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Highlights

Could supercapacitors be the energy storage systems of the future?

New technology could eventually make traditional lithium batteries obsolete

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What do the Dominic Raab bullying allegations mean for Rishi Sunak?

Editorial Rishi Sunak has the wrong idea on immigration

John Rentoul Is the future really set for the Conservative Party?

Voices

Voices

James Moore Interest rates are up again – but the peak is close

John Rentoul Sunak has a card up his sleeve that could decide the next election

Salma Shah Why Matt Hancock is such a willing victim of ‘gotcha!’ TV

Long reads

Samantha Schmidt The striking workers who shut down Machu Picchu

Sydney Page The New York restaurant where grandmothers show off their recipes

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Sound of the Underground to Just For Us

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson What does the Chinese spy balloon mean for US-China relations?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Rating Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days as prime minister

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why the government’s anti-strike law won’t be in force any time soon

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The politics behind Britain’s underfunded army

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Giant ‘Chinese spy balloon’ discovered hovering high above northern US

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Dominic Raab faces claims he ‘bullied and demeaned’ leading anti-Brexit campaigner

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Sunak: I’d love to give nurses a massive pay rise - but we can’t right now

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Putin has lost nearly 200,000 troops in Ukraine war, US officials say

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Editorials

Editorial Dominic Raab must speak for himself and apologise – or resign

Editorial Teachers must realise they’re not in a class of their own

Editorial The faster world trade recovers, the better for Britain

Culture

Michael Church Soprano Lise Davidsen is effortlessly perfect in the ROH’s Tannhäuser

Martin Chilton Books of the month: From Salman Rushdie to Blake Morrison

Geoffrey Macnab Amy, Elvis, Marilyn: Is it time to draw a line under endless biopics?

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder How safe are planes that are used for ‘wet leasing’?

Sian Lewis Why resilient Dominica is the nature-packed island for the adventurous

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul In one sense at least, Sunak has shown he truly is the heir to Blair

John Rentoul The Top 10 literary utopias

John Rentoul Why are some still defending Liz Truss?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Tory MPs are haunted by the ghost of John Major

Andrew Grice The government is losing the propaganda battle over industrial action

Andrew Grice Shawcross, Sharp, Johnson, Zahawi: The cosy world of ‘Rishi’s mates’

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst The problem with non-doms isn’t what you think it is

Chris Blackhurst There’s no energy behind the push for electric car charging points

Chris Blackhurst Charting a path to a renewable energy future

World

Anuj Pant Auckland ‘clobbered’ with record-breaking downpour and massive floods

Chris Stevenson Zelensky shakes up Ukraine government to fight corruption accusations

News analysis

Jon Stone The EU corruption scandal is an extreme example of something common

Harry Cockburn Nothing says ‘backwards Brexit Britain’ better than a new coal mine

Lizzie Dearden Germany ‘coup plot’ shows conspiracy theories are a real-world threat

Chris Stevenson Sunak can’t afford to let U-turns and Tory rebellions stack up

Sport

Lawrence Ostlere Antoine Griezmann: One of the World Cup’s outstanding performers

Lawrence Ostlere World Cup star Mbappe is king of the chateau for France

Mary Dejevsky

Expert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

Mary Dejevsky Who benefits the most from Boris Johnson’s support of Ukraine?

Mary Dejevsky Trans rights and the constitutional ‘nuclear option’

Mary Dejevsky Are we witnessing the start of a brand new entente cordiale?

America

Andrew Feinberg US and Germany send tanks to help liberate Ukraine

Chris Stevenson A new session of Congress – but the same old problems for Republicans

Chris Stevenson Kevin McCarthy: The Republican now facing an almost impossible job