at risk in England and what precautions are recommended?

Spotlight

Film
‘When I sense something is not right, I am going to protect myself’ – Lucy Liu on success, shame and calling out Bill Murray

Podcasts
‘A lump of metal? Fascinating!’ I get interviewed by the AI Michael Parkinson

Best podcasts of the week
From Paula Radcliffe’s marathon tips to Ben Stiller on his epic TV drama: the best podcasts of the week

Opinion

As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth?

John Harris

I am a rational liberal, yet a question about the sanctity of life floored me

Sonia Sodha

Being a parent means you’re never quite your own person again – but that self-sacrifice can pull off a miracle

Justine Toh

Sport

Tennis live
Australian Open 2025: Gauff, Swiatek and Sinner in action on day two

Football
Amorim lifted by United's shootout heroics as Arteta laments Jesus injury

Rugby union
Du Toit stars as Bath keep hopes alive with Champions Cup win over Clermont

Podcast

Today in Focus
Culture 2025: what to watch, read and listen to this year – podcast

Culture critics Lanre Bakare, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Catherine Shoard look ahead to the best of the year in film, TV, books and music

Climate crisis

Los Angeles
How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’

Donald Trump
Wall Street looks forward to a bonfire of capital and climate rules under Trump

Business

UK cost of living crisis
One in six UK workers skipping meals to make ends meet, says TUC

Housing market
Property sellers in England and Wales ‘make lowest return in a decade’

In pictures

Photos of the weekend
Fire, fog and ice

The big picture
Henry Roy’s sleeping girl in Congo-Brazzaville

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