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Lie-in or early start?

In 1970, 10 years on from the last National Service callup, long hair and less discipline were the order of the day. Cold War tension continued but, on the home front, three in five adults favoured the return of National Service. The last callup was remembered as having straightened out …

Conditions similar to Covid lockdowns should be imposed on criminals as an alternative to overflowing prisons, barristers have told the government.

In an official submission to an

ongoing sentencing review

After a rollercoaster week which began with Keir Starmer being asked if he still had confidence in his ­chancellor of the ­exchequer and ended with the

stock market ­smashing all ­previous records

Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff moved to within one round of a semi-final collision course at the Australian Open as the two highest-ranked players in the top half of the singles draw maintained their momentum on a warm day in Melbourne Park.

On Sunday, Sabalenka extended her dominant run in …

A Donald Trump-shaped shadow is looming over the campaign for Germany’s snap elections next month, with unprecedented US interference on behalf of the far-right

Alternative für Deutschland

In a country that puts …

TikTok stopped working in the US late on Saturday, shortly before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app was due to take effect.

The app was no longer available on Apple’s iOS App Store or Google’s Play Store. The US Congress passed a law in April mandating that parent …

• Russian forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region

  , Moscow said on Saturday, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward. Russia’s defence ministry said its forces were now in control of Petropavlivka, a village between the …

Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister, kicked off

her bid to lead Canada

For Freeland, who

led Canada’s re-negotiation