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The rise and fall of Twitter

The social network founded 20 years ago brought us community, the ‘Twitter revolution’ and #MeToo. But it is now defined by bots, algorithms and Elon Musk’s disastrous takeover

By Róisín Lanigan

Business

High-stakes gamble

Betting on real-world events like the Iran war is booming on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi. Matthew Bishop asks if the deregulated industry could be a devil’s wager

Antisemitism

One passport, two histories

James Harding explains why claiming a German passport was a way to celebrate his family’s history and the culture of Britain, the place which welcomed them

Fashion

Man of Styles

Harry Lambert — stylist to Emma Corrin, Alexander Skarsgard and his long-time friend Harry Styles — has spent the past decade redefining masculinity. He talks to Alex Moshakis about his remarkable rise

For today

Andrew’s daughter steps down from anti-slavery charity

Epstein scandal

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Andrew’s daughter steps down from anti-slavery charity

The Telegraph rejoins Europe: how a German firm bought the Brexiteers

Media

Stephen Armstrong

The Telegraph rejoins Europe: how a German firm bought the Brexiteers

Melvyn Bragg: ‘There are too many people against the BBC now’

Interview

Andrew Anthony

Melvyn Bragg: ‘There are too many people against the BBC now’

Olivier awards 2026: it’s the year of the musical

Theatre

Katherine Cowles

Olivier awards 2026: it’s the year of the musical

Influencers

‘Dubai me a river’

They decamped to the United Arab Emirates for a life of clean streets, low taxation, year-round sunshine and western conveniences – but as the Iran conflict reaches them in their desert paradise, expat influencers are finding they can’t curate a war

By Olivia Ovenden

Dubai’s influencers say Iranian strikes are nothing to worry about

Iran

Isabel Coles

Zelensky offers to help Gulf states shoot down Iranian drones

Fred Harter

The US sinking a warship off Sri Lanka doesn’t solve a crisis in Hormuz

Bernard Gray

Britain hasn’t the strength to stop a drone, let alone join Trump’s war in Iran

Ruth Michaelson

Donald Trump wants to see regime change in Iran. This may be wishful thinking

Mauritania

The migrant graveyard

The west African country is a launch point for migrants trying to reach the EU. One in five die on the crossing, Olivia Acland reports from Nouadhibou, where one man has made it his mission to collect their bodies

Ideas

Apprenticeships still haven’t worked out their place in the modern world

Anatomy of Britain

Martha Gill

Apprenticeships still haven’t worked out their place in the modern world

$In the blink of an eye, and at a fraction of the private cost, my oesophagus was gone$

NHS

David Barnett

In the blink of an eye, and at a fraction of the private cost, my oesophagus was gone

Make AI more like a human? It’s far too clever for that

Artificial intelligence

John Naughton

Make AI more like a human? It’s far too clever for that

Punditry

The left’s Joe Rogan

Hasan Piker talks politics to his three million online followers for seven hours a day. He tells Killian Fox why he thinks the left should be better at manufacturing outrage

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