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Photo of Chancellor Rachel Reeves at a roundtable meeting.

UPDATED

Government borrows £14.6bn more than expected in year to March

Increase suggests further tax rises or spending cuts from Rachel Reeves may be necessary

ANALYSIS

Will Reeves have to give up more to get a US trade deal?

As the chancellor flies to Washington, gloomy financial forecasts make an agreement with the Trump administration to mitigate tariffs even more urgent

Politics

Miliband to ban Chinese ‘slave-trade’ solar panels

Politics

NEW

Pope Francis’s coffin carried to St Peter’s Basilica

A procession of cardinals was led by Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Vatican

Religion

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell seated and reading a book.

NEW

PROFILE

Meet Cardinal Farrell — the Irishman now leading the Vatican

Kevin Farrell, who became the acting head of the Catholic Church after Francis’s death, will lead the conclave to choose the new pope

Religion

Portrait of Prince Louis smiling for his 7th birthday.

NEW

Prince Louis turns seven with a wide-open grin

Royal family

27 minutes ago

Blood test for bowel cancer (and 11 others) to be trialled on NHS

Healthcare

UPDATED

26 dead in Kashmir terrorist attack

Asia

Donald Trump and Elon Musk in a red Tesla.

Musk to step back from Team Trump after Tesla profits slump

Technology

Police will be automatically sacked if they fail vetting

Crime

NEW

Prince Louis turns seven with a wide-open grin

Royal family

27 minutes ago

Blood test for bowel cancer (and 11 others) to be trialled on NHS

Healthcare

UPDATED

26 dead in Kashmir terrorist attack

Asia

Musk to step back from Team Trump after Tesla profits slump

Technology

Police will be automatically sacked if they fail vetting

Crime

Sarah, Duchess of York, at the London Book Fair.

Sarah Ferguson: ‘A cancer diagnosis feels like a death sentence’

The Duchess of York has discussed her own health battles as she backed an initiative aiming to improve care for young people with cancer

Royal family

Police officer ‘not qualified’ to lead fatal paddleboard trip

Crime

Rita Ora performing at Mighty Hoopla 2024.

Oscar winner’s fight over festivals that turn park into ‘prison camp’

London

Police officer ‘not qualified’ to lead fatal paddleboard trip

Crime

Oscar winner’s fight over festivals that turn park into ‘prison camp’

London

PHOTOGRAPHY

News in pictures

PHOTOGRAPHY

News in pictures

Mob that lynched British man in Ecuador ‘too much for police to handle’

Crime

A body covered in a white sheet lies on the ground surrounded by a crowd of people, including a police officer.

Mob that lynched British man in Ecuador ‘too much for police to handle’

Crime

What caused Starmer’s U-turn on whether trans women are women?

Politics

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking at Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

What caused Starmer’s U-turn on whether trans women are women?

Politics

THE TIMES DIARY

Badenoch is not for turning, no matter what polls say

Politics

Kemi Badenoch on the local election campaign trail.

THE TIMES DIARY

Badenoch is not for turning, no matter what polls say

Politics

Editor's picks

World

Mykhola Ovcharenko, founder of a Kharkiv war museum, stands before a diorama depicting battles in Afghanistan.

ANTHONY LOYD IN KHARKIV

How Ukrainian and Russian troops went from brothers-in-arms to mortal foes

Soldiers who fought for the Soviet Union in Afghanistan once shared strong bonds of camaraderie; they are in disbelief at the ‘betrayal’

Russia-Ukraine war

Oscar statues backstage at the 95th Academy Awards.

Films made with AI can win Oscars, the Academy rules

Film

Illustration of Pete Hegseth with an American flag motif.

