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Catch the latest Financial News EventsStarmer says UK ‘not joining strikes’ on Iran but will continue defensive action – UK politics live
The prime minister is explaining his decision to allow the US to use British bases for military attacks after initially refusing‘Simply not true’ UK is being dragged into Iraq-style conflict, says foreign secretaryAfter an unmanned drone struck the RAF Akrotiri base...
Why the fightback against Reform must involve the middle-aged, fed-up workers of Britain | Gaby Hinsliff
Millions of people aged 50 to 64 are out of work – sidelined by sickness, care duties or ageism. If Labour can’t convince them they’re a priority, Farage will step inPenny Lancaster was 50 when she retrained as a special constable. Wrangling Saturday night drunks and...
‘The Donald Trump of ancient Egypt’: Ramses II’s ego is on full display in new exhibition
A collection of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadowThe mummy of Egypt’s most ambitious pharaoh, Ramses II (often spelt Ramesses), is a masterpiece of...
My rookie era: in a period of heartbreak, learning to pole dance gave me structure
I disliked my first encounter with pole, but two years later my experience with the sport has made me appreciate my body and my self-determinationGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen my friend Bea took up pole dancing she enthusiastically tried to convert...