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A propaganda guru has allegedly been shipped out to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine in an effort to boost morale with a series of bizarre claims, including about Boris Johnson's resignation

Candidates for next prime minister reduced to three ahead of final MPs’ vote on Wednesday

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

London Heathrow records hottest ever temperature; London mayor Sadiq Khan says major incident has been declared

A heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday.

In today’s newsletter: As the Tory leadership contest heats up, environment correspondent Fiona Harvey walks us through where candidates stand on the climate crisis

18-month-old Layla Davis has been nicknamed Boris Johnson by her family due to her messy blonde locks - but she has now been diagnosed with Uncombable Hair Syndrome

MPs voted 349 to 238, majority 111, to support the motion stating that the Commons has confidence in the Government