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Highlights

U-boat wargamers: The unsung women who changed the course of WWII

As their story comes to light in a new docudrama, James Rampton looks at the extraordinary group of strategists who helped win the Battle of the Atlantic

Jess Phillips A domestic abuse register is a start – but the devil is in the detail

Letters Is the position of SNP leader a poisoned chalice?

Alice Saville Sophie Okonedo has a moving dignity in the triumphant Medea

Voices

Stuti Mishra India’s tax raids are an assault on the country’s free press

Chris Blackhurst Sunak’s business shake-up highlights a big issue he still has to solve

Ibrahim Özdemir The Turkey-Syria earthquake should act as a massive wake-up call

Long reads

Patrick Law Lessons Keir Starmer should draw on when choosing his chief of staff

The Labour reader may be choosing the person who will be at his side for the duration of not just his time in opposition but perhaps – if fortune favours his party – an entire premiership

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

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

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Brexit, the Northern Ireland protocol deal and what it means for UK

Politics explained

Adam Forrest Could Boris Johnson scupper Rishi Sunak’s Brexit plans?

Politics explained

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

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady How long can we expect strikes to continue?

Most Commented

Two-thirds of public say Brexit has hurt economy, poll finds

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‘Suicidal treachery’: Tory grandee’s stark warning to Boris allies over Brexit revolt

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Boris Johnson wants to ‘bring down’ Rishi Sunak, George Osborne says

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Joe Biden makes surprise first visit to Ukraine since start of war

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Editorials

Editorial A successful US-Ukraine summit – but the elephant in the room remains

Editorial The Tories’ ‘suicidal treachery’ will be their undoing

Editorial The government’s anti-strike laws are illiberal and unworkable

Culture

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Standing at the Sky’s Edge to Sylvia

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

Neil Lancefield Cut-price train tickets to lure commuters on Mondays and Fridays

Anna Richards The carpooling app for exploring France cheaply and sustainably

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: caught on the hop

John Rentoul Keir Starmer is a political chameleon – and it might just help him win

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

Alastair Jamieson Mauritius and Madagascar brace for impact of Cyclone Freddy

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Teenage girl pulled out alive from rubble in Turkey after 10 days

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

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?

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?