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Starmer vows to fight on
Jess Phillips became the second minister to resign as PM tries to keep job
Financial Times
Reeves’ allies say chancellor should stay in post if Starmer ousted
Fears growing that leadership contest could unleash chaos on already jittery bond markets
Financial Times
UK borrowing costs surge as Starmer leadership crisis rattles bond markets
Thirty-year gilt yield at highest this century as cabinet ministers pressure PM to consider his position
Financial Times
Starmer’s premiership in charts
Prime minister’s term has been marked by falling approval ratings and bond market jitters
BBC News
Henry Zeffman: PM puts himself back in the game for now
The prime minister told the Cabinet a leadership contest had not been triggered, and that he wouldn't be resigning.
BBC News
Jess Phillips' resignation letter in full
The prominent Labour MP has resigned as safeguarding minister over Sir Keir Starmer's leadership.
BBC News
UK borrowing costs hit highest for 18 years as uncertainty over PM continues
The possibility of a change of leadership in the UK has unsettled some investors and sent bond yields higher.
BBC News
BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossings
The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”.
BBC News
No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency
The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
The Economist
America is experiencing a productivity miracle
NYT Europe
UK’s Starmer Faces Calls to Resign. Here Are 4 Ways He Could Respond.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to continue in office on Tuesday morning. It’s one of several possible paths for the...
The Telegraph
World Cup 2026: Everything you need to know
Your full guide, from dates and TV details to odds and host cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico
The Telegraph
Telegraph Fantasy Football: Team of the Week Game Week 35
Find out which XI players have scored the most Telegraph Fantasy Football points and made the Team of the Week
Wales
BBC Wales
My dad's abuse was uncovered after a burglar stole his laptop and found indecent images
Lizzie Jones started being abused by her father, David Terrence Pethig, when she was four years old.
BBC Wales
Bonnie Tyler 'stable' in Portuguese hospital
The Welsh star had undergone emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal last week.
BBC Wales
Plaid's Rhun ap Iorwerth hours from becoming Wales' first minister
Plaid Cymru leader to form new Welsh government as Senedd returns following historic election.
BBC Wales
Moment brazen thief steals entire Mini Egg chocolate display
Ashley Daley is jailed after a three-week shoplifting spree costing businesses £4,000.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
It's West Ham or Spurs - how relegation fight is shaping up
With two games remaining of the Premier League season, Tottenham and West Ham are the two horses left in the race to avoid relegation.
BBC Sport · Football
Southampton ask for more time over spying claims
Southampton request more time to conduct an internal review after being charged with spying on Championship play-off rivals...
BBC Sport · Rugby Union
Ex-Georgia captain Sharikadze gets 11-year ban over urine-swapping scheme
Former Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze is banned for 11 years for violating anti-doping rules, with five team-mates handed...
BBC Sport · Football
'Superhuman' managers shouldn't have to ask for help - Beard's family on loss
The family of former WSL manager Matt Beard tell BBC Sport about the emotional burden of football management, and the changes...
The Race
Gary Anderson on Hamilton's claim Ferrari is missing a trick
Lewis Hamilton recently referenced one area where Ferrari's 2026 F1 car is drastically different to its rivals'. Gary Anderson...
The Race
Williams's race one upgrade was two months late
Williams has been left with a backlog of upgrades that mean its planned Australian GP package has only just made it onto its F1 car
The Race · F1
The strange nature of Audi's early F1 problems
Though Audi's showing pace in its first F1 season, it's struggling not just to finish races but to even start them
The Race · F1
What new Sky mega-deal means for F1's Apple plans
Apple clearly has global broadcasting ambitions for F1 - but that didn't prevent major extensions with Sky Sports across...
Formula 1 Official
McNish on stepping into the hot seat at Audi
When Audi were in need of a replacement for Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley, they didn't have to look very far. Allan McNish,...
Formula 1 Official
Autumn Fisher confirmed as Montreal Wild Card
Autumn Fisher is set to line up on the F1 ACADEMY grid in Montreal as Standard Chartered’s Wild Card entry.
ESPN Cricinfo
What prompted Shabnim Ismail's retirement u-turn?
South Africa have made two World Cup finals since Ismail's international retirement, but now she's back as they look to go one...
ESPN Cricinfo
Nahid Rana rips through Pakistan to seal a final-session win for Bangladesh
This is now Bangladesh's third consecutive win against Pakistan, after they won the 2024 series by 2-0 margin
Science
New Scientist
Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests
Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit...
New Scientist
PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move
PCOS will now be known as PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), and for Alice Klein, who has the conditon, it's...
New Scientist
A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa
Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the Earth’s...
New Scientist
The story of the first human tool: the humble container
An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 years...
Nature
Author Correction: Predictive coding of reward in the hippocampus
Nature, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10615-3 Author Correction: Predictive coding of reward in the hippocampus
Nature
Cruise-ship hantavirus cluster exposes a wider preparedness gap
Nature, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01518-4 Cruise-ship hantavirus cluster exposes a wider preparedness gap
Nature
UK Biobank breach prompts the field of genomics to rethink open science
Nature, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01520-w UK Biobank breach prompts the field of genomics to...
Nature
Animal-testing alternatives will require a cultural change in research institutions
Nature, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01519-3 Animal-testing alternatives will require a cultural...
Technology
The Verge
Spotify’s latest ‘Wrapped’ covers your entire music history
Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary by giving listeners a "fully personalized look at their entire music history."...
The Verge
How to watch Google’s Android Show: I/O Edition today
Google I/O is still a week away, but Google's big announcements kick off today with the "Android Show: I/O Edition," where...
The Verge
eBay rejects GameStop’s $56 billion acquisition bid
eBay has officially rejected GameStop's offer to buy the online marketplace for $56 billion, citing concerns around...
The Verge
These new Roombas are smaller and cheaper
iRobot has announced a new line of Roombas, a year after it debuted its first lidar-based robot vacuums. This week, it...
Techcrunch
Dessn raises $6M for its production focused design tool
A new startup called Dessn has raised $6M to build AI-powered design tools that work directly with production codebases.
Techcrunch
TikTok now wants to be the place you book the trip you just saw on TikTok
TikTok is systematically converting its discovery engine into a transaction layer, which both deepens user retention and opens...
Techcrunch
AI is turning connected cars into pothole-finding machines
Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're...
Techcrunch
Spotify’s launches a Wrapped-style recap of your entire listening history
Spotify's new feature will show you the number of unique songs that you listened to until now
Wired
Some Women Are Obsessively Testing Their Vaginas to Optimize Them
Biohacker Bryan Johnson recently bragged about his girlfriend's “top 1%” vagina as the at-home vaginal microbiome test...
Wired
Why Soccer Still Defies Statistical Analysis
Sarah Rudd, who once ran analytics for Arsenal, made her name applying the tenets of probability theory to movements on the...
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Computer science
Evaluating Prompt Injection Defenses for Educational LLM Tutors: Security-Usability-Latency Trade-offs
Computer science
GraphDC: A Divide-and-Conquer Multi-Agent System for Scalable Graph Algorithm Reasoning
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