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War in Ukraine has sidelined the row over No 10 parties, but Boris Johnson’s troubles are far from over. The cost of living crisis will prove a crucial test

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

Observer investigation uncovers NHS trusts and private care homes charging staff who leave to recoup recruitment costs

Alone in his high-rise flat, Igor Mezencev has found hope through childhood recipes and helping to coordinate food supplies

Think tank says ‘increasingly static nature of the fighting reflects incapacity of Russian forces rather than any shift in Russian objectives or efforts’

Texas has strong protections against frivolous defamation suits that impede public discourse. Will the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful use them?

A Killearn mum has successfully negotiated her way through the opening round on the latest series of MasterChef. On Wednesday, we told how Lisa Addison had set out to use her appearance on the hit cookery series to set an example to young people wh

Over the past three months, the Saudi government has launched a massive demolition campaign targeting dozens of poor neighbourhoods in Jeddah, to make way for an urban development project. With very little time to leave and no compensation, hundreds of thousands of people are now in dire straits, with no…

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Novelist Shahnaz Ahsan on growing up with jam roly-poly, apple crumble and sticky toffee pudding