May accused of letting Isis bomber slip through the net

Former home secretaries blame PM for lack of surveillance on Briton freed from Guantanamo who turned into suicide attacker

To get the talks off to a reasonable start, Theresa May is going to have to bite the bullet and accept that the UK will pay up. And she has failed to prepare the ground for what is bound to be dubbed a 'ransom demand' by Conservative MPs and the pro-Brexit press

RICHARD DAWKINS All voters are equal – but are some more equal than others?

Helene Mark I just experienced NHS care for the first time and I almost died

Stone-throwers jailed for longer than IDF soldier got for manslaughter

'If [a Palestinian] kills an animal... he would have gotten more time,' family of deceased man says

Non-European spouses barred from entering UK as court upholds minimum income rule

Judge admits £18,600 threshold 'will continue to cause significant hardship to many thousands of couples who have good reasons for wanting to make their lives together in this country'

How Milo Yiannopoulos could relaunch his seemingly ruined career

PR expert says former senior Breitbart editor might bounce back as reputation has been reinvented in a so-called ‘post-truth world’ and people often have influential secret backers

Joel Benjamin The PM of our 'corrupt' country won't tackle tax avoidance

The UK is, by almost any definition, already a tax haven. By signalling her intent to go even further, slashing taxes for the rich and corporations, Theresa May has revealed her true colours

Woman asks people to fund her '$10k spiritual journey around world'

'I believe we should all have the opportunity to have the things we need at our fingertips, whether or not we have the money for them'

international

Sean Spicer says angry town halls were partly 'manufactured'

White House says ‘professional protesters’ were to blame

Sweden’s Twitter account debunks Donald Trump claims one by one

Russia announces new branch of military for information warfare

Kim Jong-nam's body targeted in morgue break-in, say police

Long reads

Britain’s version of the Berlin Wall shows no sign of crumbling

Germany’s history over the past century is one of incredible upheaval and turbulence, yet its people have come to terms with what happened and emerged with a spirit of tolerance and multiculturalism that was once the hallmark of Britain. Peter Millar wonders why one nation is keen to embrace the future while the other can’t seem to let go of its past

Could 3D printing revolutionise the making of prosthetic limbs?

3D printing has been transforming medicine since the start of the century, but is it ready to help millions of people across the world get the prosthetics they need, asks Ian Birrell

Should prisoners have the right to choose death over a life sentence?

Andy Martin would rather face a firing squad than spend a lifetime behind bars. Should prisoners be given a ‘menu’ of alternatives to incarceration?

The extreme urban explorers risking all for the right to roam

A new breed of activists-cum-urban explorers – urbexers – are testing the limits of both the law and their own mortality to challenge a world of growing boundaries and restrictions and reassert the right to freedom of movement

Developing stories

Trump presidency

Town hall fury has only just begun. Wait for Trump voters to turn too

Brexit

Leaving EU customs union will mean border queues warn experts

War on Isis

Blair attacks 'utter hypocrisy' of critics over Guantanamo Bay release

Oscars

What is on the menu at the official Oscars after party?

May refuses to pledge extra money for businesses hit by rates rise

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Helen Bailey's fiance found guilty of killing children's author

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson does 'dab' dance move in Parliament

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A portrait of Russia's Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin placed at the Foreign Ministry guest house in Moscow, Russia

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2/29 21 February 2017

Police, firefighters and people stand next to the body of a bodyboarder killed by a shark, covered by a white cloth on a beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. A 26 year-old bodyboarder was attacked by a shark while bodyboarding in a dangerous water area on February 21, 2017 off Saint-Andre. The man had his femoral artery cut off and bled to death, according to firefighters

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Firefighters carry the body of a bodyboarder killed by a shark, as members of the French emergency medical services SAMU watch on a beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. A 26 year-old bodyboarder was attacked by a shark while bodyboarding in a dangerous water area off Saint-Andre. The man had his femoral artery cut off and bled to death, according to firefighters

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A 23 year old terror suspect sits in the dock after masked police officers lead him into the court room in Salzburg, Austria. The Syrian man is accused of being member of the Islamic State organization

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5/29 21 February 2017

A sniper from Iraq's Federal Police force takes aim at Islamic State positions from the roof of a house on the frontline in Albu Saif, south of Mosul, Iraq

