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Landmark trial

Husband found not guilty of driving his wife to suicide

Christopher Trybus, who was accused of a ‘tsunami’ of abuse against Tarryn Baird, wept in the dock as he was also cleared of charges of rape and coercive control

By Claudia Williams

Reform

Jumping ship

Farage’s party can’t keep its councillors. Disillusioned, overwhelmed, or dogged by scandal, nearly 70 of them have quit Reform, stood down or been kicked out since last May, Jon Ungoed-Thomas reports

Keir Starmer

The man behind the wheel

The PM has gone through five directors of communications, three chiefs of staff, five policy heads and three cabinet secretaries in less than two years. He is running out of people to throw under the bus, Rachel Sylvester writes

Hugh Skinner

Musicals, mischief and mermaids

The English actor, who has appeared in The Windsors and Fleabag, speaks to Philip Sinden as he returns in BBC Two’s Twenty Twenty Six, a mockumentary about the World Cup

News in brief

Politics

Morgan McSweeney’s testimony will be another perilous moment for the PM

Travel

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights in ominous sign for European airlines

Society

Department of Justice goes after prominent civil rights group

Technology

New claims about Anthropic’s AI model set alarm bells ringing

For today

Israel and Lebanon both want to disarm Hezbollah. It is not clear if they can

Middle east

Oliver Marsden

Israel and Lebanon both want to disarm Hezbollah. It is not clear if they can

My husband’s death has revealed grief’s true face

Art

Melanie Reid

My husband’s death has revealed grief’s true face

Tech

Evan Moffitt

Down and out at the Tesla Diner

Gardens

Charlotte Mendelson

How I caught the gardening bug

Podcast

Ten to midnight

According to the US and Israel, Iran is just ten days away from turning enriched uranium into weapons-grade bomb material. But as Chloe Hadjimatheou reports, the story of the regime’s nuclear arms race is less clear than it appears

Ideas

Starmer pleading ignorance over Mandelson won’t wash

Labour

Andrew Rawnsley

Starmer pleading ignorance over Mandelson won’t wash

Hannah Spencer: ‘MPs tell me I’ll get used to Westminster. I hope I never do’

Gorton and Denton

Andrew Rawnsley

Hannah Spencer: ‘MPs tell me I’ll get used to Westminster. I hope I never do’

Education

Lily Isaacs

Sex ed for all is long overdue

Body politic

Eva Wiseman

The rise of the celebrity death doula

Books

The toxic myth of white decline

Ibram X Kendi’s Chain of Ideas argues that the racist great replacement theory dominates our politics. Kenan Malik asks if censoring its advocates is really the best way to tackle the far right