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LIVE

Chinese executives ‘tried to access key areas of British Steel site’

Emergency legislation granted royal assent by the King

Politics

EXPLAINED

Who owns British Steel and why do ministers want to take control?

The government has set out plans to take control of the UK’s last remaining blast furnace site

Politics

BREAKING

Brother of Manchester bomber stabs prison officers

Crime

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Vincent Stenberg with his parents at a meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The world’s first womb-transplant baby is 10 (and googling himself)

Vincent Stenberg’s innovative birth in Sweden paved the way for dozens more and the UK’s first was announced last week. How’s life treating the families?

Healthcare

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THE MASTERS

Rahm makes fast start as field bid to catch leader Rose

Follow live updates from Owen Slot, Rick Broadbent and David Walsh of the third round at Augusta National

Golf

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Transport

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INTERVIEW

How I busted the £130k shoplifters who filled trolleys and left

Crime

Mullet mania: why primary-school boys are going Eighties

Beauty

NEW

Trump exempts smartphones and laptops from tariffs

US business

BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty in the new studio.

BBC bullying row: Naga Munchetty and editor ‘barely speaking’

Media

Big car v little car: what happened when our writers swapped

Transport

INTERVIEW

How I busted the £130k shoplifters who filled trolleys and left

Crime

Mullet mania: why primary-school boys are going Eighties

Beauty

NEW

Trump exempts smartphones and laptops from tariffs

US business

BBC bullying row: Naga Munchetty and editor ‘barely speaking’

Media

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NEW

THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Mattel boss: ‘I was made a buffoon in Barbie. It was brilliant’

Companies

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Mattel boss: ‘I was made a buffoon in Barbie. It was brilliant’

Companies

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Thought actors’ demands were bad? Try casting penguins

Film

Thought actors’ demands were bad? Try casting penguins

Film

NEW

How your finances can weather the Trump storm

Money

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NEW

How your finances can weather the Trump storm

Money

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ANALYSIS

MARK URBAN

Can Trump stop China from becoming the world’s superpower?

Asia

Illustration of Trump and Xi Jinping arm wrestling over a globe with cargo ships.

ANALYSIS

MARK URBAN

Can Trump stop China from becoming the world’s superpower?

Asia

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Isa Guha: How a Kenyan safari helped me to rest and reset

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Isa Guha: How a Kenyan safari helped me to rest and reset

NEW

EXPLAINER

My patients used to have bad backs at 40. Now they’re in their 20s

Health & Fitness

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NEW

EXPLAINER

My patients used to have bad backs at 40. Now they’re in their 20s

Health & Fitness

NEW

INTERVIEW

Bring back Eighties excess! The Ivy founder making dining fun again

London

NEW

INTERVIEW

Bring back Eighties excess! The Ivy founder making dining fun again

London

EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW

Trump envoy: Ukraine could be divided like postwar Berlin

US politics

Illustration of a man superimposed on a map of Ukraine highlighting the conflict zones.

EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW

Trump envoy: Ukraine could be divided like postwar Berlin

US politics

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PHOTOGRAPHY

News in pictures

PHOTOGRAPHY

News in pictures

Tim Spector: I took a dementia test – with surprising results

Health & Fitness

Tim Spector: I took a dementia test – with surprising results

Health & Fitness

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THE TIMES DIARY

Nigel Farage’s delicate diplomatic dance around Trump friendship

Politics

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THE TIMES DIARY

Nigel Farage’s delicate diplomatic dance around Trump friendship

Politics

Editor's picks

World

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LOUISE CALLAGHAN

Trump claims to speak for Main Street. This Texas town is not so sure

The Lone Star state has long been proudly Republican. Yet price rises as a result of the president’s trade war with China have caused murmurings of discontent

US politics

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Woman gives birth to another couple’s baby after IVF mix-up

Australasia

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Wine bottles made of paper? The innovation that is dividing connoisseurs

Europe

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NEW

ANALYSIS

LAWRENCE FREEDMAN

Can diplomacy stop Iran building the bomb?

Israel-Iran

39 minutes ago

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DAVID CHARTER

Superpower humbled and currency shattered … was this Trump’s Suez?

US politics

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NEW

The women teaching France to live on benefits and even get fired

Europe

39 minutes ago

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BERLIN CONFIDENTIAL

Have Germany’s insult laws gone too far?

Europe

NEW

ANALYSIS

LAWRENCE FREEDMAN

Can diplomacy stop Iran building the bomb?

Israel-Iran

39 minutes ago

DAVID CHARTER

Superpower humbled and currency shattered … was this Trump’s Suez?

US politics

NEW

The women teaching France to live on benefits and even get fired

Europe

39 minutes ago

BERLIN CONFIDENTIAL

Have Germany’s insult laws gone too far?

Europe

Woman gives birth to another couple’s baby after IVF mix-up

Australasia

Wine bottles made of paper? The innovation that is dividing connoisseurs

Europe

Comment

FRASER NELSON Europe may be looking to China but Britain shouldn’t

Trump’s upending of world trade propels many countries towards Beijing, but doing business with Xi is a poisoned chalice

Illustration of Donald Trump upside down on a red carpet leading up to a government building, with a sign that says "Trade Talks".