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6/29 21 February 2017

Iraqi rapid response forces take their position during a battle with Islamic State militants in village of Albu Saif, south of Mosul, Iraq

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Smoke rises after a rocket fired by Iraqi forces in Albu Saif hit village held by Islamic State militants south of Mosul, Iraq

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A twin-engined Beechcraft plane crashed into a shopping centre just after take-off from Essendon Fields airport near Melbourn, Australia

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A twin-engined Beechcraft plane crashed into a shopping centre just after take-off from Essendon Fields airport near Melbourne

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Smoke and flames after a twin-engined Beechcraft plane crashed into a shopping centre just after take-off from Essendon Fields airport near Melbourne. A light aircraft smashed into shops and exploded into a "massive fireball" killing all five on board, including four US passengers reportedly golfers on the trip of a lifetime, officials in Australia said

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Israeli soldiers take part in a military training in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near the Israeli Syrian borde

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Israeli soldiers take part in a military training in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near the Israeli Syrian border

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A Pakistani soldier stands guard as a shopkeeper examines damage at the site of a court complex after multiple Taliban suicide bomb attacks in the Tangi area of Charsadda district

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Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the site of a court complex after multiple Taliban suicide bomb attacks in the Tangi area of Charsadda district. At least five people were killed when multiple Taliban suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan

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British national David Taylor is escorted to his trial at a court in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. A British man and an Australian woman have been charged with eight years of prison for group assault resulting in the death of a police man

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Australian national Sara Connor is brought from a holding cell to a courtrooom to attend her trial in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. A British man and an Australian woman have been charged with eight years of prison for group assault resulting in the death of a police man

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Fire and smoke billow following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa

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Smoke billows following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa

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Thai police display seized drugs worth 37 million USD during a media presentation at their Bangkok headquarters

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Judy Ann Bautista, 18, who was injured in a bus accident, is assisted after being transferred to a hospital in Marikina, east of Manila, Philippines

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A village official looks at the wreckage of a bus that lost it's brakes and killed more than a dozen passengers on a downhill road in Tanay, Rizal province, east of Manila

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A woman grieves inside the San Isidro Funeral Homes beside the body of her daughter as it lies with some of the passengers killed after a bus lost it's brakes on a downhill road in Tanay, Rizal province east of Manila

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Turkish soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate President Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the failed last year's July 15 coup, are escorted by gendarmes as they arrive for the first hearing of the trial in Mugla, Turkey

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Journalists take pictures of former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang inside a prison van leaving the High Court in Hong Kong, China

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25/29 19 February 2017

Revellers dressed in traditional Afro-Brazilian Baianas stand during a pre-Carnival washing ritual called Lavagem at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ceremony is meant to deliver positive spirit and luck during Carnival celebrations

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A boy takes selfies with Pope Francis during a visit at the parish of St. Mary Josefa of the Heart of Jesus in Rome

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People take part in a rally called 'I Am A Muslim Too' in a show of solidarity with American Muslims at Times Square in New York City

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Muslim woman pray as they pause from protesting against US President Donald Trump in Chicago, Illinois

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A Muslim man kneels on Broadway Ave. as he takes part in afternoon prayers during an "I am Muslim Too" rally in Times Square, Manhattan, New York

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Football

United keep cool in St Étienne cauldron to book last-16 place

Saint-Étienne 0 Manchester United 1: Sir Alex Ferguson was present as Jose Mourinho's side continued their gradual resurgence

Cricket

Sidebottom to retire from cricket after County Championship season

The 39-year-old will call time on his 20-year career spanning three decades

Voices

Donald Trump has at least made American satire great again

Editorial Two by-elections that will shed a blaze of light on our future

Four party leaders – one of whom is a candidate in one of them – await the results of tomorrow’s votes with more than usual trepidation

culture

Film

Why only upper-crust British TV dramas like The Crown become US hits

The success of 'The Crown' and 'The Night Manager' at the Golden Globes has led people to believe British TV drama is making a breakthrough in America, but there hasn't been any major UK-produced hit outside of upper-class period drama

Music

New music to listen to this week: She Major

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tv & radio

EastEnders under fire for 'anti-Brexit' episode

Writer Leo Richardson has since defended the controversial episode

Review
books

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life, book review

Yiyun Li's memoir is as far from a ‘tell-all’ as one can get with its eight essays that are snapshots of her life, including her struggle with mental illness, but it is only a part of the bigger picture