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King Charles undergoes hospital observation due to cancer treatment side-effects
King Charles III  
King Charles undergoes hospital observation due to cancer treatment side-effects
Charles now back at Clarence House after ‘temporary side-effects’, with Friday engagements postponed, Buckingham Palace says
Spring statement  
Record 4.5m children in poverty in UK as cuts condemned as ‘morally repugnant’
Trump administration  
End of an era for Canada-US ties, says Carney, as allies worldwide decry Trump’s car tariffs
Ukraine  
European leaders agree now ‘not the time’ to lift sanctions against Russia
Education  
T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds
In focus
Sue Gray warns No 10 to be careful about cuts to civil service
Politics  
Sue Gray warns No 10 to be careful about cuts to civil service
Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff uses maiden Lords speech to emphasise importance of public servants
Explainer  
Which UK carmakers will be hit hardest by Trump’s latest import tariffs?
Analysis  
Zelenskyy employs strategic optimism to highlight Russia’s abundant bad faith
Spotlight
Film  
‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
Explainer  
‘Welcome to the top of the world’: the Pituffik US space base in Greenland
LGBTQ+ rights  
‘We won’t be deterred or scared’: Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community fights for right to march in Pride
Opinion
I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life
Orhan Pamuk
I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life
Donald Trump is moving fast and breaking things, but that may result in a better US
Simon Jenkins
Clean energy superpower – and now defence superpower. Can the UK really be both?
Nils Pratley
Sport
Football  
Chelsea race into WCL semi-finals as early goal rush floors Manchester City
Chelsea race into WCL semi-finals as early goal rush floors Manchester City
Football  
FA Cup quarter-finals: what to look out for this weekend
Rugby union  
RFU chief executive Sweeney survives vote as grassroots revolt fails
Podcast
From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast
Today in Focus  
From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast
What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo report
Climate crisis
US  
Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests
Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests
Environmental activism  
Just Stop Oil to ‘hang up the hi-vis’ after three years of climate action
Business
Manufacturing  
British Steel plans to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces with 2,700 jobs at risk
British Steel plans to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces with 2,700 jobs at risk
Trump tariffs  
Carmaker shares fall after Trump 25% tariff move as Reeves warns against trade war
In pictures
Photos of the day  
Yana the baby mammoth and Bosphorus swimmers: photos of the day – Thursday
Yana the baby mammoth and Bosphorus swimmers: photos of the day – Thursday
Media  
World Press Photo 2025 – winning regional images
World Press Photo 2025 – winning regional images
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