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Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era
Politics  
Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era
Former PM and ministers drew criticism for the VIP flights Labour says were ‘symbol of their government’
France  
Chaos in France after Macron refuses to name prime minister from leftwing coalition
Football  
Sven-Göran Eriksson, England’s first overseas manager, dies aged 76
Retail industry  
UK shop prices fall year on year for first time since cost of living crisis began
Music  
Mariah Carey announces death of mother and sister on same day
In focus
‘I just feel pain’: Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in
Ukraine  
‘I just feel pain’: Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in
Lives are being bundled into bags after Ukrainian officials gave people in the city two weeks to leave
Sven-Göran Eriksson was a deeply moral man, true to his own code
Simon Hattenstone
Explained  
What is Telegram and why has its founder Pavel Durov been arrested?
Spotlight
Fiji  
‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean
‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean
Television  
Sherwood recap: season two, episode two – TV doesn’t get any more tense than that
TV review  
Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me review – an exceedingly raw real-time battle
Opinion
Of course Kirstie Allsopp is happy for her 15-year-old to go Interrailing on his own. It’s ‘character-building’!
Zoe Williams
Of course Kirstie Allsopp is happy for her 15-year-old to go Interrailing on his own. It’s ‘character-building’!
Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe
Alexis Petridis
Many fear Israel and Hezbollah are heading for all-out war – but here’s why that’s far from inevitable
Lina Khatib
Sport
Thank you, Sven: what it was like watching Eriksson’s England win 5-1 in Munich
Philip Cornwall
Thank you, Sven: what it was like watching Eriksson’s England win 5-1 in Munich
Sven-Göran Eriksson  
Beckham leads tributes to 'passionate, caring, calm' former manager
Tennis  
Gauff's new outlook on life as she fights back into form at US Open
Podcast
Black Box: episode 2 – The hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app - podcast
Today in Focus  
Black Box: episode 2 – The hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app - podcast
This week we are revisiting the Black Box series. This episode was first broadcast on 7 March 2024.

For the past six months, the Guardian journalist Michael Safi has been trying to find out who is behind an AI company that creates deepfakes. These deepfakes are causing havoc around the world, with police and lawmakers baffled about how to deal with them. And in trying to answer one question, he has been left with a bigger one: is AI going to make it impossible to sort fact from fiction?
Climate crisis
Brazil  
Brazil minister declares ‘war’ with fire as smoke cloaks Brasília and São Paulo
Brazil minister declares ‘war’ with fire as smoke cloaks Brasília and São Paulo
Environment  
Hot and alone: how US cities work to protect isolated people in heatwaves
Business
Executive pay and bonuses  
Barclays enlarges half-year bonus pool for first time since 2021
Barclays enlarges half-year bonus pool for first time since 2021
Electric vehicles  
EV public charging ‘deserts’ revealed across Great Britain
In pictures
Photos of the day  
Carnival costumes and sunflowers
Carnival costumes and sunflowers
Photography  
Afriski, Lesotho’s ski resort
Afriski, Lesotho’s ski resort
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