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Highlights

Boris is the last person Tories should listen to on Northern Ireland

Rishi Sunak deserves his party’s support in trying to put right the mistakes of his predecessor

Marie Le Conte What should Sunak and Starmer do about the ghosts of leaders past?

William Cook Bringing a Dutch master home – what makes Vermeer so remarkable?

Letters Are personal beliefs something we have to accept in a leader?

Voices

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

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

Long reads

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

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

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

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

Gay marriage row hits frontrunner to succeed Nicola Sturgeon

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Rishi Sunak repeating Theresa May’s Brexit mistakes, says Rees-Mogg

253 comments

Putin says West started Ukraine war and hails Russian troops in major speech – live

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Biden gives speech in Poland after Putin pulls out of nuclear treaty – live

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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

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

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

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

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Baby born in Syria earthquake reunited with aunt and uncle

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Beijing denies US claims that it is planning to arm Russia

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

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?