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Highlights

Why you should visit Bavaria outside of Oktoberfest

From great shaggy beasts to towns full of frescos, there is much to discover besides the top tourist draws

Editorial The riot at a Knowsley hotel underscores the urgency of asylum reform

Carolyn Y. Johnson Predicting the unpredictable: how scientists plan for earthquakes

Voices

Will Gore The Nineties are in but let’s be honest on our nostalgia trip

Voices

Ed Dorrell Parents could be the deciding factor in the teachers’ strikes

Voices

Chris Blackhurst M&S has turned a corner – the tough decisions are paying off

John Rentoul We can learn a lot about Rishi Sunak from his two surprises this week

Long reads

Brian McGleenon The global race to develop a successful digital currency

Geoffrey Macnab Is the Gladiator sequel a good idea?

Michelle Ye Hee Lee South Koreans wonder if the US will protect them from North Korea

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Adam Forrest Can Richard Sharp survive as BBC chair?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why are so many Tory MPs standing down at the next general election?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The ever-moving goalposts around sending military jets to Ukraine

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Medals and bigger pay-offs for MPs? It’s a tough sell to the public

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Tories and Labour ‘meet for secret talks on Brexit failures’

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BBC boss in ‘Cash for Boris’ row guilty of hiding his role, says inquiry

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Tory ministers accused of charging ‘luxury lifestyle’ to taxpayers

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Protesters clash at Tate Britain over drag queen reading to children

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Editorials

Editorial The only solution to the Richard Sharp case is to remove him

Editorial Humiliating relegation to third place should serve as a stark warning

Editorial This is the moment to give the Ukrainians the tools to finish the job

Culture

Alice Saville Janet McTeer is riveting in Simon Stone’s wry, stylish Phaedra

Mark Hudson Peter Doig at the Courtauld shows why he’s such an influential painter

Mark Hudson Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance is an essential exhibition

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder What’s the best destination for a last-minute luxury getaway?

Travel questions

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

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

Editor’s letters

Theresa May’s Brexit deal looks better with each passing day

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: sleepwalking into a well-worn cliche

John Rentoul What will happen to the Tories if they lose the next election?

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Will Rishi Sunak be a good ex-prime minister?

Andrew Grice The biggest winner of the reshuffle? The Treasury

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

Chris Blackhurst

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

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

World

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Auckland prepares for New Zealand’s ‘most serious storm this century’

Anthony Cuthbertson SpaceX limits Starlink use in Ukraine, company president says

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 The political fallout of the Turkey earthquakes could be profound

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

Mary Dejevsky Trans rights and the constitutional ‘nuclear option’

America

Vishwam Sankaran ChatGPT cheating by students is already on the rise, surveys suggest

Politics explained

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

Andrew Feinberg US and Germany send tanks to help liberate Ukraine