ANALYSIS

Will Trump fire Pete Hegseth? He has two big reasons not to

US politics

Films made with AI can win Oscars, the Academy rules

Film

ANALYSIS

Will Trump fire Pete Hegseth? He has two big reasons not to

US politics

Comment

DANIEL FINKELSTEIN All Tories have left is to say what they think

Trying to strategise against Reform is a dead end, though asserting that Farage threatens Trump-like chaos is a start

Illustration of Donald Trump as the Pope arguing with another cardinal.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

ROGER BOYES Black pope would give Africa voice it deserves

a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is wearing a blue jacket

ALICE THOMSON Movie magic hides the darker side of Devon

a man in a white shirt smiles for the camera

MATTHEW PARRIS | NOTEBOOK Rishi Sunak takes the lead and woos voters in Durham

JAWAD IQBAL | THUNDERER It’s a scandal that GPs with poorest patients earn less

Business

Combo photo of Jerome Powell and Donald Trump.

Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Fed chief

Dollar and stocks rise after US president rows back on criticism of the Federal Reserve chairman and softens his stance on China tariffs

Economics

David Smith If it works, an industrial strategy will have been worth the wait

Louisa Clarence-Smith Is America’s Ivy League obsession finally coming to an end?

David Smith If it works, an industrial strategy will have been worth the wait

Louisa Clarence-Smith Is America’s Ivy League obsession finally coming to an end?

Sport

EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW

MIKE ATHERTON

Flintoff: I still get flashbacks but I’ve found comfort in dressing room again

Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff talks about recovering from Top Gear accident in 2022, and how Rob Key encouraged him to return to England cricket

Cricket

Leeds United players celebrating a goal.

COMMENT

MARTIN SAMUEL

Relegation clauses are killing hopes of promoted clubs

Football

Draper: Kind-hearted Sinner does not deserve hate

Tennis

COMMENT

MARTIN SAMUEL

Relegation clauses are killing hopes of promoted clubs

Football

Draper: Kind-hearted Sinner does not deserve hate

Tennis

Life & Style

Collage of three people modeling jackets.

A Del Boy blouson? Don’t mind if I do this spring

Vogue has decreed it’s the jacket of the season, but can Anna Murphy get over her Eighties TV hang-ups?

Fashion

a woman in a blue shirt smiles for the camera

Carol Midgley I don’t believe working from home encourages rampant lovemaking

Young boy in orange sweatshirt with cartoon creature design.

Flossie Saunders 10 things to buy now: beauty, accessories and more

Amal and George Clooney at the 2024 Albie Awards.

The Clooneys have never had a row. Really?

Sex & Relationships

REVIEW

GILES COREN

The Angel Inn review — this is the best pub roast, a perfect 10

Food & Drink

Justin Hawkins of The Darkness performing on stage.

INTERVIEW

A LIFE IN THE DAY

The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins: ‘I ended up in rehab at 31’

Music

Woman performing back exercises with dumbbells.

EXPLAINER

The best exercises for a toned back

Health & Fitness

The Clooneys have never had a row. Really?

Sex & Relationships

REVIEW

GILES COREN

The Angel Inn review — this is the best pub roast, a perfect 10

Food & Drink

INTERVIEW

A LIFE IN THE DAY

The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins: ‘I ended up in rehab at 31’

Music

EXPLAINER

The best exercises for a toned back

Health & Fitness

Carol Midgley I don’t believe working from home encourages rampant lovemaking

Flossie Saunders 10 things to buy now: beauty, accessories and more

Culture

Black and white photo of Joan Didion and John Dunne smiling during an interview.

REVIEW

MEMOIR

This new Joan Didion book should never have been published

Notes to John is a collection of the writer’s jottings about her sessions with a psychiatrist. She didn’t think them worth publishing when she was alive — and she wasn’t wrong

Books

The day I got scanned at Pinewood like Tom Cruise

Film

REVIEW

FICTION

‘Fictosexuality’ and artificial wombs — our dystopian future

Books

The day I got scanned at Pinewood like Tom Cruise

Film

REVIEW

FICTION

‘Fictosexuality’ and artificial wombs — our dystopian future

Books

Travel

Aerial view of Domaine de Primard Hotel and its gardens.

Catherine Deneuve’s former château near Paris is now an elegant hotel

Live the A-list dream at the newly converted Domaine de Primard, a rustic retreat with immaculate gardens, fragrant rooms, fine dining and a 25m heated outdoor pool

France