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Sir Keir Starmer discusses Brexit and Ukraine with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

The Labour leader also wanted to talk about his hopes of winning the next general election, and plans for Britain and Germany to work more closely.

The Independent UK

Tech & Science Daily: UK ‘national emergency’ for record 41C weather

Britain was on Friday put on a ‘national emergency’ footing by health officials after forecasters confirmed the country was set to bake in record 41C highs - by far the hottest day of the year.

Evening Standard

Factbox-Views of frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with five candidates still in the running for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members.

Reuters

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Heat, and what it does to us

Next week could see the hottest temperatures in Britain since records began. But with the sunshine comes a health warning: extreme temperatures have severe effects on every part of the body. Jeremy Laurance explains

The Independent UK

Tory MP says ‘cowards’ taking precautions in heatwave are ‘snowflakes’ and everything wrong with Britain

Met Office warns people to say inside during extreme temperatures

The Independent UK

What was Britain’s notorious heatwave of 1976 like?

UK saw 15 consecutive days of temperatures above 32C as public packed beaches and plunged into pools, ponds and fountains to try to stay cool

The Independent UK

Motorway speed limit must be reduced and driving on Sundays BANNED to lower petrol price

The International Energy Agency has shared some radical new ideas in its 10-point plan for Britain to cut its reliance on oil as petrol prices have soared in the UK in recent weeks

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Review: When Britain Banned Home Sales of The Exorcist

Even as it gained fans around the world, home sales of the film remained illegal in the U.K. until 1999.

Reason

UK issues first extreme heat warning as record temperatures loom

Britain's weather forecaster issued its first-ever red "Extreme Heat" warning for parts of England on Monday and Tuesday when temperatures are forecast to reach record highs, triggering a "national emergency" alert level.

Reuters

While Britain burns, the Tories are … fiddling with themselves again

There’s a great river of molten horror approaching. What better time for a nice, long, frenzied leadership contest, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

UK's Sunak and Truss clash over tax in leadership debate

British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over tax policy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Friday, as the five remaining contenders to be Britain's next prime minister went head-to-head in the first of three televised debates.

Reuters

Former finance minister Sunak leads race to replace Boris Johnson as UK PM

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain's next prime minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers Wednesday, as the race narrowed to six following the elimination of two candidates.

Radio France Internationale

Is Britain tiring of the culture wars?

Brexit was supposed to have left the country bitterly divided. But Henry Mance finds identity battles losing their grip on the national conversation

Financial Times

Britain says Bakhmut likely to be Russia's next objective in Ukraine

Russian forces have been slowly advancing westwards following shelling and probing assaults towards the town of Siversk in Ukraine's Donetsk region from Lysychansk, Britain's defence ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

There are Tories of diverse origins and skin tones. What they need now is real difference

It is positive to see more politicians of colour, but if the result is Sunak’s austerity or Badenoch’s culture war, how have things changed, asks Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Independent UK

Real wages forecast to ‘shrink’ over the next two years

TUC says families left ‘brutally exposed’ to Britain’s cost-of-living crisis after years of wage stagnation.

The Independent UK

Britain pledges help to probe Russian war crimes as report tells of ‘real-life horror story’ in Ukraine

Use of cluster ammunition by Vladimir Putin’s forces is ‘depravity itself’ says second OSCE report

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson hopes to be 'out by Christmas' as he rages at parole hearing delay

Charles Bronson, now 69, was first locked up in 1974 for armed robbery and had his sentence increased several times for assaults on inmates and prison guards

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Eggheads participants wanted for Channel 5 quiz show

Casting teams from Channel 5 have been searching Scotland far and wide for those who are worthy to take on Britain's best quizmasters to win a grand cash prize.

The Independent UK

The Railway Children Return review: A belated sequel that doesn’t have anything meaningful to say about racism

The story is sincere but simplified, dancing perilously close to the kind of historical revisionism that whitewashes Britain’s racist past

Bangkok Post

Who could take over as UK prime minister?

The race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister is down to five candidates after the second round of voting among Tory MPs on Thursday.

Reuters

UK government postpones consideration of online safety law

Further consideration of Britain's proposed new online safety law will be postponed after being dropped from the final week's business in parliament because of time pressure, the government said on Thursday.

Reuters

New UK finance minister Zahawi to address banks and investors on July 19

Britain's new finance minister, Nadhim Zahawi, will address the City of London's financial sector in a speech on July 19, organisers of the annual Mansion House event said on Thursday.

Reuters

Exclusive-Britain and Japan aim to merge Tempest and F-X fighter programmes-sources

Britain and Japan are close to an agreement to merge their next-generation Tempest and F-X fighter jet programmes, with the two countries aiming for a deal on a new joint project by year-end, three sources told Reuters.

The Guardian - UK

Farah case highlights fate of less famous victims of trafficking

Home Office accused of prioritising exceptional cases in immigration decisions

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