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BRITAIN HEADS TO THE POLLS

Live Sunak declares ‘now is the moment for Britain to choose its future’ after calling election

• UK election to take place on July 4
• Opposition leader rushes out video seconds after Sunak speech with a typo in it

Analysis Why Rishi Sunak had to go bold and call an election now

Watch: Sunak’s election announcement drowned out by Labour’s 1997 campaign anthem

The economic stars aligned for an early election. The Tories had nothing left to lose

Jeremy Warner

Middle East Crisis

Israel abandons full-scale Rafah invasion after US talks

Netanyahu updates plans after visit of White House’s national security adviser

Israel kills less than third of Hamas fighters in Gaza

Hamas leader calls for Palestinian liberation at Raisi funeral in Iran

How six human rights lawyers dragged the International Criminal Court into a diplomatic nightmare

Ukraine at war

Russian general who criticised leadership arrested in corruption purge

Russia rehearses nuclear attack on Ukraine – but censors its own warheads

Pictured: Ukraine turns sea drones into unmanned rocket launchers to attack coastal targets

Russia deployed anti-satellite weapon into space, US warns

FOOTBALL

Chelsea WhatsApp groups ‘in meltdown’ as players left shocked by Mauricio Pochettino exit

Manchester City’s relegation odds slashed to 25-1

US consortium in advanced talks over Sheffield United takeover despite relegation

Kieran Trippier hands England injury scare in controversial Newcastle friendly

Exclusive Dan Ashworth to argue he was sacked by Newcastle in bid to force Manchester United move

MORE STORIES

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Biden releases one million barrels of petrol for July 4 holiday

I did not mean to offend Harry Potter fans, Gary Oldman says

China bans video of children singing Pink Floyd song

Electric cars ‘hit pedestrians at twice the rate of petrol or diesel vehicles’

LIFE

‘We were quoted £5,000 for a Chesterfield sofa – but we nabbed a £400 bargain’

Savings Advice Living a miserable existence to fund an early retirement is a terrible idea

Travel Meet the millionaire with Britain’s only privately owned train

Health ‘Like tiny creatures were biting my penis’: Men share their hair-loss drug horror stories

Culture

Why billion-dollar music fund Hipgnosis hit a bum note: ‘Songs are not gold and oil’

Parthenope: Gary Oldman can’t save this utterly vacuous love letter to Naples

How to survive in pop? Create a deepfake version of yourself