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    President has said he’s once again considering reducing the 36,400 US personnel based in Germany. But why are they there in the first place?
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    Film
    ‘A profound depiction’: Michael Jackson fans support divisive biopic as film smashes records

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    Ben Jennings on the antisemitic terror attack in Golders Green

    Two Jews were stabbed in north London, the latest in a series of attacks on the Jewish community
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    Before her first Miami Grand Prix in charge, its race president tells Giles Richards about F1’s boom time in the US and how she is flying the flag for women in the sport

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    The alternatives
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    Germany
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    Spain
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    UFOs
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    Music
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  • (From left) Allie (Monica Barbaro) and Owen (Callum Turner) in ONE NIGHT ONLY, directed by Will Gluck.

    Film
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  • Jack Lowden in Vote Gavin Lyle.

    Film
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    Television
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    Music
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    Music
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What to read

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    Book of the day
    From Life Itself by Suzy Hansen review – Turkey in the age of Erdoğan

  • Martina Hefter.

    Books
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    Books
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    Pushing Buttons
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    Shooter games
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    Awards
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    Dance
    ‘Do I put Sleeping Beauty on my CV?!’ Ballet dancers on their next steps, from midwifery to the House of Lords

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    Rebecca Shaw
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    Art
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    Art and design
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    Life
    You be the judge: my partner likes open sandwiches. I prefer two slices of bread. Who is right?

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    Feast
    Why we care so much about preserving family recipes

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    Wine
    When it comes to wines, it pays to look beyond the fashionable

  • Minestrone from Lucy Tweed's new cookbook, Tender

    Food
    Lucy Tweed’s Mediterranean soup recipes: minestrone, avgolemono and Greek white bean soup

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    Waste not
    How to turn old pitta into spiced chips – recipe

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    The chocolate diaries
    Why sweet, chewy dates go perfectly with chocolate – and the best ones to try

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  • Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Rauchet walks the red carpet at the White House correspondent's dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC on April 25, 2026.

    Fashion
    Why the outrage over this dress worn to the White House correspondents’ dinner?

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    Fashion
    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: how to style leather trousers

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    Ask Ugly
    How do I respond to my friends when they criticise their own weight and looks?

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    Fashion
    Matthieu Blazy’s fifth Chanel show hits Biarritz beachfront

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    Life
    This is how we do it: ‘Testosterone restored my orgasms – I’m climaxing six to 10 times a session’

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
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    Technology
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