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Starbucks has launched its fall menu already, and TikTok feeds are being flooded with #fallinspo. While some critics believe we’re wishing away summer, Meredith Clark speaks to experts about why fall seems to be arriving earlier than ever

‘This data is suggesting that women, younger voters, voters of color, and then especially younger women of color are going to vote at a much higher rate than they did in 2020,’ one strategist says, predicting that it could have ‘a significant potential impact on the outcome of this election’

Oscar winner says her chosen film has grown in popularity in recent years

Dame Angela Eagle, the Home Office minister, refused to deny reports that some inmates could serve their sentences in the eastern European country, and admitted there were too few places in UK prisons