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Highlights

The gap between Labour and the Tories is real

Even after Keir Starmer’s forced march to the centre, there is still a big difference between the parties

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

Chris Blackhurst An issue that strikes at the heart of higher education

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

Voices

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

Kim Sengupta Will Ukraine achieve its dream of being fast-tracked to the EU?

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

Long reads

Pranshu Verma Site plan: will robots soon be building our homes?

Steven Cutts Could supercapacitors be the energy storage systems of the future?

Samantha Schmidt The striking workers who shut down Machu Picchu

Politics Explained

Politics explained

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

Politics explained

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

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

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Dorries might be a genius – this was the most embarrassed Johnson has looked

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Editorials

Editorial China’s balloon blunder may play right into Joe Biden’s hands

Editorial Rishi Sunak has the wrong idea on immigration

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

Culture

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

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

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

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 The Top 10 literary utopias

John Rentoul Why are some still defending Liz Truss?

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

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

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’

Andrew Grice Political advisers are now too scared to tell ministers the truth

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

Kim Sengupta How Italy is learning from the UK’s Brexit mistakes

Arpan Rai North Korea hackers stole as much as $1.7bn, study finds

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