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Rishi Sunak  
PM’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief
Criticism of proposed scheme comes as another blow to the party’s struggling election campaign
Gaza  
Israeli airstrike kills 35 in Rafah after Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv
Keir Starmer  
Leader to say he’s ‘changed’ Labour as party rules out raising income tax or NI
Bournemouth  
Police issue CCTV images of suspect in fatal beach stabbing
Exclusive  
Brain damage to babies in birth has cost NHS in England £4.1bn in lawsuits
 

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Pippa Crerar

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In focus
Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge
‘Putin’s patience snapped’  
Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge
Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for Ukraine
BBC  
How the broadcaster’s breaking news alerts are giving voters – and political parties – an electoral buzz
Eurostar  
Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier
Spotlight
‘I was told I was stupid’  
Peep Show’s Paterson Joseph on his debut novel – and writing three operas
Peep Show’s Paterson Joseph on his debut novel – and writing three operas
Harriet Harman  
‘Sunak thinks the economy is going to get worse. Otherwise he would wait’
Much ado about nothing  
World’s most relaxed people gather in Seoul for ‘space-out’ competition
‘People have died on the waiting lists’  
South Africa’s housing crisis casts a shadow over election
Slow review  
Terrific Lithuanian drama of an atypical romance
Opinion
Farewell, Michael Gove: from Brexit to levelling up, you sowed the seeds for this Conservative crisis
Farewell, Michael Gove: from Brexit to levelling up, you sowed the seeds for this Conservative crisis
It is foolish and self-indulgent for the anti-Starmer left to split the Labour vote
Rishi Sunak’s summer election gamble is already backfiring on the Tory leader
Sport
Leeds 0-1 Southampton  
Armstrong winner sends Saints to Premier League
Armstrong winner sends Saints to Premier League
French Open 2024  
Murray beaten by Wawrinka on possible Paris swansong
‘Dangerous driving’  
Pérez accuses Magnussen after Monaco F1 GP crash
Podcast
Damien Hirst and the dates that don’t add up – podcast
Today in Focus  
Damien Hirst and the dates that don’t add up – podcast
Guardian investigations correspondent Maeve McClenaghan discusses her investigation into some of the work of the artist Damien Hirst that has been dated to the 1990s, years before it was actually made. Art critic Jonathan Jones discusses the impact Hirst’s work has had on him
Climate crisis
‘Knight in spiny armour’  
Could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?
Could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?
‘I want people to wake up’  
Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it
Business
Politics  
Rachel Reeves says Labour would not return country to austerity
Rachel Reeves says Labour would not return country to austerity
House prices  
Growth in rural areas outstrips towns in Great Britain
In pictures
Photos of the weekend  
Bolivian dancers and a drink with Macron
Bolivian dancers and a drink with Macron
In the pink  
The colour of the Giro d’Italia
The colour of the Giro d’Italia
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