Cartoon by Ella Baron

a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it

JANICE TURNER Everyday joy of a long marriage is hard to beat

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GILES COREN Let’s make America make again — oh, wait

a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck

LARA SPIRIT There’s a clear winner from Ed Davey’s stunts, and it’s not the Lib Dems

ANN TRENEMAN | NOTEBOOK I’ve a bee in my bonnet about this huge outrage

Business

Illustration of a caricature of Donald Trump launching people on a roller coaster.

NEW

Our white-knuckle week riding the Trump tariffs rollercoaster

Life on the financial front line in one of the most volatile weeks ever in world markets

Markets & Tempus

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David Smith Can we get through this storm without a surge in debt?

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David Ross Trump is giving Britain the chance to take back control

39 minutes ago

David Smith Can we get through this storm without a surge in debt?

39 minutes ago

David Ross Trump is giving Britain the chance to take back control

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Money

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What the stock market chaos means for your pension

Don’t panic! Here are some practical steps to ride the Trump tariff-fuelled turmoil without derailing your pension

Imogen Tew Investing needs a little risk, but the Aim is too much for me

Illustration of a man with glasses and a question mark in a speech bubble.

Tom Selby I’ve realised my retirement age is 67 — this will leave me short

Illustration of a house made of stacks of twenty-pound notes.

The rise of the jumbo house deposit

Collage of four people with overlaid stock market graphs and upward arrow.

How to cope with the Trump tariff turmoil: stick, twist or sell?

THE BIG QUESTION

Should the Bank of England cut interest rates?

YOUR MONEY MATTERS

Vanguard won’t return my granddaughter’s £5,000 Junior Isa

The rise of the jumbo house deposit

How to cope with the Trump tariff turmoil: stick, twist or sell?

THE BIG QUESTION

Should the Bank of England cut interest rates?

YOUR MONEY MATTERS

Vanguard won’t return my granddaughter’s £5,000 Junior Isa

Imogen Tew Investing needs a little risk, but the Aim is too much for me

Tom Selby I’ve realised my retirement age is 67 — this will leave me short

Sport

Eddie Howe, manager of Newcastle United.

Howe in hospital and will miss Newcastle’s clash with Man United

Newcastle boss was admitted to hospital on Friday

Football

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Martin Samuel Rice is no longer just a water-carrier — and that gives Tuchel a headache

39 minutes ago

David Walsh Rugby stars make memories for us while destroying theirs

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PREMIER LEAGUE

De Bruyne recaptures vintage best to inject belief into flagging team

Football

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EXCLUSIVE

TOM KERSHAW

Cricket spot-fixer who became boxing big fish is declared bankrupt

Boxing

39 minutes ago

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RICK BROADBENT

Bold, brilliant McIlroy back in hunt as Augusta gears up for thrilling finale

Golf

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INTERVIEW

PARIS-ROUBAIX

‘Like getting hit by jagged rocks’ — British teenager taking on Hell of the North

Cycling

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PREMIER LEAGUE

De Bruyne recaptures vintage best to inject belief into flagging team

Football

EXCLUSIVE

TOM KERSHAW

Cricket spot-fixer who became boxing big fish is declared bankrupt

Boxing

39 minutes ago

RICK BROADBENT

Bold, brilliant McIlroy back in hunt as Augusta gears up for thrilling finale

Golf

NEW

INTERVIEW

PARIS-ROUBAIX

‘Like getting hit by jagged rocks’ — British teenager taking on Hell of the North

Cycling

39 minutes ago

Martin Samuel Rice is no longer just a water-carrier — and that gives Tuchel a headache

39 minutes ago

David Walsh Rugby stars make memories for us while destroying theirs

Life & Style

As a lifelong insomniac, can magnesium really help me sleep?

Celebrities swear by magnesium’s sleep enhancing properties. Are they right?

Health & Fitness

Ben Machell I got a text about my student loan. A bit like an STI clinic calling

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India Knight I tried snail mucin — after one use my skin was transformed

Ben Machell I got a text about my student loan. A bit like an STI clinic calling

India Knight I tried snail mucin — after one use my skin was transformed

Culture

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INTERVIEW

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith: ‘We really make each other laugh’

The Inside No 9 stars talk about taking it from screen to stage and the secret of their creative chemistry

Theatre & Dance

Zombies emerging from an elevator in Dawn of the Dead (1978).

Ranked: the top ten zombies on screen — from Shaun of the Dead to 28 Days Later

TV & Radio

Illustration of a man in a captain's uniform standing on an iceberg.

INTERVIEW

I just won an Olivier for playing an iceberg. How cool is that?

Theatre & Dance

Ranked: the top ten zombies on screen — from Shaun of the Dead to 28 Days Later

TV & Radio

INTERVIEW

I just won an Olivier for playing an iceberg. How cool is that?

Theatre & Dance

Travel

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The six surprising UK attractions that overseas tourists can’t get enough of

Forget Big Ben — these are the unexpected spots that are luring visitors, from the Bollywood fans drawn to East Lothian to those following Ted Lasso to Richmond

UK