Wednesday June 18 2025
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Fireworks over Tel Aviv at night.
Ministers discuss military support for US action against Iran

Starmer calls Cobra meeting in case Trump requests British support for intervention and Ayatollah Khamenei warns that Iran will not surrender

Israel-Iran
5 minutes ago

Why Trump should not go to war with Iran, by his mega Maga ally

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells The Times that Americans are ‘sick and tired’ of conflict in distant lands

US politics
50 minutes ago



Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Prince William at Royal Ascot.
‘Disappointed’ Princess of Wales pulls out of Royal Ascot

Kate missed last year’s meeting but her public appearances have increased since she announced she was in remission from cancer




Villagers watching Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupt.
Volcano’s huge ash cloud disrupts flights in Indonesia

Crowded Heathrow Terminal 2 departures.
Inflation slows to 3.4% in May

Villagers watching Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupt.
Volcano’s huge ash cloud disrupts flights in Indonesia





Woman holding a large fish in a landing net.
Rabies death in Yorkshire after contact with stray dog in Morocco
Healthcare
20 minutes ago


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Migrants in a small boat being assisted by French authorities in the English Channel.
French fire tear gas at migrants — then hand out lifejackets

The Times witnesses chaos on the coast of Calais as officers confront those trying to cross the Channel


Maggie Oliver at The News Building, London, overlooking the city.






Women in colorful dresses and elaborate hats at Ascot race course.
News in pictures: colourful crowds return for Royal Ascot’s opening day


Rachel Reeves reconsiders non-dom tax changes to halt exodus


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Editor's picks




Split image showing a couple in a black and white photo from their younger years and a more recent color photo of them at an older age.
The Hollywood mogul, his gay lovers — and his fashion icon wife

Studio boss Barry Diller has written a candid memoir about his marriage to the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg


Portrait of actor Genevieve Chenneour.
Genevieve Chenneour: ‘He threatened to stab me. I was terrified’


Two women in swimsuits relax on a beach towel, reading a book and applying sunscreen.
The new summer holiday etiquette

A man standing with his arms crossed next to a busy restaurant.
Von Crumb restaurant review: ‘Effortlessly cute and joyful’


Rachel Zegler in character as Evita, on stage.
Evita on the Palladium balcony — and theatre’s eight greatest wow moments




Assisted dying bill is a conservative reform

The measure going through parliament is an improvement of the status quo rather than a radical departure from it



Illustration of a chaotic G7 meeting.

Morten Morland’s Times cartoon



a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is wearing a blue jacket
Gangs raped ‘lost’ girls because no one cared






a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is wearing a blue jacket
Gangs raped ‘lost’ girls because no one cared




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Toddler using a smartphone on a couch.

According to all the parenting handbooks, well-brought-up French children throw neither food nor tantrums — soon these petits paragons will not be allowed...


Hand receiving champagne at a birthday celebration.
Jane MacQuittyChampagne? It can’t beat English fizz





a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses
Alistair OsborneNo value for money from the office created by Rachel Reeves




Fin Smith at British & Irish Lions training.

Head coach includes nine Englishmen in XV as he names match-day squad to face Argentina, with Irishman Tadhg Furlong fit to make the bench

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Painting depicting the eve of the Battle of Edge Hill in 1642.

In The Blood in Winter, Jonathan Healey captures the tense showdown between Charles I and parliament

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