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More than half of parents say they have a hard time talking about money in a way that their kids will understand, a recent study found

IN FOCUS: Whether you’re a fan of the ‘Today’ host’s warm, conversational tone or bristle at his informal presenting style, Amol Rajan certainly knows how to get an audience talking. As one of the BBC’s most ubiquitous faces steps down from his biggest gig yet, Katie Rosseinsky looks at how…

IN FOCUS: As a strike rages in NYC, nurses on opposite sides of the country tell Rhian Lubin how the Education Department’s plan to cap federal loans for graduate nursing degrees poses a grave threat to the future of healthcare

IN DEPTH: With the flow of aid plummeting and water shortages becoming ever more serious, farmers and aid workers tell Nick Ferris of the struggle to survive as the country’s more than decade-long civil war drags on

Presenter and former editor of The Independent is leaving flagship show but will continue to host ‘University Challenge’

Exclusive: 25 years after the programme – widely seen as being characterised by violence and economic chaos – was introduced, new research finds that it has helped smallholder farmers become more resilient to the climate crisis

The changes include prioritising over-75s, granting advance payments and covering workplace and personal pension losses

YOUR VIEWS: Our community overwhelmingly sided with David Hockney, arguing that the Bayeux Tapestry is too irreplaceable to justify the risks of moving it to London, even temporarily

Complaint to environment ministry says animal was killed by staff after it escaped its enclosure and strayed into a Himalayan bear’s burrow

Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who spoke at a Tommy Robinson ally, has linked her ban from UK to criticism she made about Starmer over his fight with Elon Musk over Grok

ANALYSIS: The bill is a sign of Ocasio-Cortez’s growing influence within the Democratic caucus that once shunned her, writes Eric Garcia