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Highlights

Farewell Sturgeon and Corbyn: it’s been a good week for reasonableness

The departure of two divisive politicians might mean that calm, inclusive competence will prevail

Mary Dejevsky Russians who support the Ukraine invasion aren’t always ‘brainwashed’

Graig Graziosi Inside small town still seeking for answers after toxic train crash

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady After Sturgeon, the new battle for Scotland’s votes

Voices

John Rentoul Labour is now seen as the party of business – rightly so

Marie Le Conte Will Labour’s attack on the Tory credit card spending spree pay off?

Ian Hamilton Talking down nursing is dangerous – recruitment levels prove it

Long reads

Amanda Coletta The race to restore the art ruined in Brazil’s riot

Sean T Smith Flying taxis might be closer to lift-off than we expect

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

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Who has most to fear as Covid inquiry begins?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady No Jeremy Corbyn: What’s next for Labour’s left?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Could a new Brexit deal really end the Northern Ireland protocol saga?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Is it too late for the Tories to win back business votes?

Most Commented

Figures that lay bare the shocking scale of Andrew Tate’s reach among young men

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A&E crisis as emergency nurses to strike for 48 hours in biggest walkout so far

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UK too soft on China and must stand up to regime, warns Liz Truss

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DUP welcomes ‘progress’ on Brexit border talks but warns more work to be done

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Editorials

Editorial The Nicola Bulley case has exposed deep flaws in UK policing

Editorial The UK’s relationship with Scotland needs a reset

Editorial Failure to deal with strikes is inflicting untold harm on the NHS

Culture

Geoffrey Macnab How Groundhog Day became the film we can’t stop re-living

Mark Hudson The Barbican’s Alice Neel exhibition showcases an artist with guts

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

Travel

Anna Richards The carpooling app for exploring France cheaply and sustainably

Vicky Smith Why you should visit Bavaria outside of Oktoberfest

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Now we know why Nicola Sturgeon resigned

Why Rishi Sunak will struggle to rid the Conservatives of sleaze

John Rentoul Top 10 cabinet ministers whose first and surnames have the same ending

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Sunak’s Northern Ireland decision could make or break his premiership

Andrew Grice Starmer has finally tackled Labour antisemitism – what’s next?

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

Chris Blackhurst

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

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

World

India aircraft deal shields Modi from backlash over BBC tax raids

Alastair Jamieson Assad warns Syria can’t cope with ‘scale of earthquake disaster’

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

Alastair Jamieson Witnesses in Trump election meddling probe ‘may have lied under oath’

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?