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NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran.
NATO should overcome its distaste for President Trump and sends its navies to help open up the Strait of Hormuz.
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Financial Times
Keir Starmer clings to power after four ministers resign
PM due to hold crunch meeting with health secretary Wes Streeting after challenging rivals to launch leadership bids
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
A short history of Labour Party coups
Failure to oust past leaders suggests that internal rules are stacked against challengers
Financial Times
Starmer survives perilous day in Number 10 as rivals hold back for now
Prime minister tells cabinet colleagues he is getting on ‘with governing’
BBC News
The potential challengers to Keir Starmer
Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are all potential candidates for the top job.
BBC News
Read all the ministers' resignation letters in full
Ministers including Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips have resigned over Sir Keir Starmer's leadership.
BBC News
All the Labour MPs who have come out against Starmer, and the ones who want him to stay
A growing number of Labour MPs are coming out against the prime minister.
BBC News
Watch: Reporters shout questions at ministers leaving No 10
Several ministers were met with a barrage of questions about the PM's future after leaving a cabinet meeting.
BBC News
Starmer prepares for King's Speech as he faces leadership crisis
King Charles III will attend Parliament to deliver the speech outlining the government's agenda.
The Economist
Sir Keir Starmer is on the way out
NYT Europe
Claire Maurier, the Narcissistic Mother in ‘400 Blows,’ Dies at 97
A landmark of New Wave cinema, “The 400 Blows” brought her enduring global attention. She later appeared in “La Cage Aux...
NYT Europe
Why Keir Starmer Remains in Deep Peril After Staving Off Calls for Resignation
Prime Minister Keir Starmer seemed to have won a temporary reprieve on Tuesday after daring his rivals to challenge him, but...
The Telegraph
The best adults-only hotels in Greece
These smart Greek properties, from beachfront retreats to luxury cliffside hideouts, all deliver a grown-up escape
The Telegraph
Marlborough racing tips and best bets for today’s races
Welcome to our racing tips and best bets service provided by Telegraph Sport’s champion tipster – updated here every day
Wales
BBC Wales
Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth sworn in as Wales' first minister
Ap Iorwerth says it is "the greatest privilege of my life" to be Plaid's first Welsh government leader.
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
Drama about Worboys an important story to tell, says actress
Believe Me tells the story of the victims of one of the most prolific sex attackers in Britain.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
Refs' chief Webb confirms grappling consultation after disallowed West Ham goal
Disallowing West Ham's last-ditch equaliser against Arsenal on Sunday was the right decision, referees' chief Howard Webb says.
BBC Sport · Golf
Troublesome toe forces McIlroy to halt US PGA practice
Rory McIlroy started Tuesday laughing about ripping off a troublesome toenail but the soreness forces him to halt a practice...
BBC Sport · Football
Maddison says referees are petrified of making decisions
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison suggests referees are "petrified" to make decisions after being denied a stoppage-time...
BBC Sport · Football
Mourinho in final negotiations to become Real manager
Jose Mourinho is in final negotiations to become Real Madrid's next head coach, 13 years after his first spell at the Bernabeu.
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
England eager to put nervy season start behind them
Seamer Lauren Bell relishes rare chance to influence a game with the bat
ESPN Cricinfo
Gill believed 'it won't be easy' for SRH to chase 169 on 'tricky' pitch
Washington Sundar, who scored 50 off 33 balls, said "the plan was to not think much"
Science
New Scientist
Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?
The concept of a field plays a key role in particle physics, but what exactly is it? From its origins in the study of...
New Scientist
Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?
We’ve long tried to control the weather by engineering rainfall. Now such cloud-seeding efforts are escalating, creating...
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...
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
Author Correction: A mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis
Nature, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10618-0 Author Correction: A mechanical ratchet drives...
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
Charles Darwin reports a squirrel surprise
Nature, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01334-w An unexpected creature munches on cherry blossom...
Technology
The Verge
iOS 27 might add a lot more customization to the Camera app
Apple's next iOS update could include something phone photographers have been waiting for: a lot more control over the Camera...
The Verge
Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads
Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to...
The Verge
Meta will tell parents when their teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm
Starting Tuesday, parents can get more details about what their teens are up to on Instagram. Meta is adding a feature to its...
The Verge
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk's...
Techcrunch
Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million
Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.
Techcrunch
Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino's second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.
Techcrunch
Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
Altman said that Musk's focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping...
Techcrunch
Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
"Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be...
Wired
Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever
Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing...
Wired
MAHA Keeps Being Weird as Hell About Fertility
RFK Jr. and Mehmet Oz’s comments about teen sperm count and “underbabied” Americans at a recent women’s health event...
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CERT is releasing six CVEs for serious security vulnerabilities in dnsmasq
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Papers
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
Congenital Heart Block