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Oliver Carroll Abductions, beetroot, the KGB: Belarus rocked by great sugar mystery

Oliver Carroll investigates why all four managers of Belarus’s sugar factories mysteriously disappeared

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Andrew Woodcock What’s behind Johnson’s strained relationship with the media?

Downing Street has been accused of adopting Trump tactics to bypass press and speak direct to voters, writes Andrew Woodcock

Tom Peck It took one question for the ground to collapse beneath Nicky Morgan

The culture secretary could hardly have made clearer why she refused to serve in the government in which she now serves

Danny McBride: ‘If you’re pushing boundaries, people will push back’

As he completes his trilogy of series about aggrieved and difficult men with Sky Comedy’s ‘The Righteous Gemstones’, Danny McBride talks to Adam White about finding comic mileage in masculinity, handling criticism, and why his medieval star vehicle ‘Your Highness’ was secretly ahead of its time

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Clarisse Loughrey Birds of Prey is the girl-gang movie Harley Quinn deserves

The writer, director and stars of Margot Robbie’s passion project talk to Clarisse Loughrey about the ‘unapologetic spirit’ that has created a film bursting with poppiness, zaniness and gruesome violence

9 best women’s cardigans that are as chic as they are warm

The humble cardi has been stripped of its frumpy status. Here's how to style the sartorial staple

Tan France says he wouldn't move back to the UK because of racism

‘I suffered so much racism here and it’s just not something I want to put myself through,’ TV presenter says

Pelosi rips up Trump's State of the Union speech

The House speaker called the address a 'manifesto of untruths'

Vaping crackdown wipes £1.9bn off cigarette maker Imperial Brands

American regulators have brought in strict new controls on vaping after an explosion in the number of young people using the addictive products

Business

Ben Chapman Ikea can face up to the threat posed by Amazon

The Swedish flat-pack furniture pioneer is belatedly reinventing itself to adapt to the online world, says Ben Chapman