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Highlights

Why the West should worry about the end to the Putin and Xi summit

This visit may end up being seen as a unique, landmark, occasion: the point at which the global centre of gravity started seriously to shift from West to East

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Who is winning the Scottish leadership race? Not the SNP

Editorial Johnson’s angry over Partygate, but there will be no special treatment

Rick Noack The craftsmen working to replace the Notre Dame Cathedral spire

Voices

James Moore How the Credit Suisse rescue deal creates a headache

Marie Le Conte A Tory MP has a radical plan for mums – but not the one he thinks

Borzou Daragahi I was a journalist in Iraq – what can we learn from the war’s failure?

Long reads

John Hudson How Antony Blinken became a major player in the Ukraine War

Robyn Dixon Rail enthusiast flees Russia after photographing Putin’s train

Julian Machin The sound of silence: my Andalusian lockdown revisited

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why the DUP rebellion on the Brexit bill is simply bluster

Politics explained

Adam Forrest Can Boris Johnson escape punishment at Partygate inquiry?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The rise, fall and rise again of Boris Johnson

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady What the TikTok ban means for UK-China relations

Most Commented

Russia warns of ‘nuclear collision’ and threatens UK over ammunition – live

428 comments

Boris Johnson’s Partygate defence branded weak by Tory MPs

217 comments

Boris Johnson says he is ‘looking forward’ to televised Partygate hearing – live

652 comments

Boris Johnson fights for political future in committee showdown

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Editorials

Editorial The Casey report is damning – and the failings go beyond the Met

Editorial We must never forget the terrible consequences of the Iraq war

Editorial Turbulence on the path to a more sustainable form of nationalism

Culture

Mark Hudson After Impressionism is a show with enough great works to be worthwhile

The Week on Stage, from Guys and Dolls to Marjorie Prime

Independent Premium

Paul Bailey Book of a lifetime: Poems of George Herbert

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder Will our passports be valid to visit the Sunshine State?

Travel questions

Simon Calder Can you find me a London hotel room for £120 or less?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul What Johnson said in his Partygate defence – and what he really meant

John Rentoul Johnson can only fight against the dying light of his career so long

John Rentoul The Iraq war changed us – but not in ways we might have expected

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Johnson voting against Sunak’s Brexit deal is troublesome opportunism

Andrew Grice There are no bombshells in Boris Johnson’s vitriolic Partygate defence

Whitewash: The David Kelly saga that ended in tragedy

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst The words ‘bank’ and ‘panic’ go together far too easily

Chris Blackhurst Excluding small businesses from anti-fraud laws is asking for trouble

Chris Blackhurst How worried should we be about bank collapse contagion?

World

Alastair Jamieson Putin’s claim UK is sending nuclear arms to Ukraine ‘bonkers’ – expert

Alastair Jamieson Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ Xi for hours of talks at Kremlin

News analysis

Ella Pickover UK falls down global ranks for life expectancy – analysis

Vicky Shaw Home-owning still cheaper than renting but difference reduced – study

August Graham Why did Silicon Valley Bank collapse and are other lenders at risk?

Chris Stevenson Xi Jinping is China’s most dominant leader in decades

Sport

David Charlesworth What next for England after Bangladesh ‘eye-opener’?

Duncan Bech 5 things we learned from the penultimate weekend of the Six Nations

Mary Dejevsky

Expert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

Mary Dejevsky Twenty years on, what lessons have we learned from Iraq?

Mary Dejevsky Why China is trying to mediate in the Ukraine invasion

What is driving Putin’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

America

Ashley Parker Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is

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