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In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

Sanae Takaichi is to succeed prime minister Shigeru Ishiba as she wins in run-off against Shinjiro Koizumi

Everything you need to know as the champions travel to Stamford Bridge looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats

Everything you need to know ahead of the final round of the Rugby Championship

Everything you need to know ahead of the final round of the Rugby Championship

SPECIAL REPORT: World affairs editor Sam Kiley joins RAF support patrols over Poland on what is effectively Nato’s eastern flank against Vladimir Putin’s Russia – and sees a war without end

COMMENT: With the latest edition of his ‘Monster’ series, the showrunner leans, yet again, into his icky instincts and leaves nothing to the imagination, writes Nick Hilton

INTERVIEW: Two years after the live-action ‘Little Mermaid’ shot him to fame, the British actor is now entering his romcom era via a provocative yet tender-hearted new movie. He talks to Olivia Petter about frustrated musicianship, class privilege and his unlikely love of a good cleaning product

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: No one has done more to bring performance art into the mainstream. Ahead of her largest, most ambitious show to date, an erotic spectacle tapping into her Balkan heritage, the artist speaks with Annabel Nugent about creating art from the soul, the headline that got under her…