🔺 EXCLUSIVE: How did a secret mission in Syria lead to a crisis within Britain’s special forces? Insight, The Sunday Times investigations team, can reveal the full story behind an SAS operation in Syria in 2022 — and its aftermath thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…

Inside the North Atlantic’s strategic choke points and the race to defend vital connections thetimes.com/video/originals…

The Labour politician was watched until 1960 despite no evidence he aided the Soviet Union, newly released files from the National Archives show thetimes.com/uk/history/arti…

More than 1,200 NHS patients will join a study to find whether existing medicines can slow the disease and speed up access to treatment thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

Nursing students are twice as likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds and most will never fully repay their student loan balance thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

Some reports said the Pentagon was pulling American troops from military bases in the Middle East, including in Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait thetimes.com/us/news-today/a…

Embracing politicians who brand Zionism racist reveals how far Scottish nationalism is willing to compromise for its independence cause thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…

‘Wolf boy of Sierra Morena’ who claimed he spent 12 years living in the mountains of southern Spain after his father sold him to a farmer dies aged 80 thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/a…

Those convicted of murder or manslaughter may be confined to their cells or be denied social visits if they won’t attend their sentencing thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…

The chancellor insists he is ‘just Labour’ but on a trip to Scotland to hail gas drilling at Jackdaw he sounds more like a Yorkshire cousin of Gordon Gekko thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

How we exposed Mexico’s sex-trafficking scandal and made them take notice Five months ago, The Sunday Times revealed how Tenancingo’s trafficking networks, where men and boys groom and entrap women and girls as young as 11 into the sex industry, had flourished while officials looked the other way. After our first report, in which we interviewed a pimp and a corrupt police officer, officials from the governor’s office held a press conference at which they claimed there were only “two grams of journalism” in our article. Tlaxcala’s governor, Lorena Cuéllar, a close ally of Sheinbaum, had insisted that the problem was under control. This month the state authorities conceded that trafficking was a problem and told me six cases were open. The spokesman for the governor of Tlaxcala said: “The position of this government and of the state’s leader has been clear and consistent: to recognise the problem in order to combat it. Denying its existence would mean abandoning the victims and renouncing the institutional responsibility that falls to the state. That has not been, and will not be, the stance of this administration.” They also said they had “no knowledge of the municipal president of Tenancingo having any formal complaints against him or having been convicted of any crime”, adding that “in Mexico, municipalities are an autonomous level of government”. This month we returned. We interviewed survivors of trafficking, unearthed court documents showing a link between the mayor of Tenancingo and a human-trafficking case and put our findings directly to President Sheinbaum. 🔗 Tap the link to read the full story: thetimes.com/video/news-vide…

Today, on episode eight of the Trial of Russell Brand podcast, Woman 5 was cross-examined. She alleges the sexual act she had with Brand was not consensual, but the defence suggested it was. Russell Brand denies all allegations. 🔗 Follow or subscribe to never miss an episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1P5…

Declan Rice to the rescue as Arsenal earn deserved draw with Bayern Munich thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Como 4 Manchester United 1: Premier League side produce shocking defensive display in Champions League to leave Michael Carrick on brink of sack thetimes.com/sport/football/…

The Speaker’s fury at Miatta Fahnbulleh’s failure to announce new North Sea gas licences in the House fell on deaf ears thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

The billionaire bid for a painting by the artist because it reminded her of the film Clueless, but forgot to check the dimensions. It’s now hanging in her loo thetimes.com/culture/tv-radi…

The owner of the jewellery shop Koumal in Lyon posted CCTV footage of her shop showing rioters pouring in and stealing stock, as protests continue to sweep across France. 🗣️ "Three years ago, I reunited with [our son] in front of the shop we had spent so much time preparing—time that kept us away from him. I never imagined that one day he would see us weeping as we looked at images of its destruction. How can we explain to him that others have destroyed the very thing for which we sometimes have to be away from him?" 🔗 Tap the link to read more: thetimes.com/world/europe/ar…

Whoever is behind a string of deepfakes bringing paranoia to Putin is doing us all a favour thetimes.com/comment/columni…

Manchester United thumped by Como before Arsenal travel to Bayern Munich, Aston Villa host Viking and Real Madrid welcome RB Leipzig thetimes.com/sport/football/…

England great likely to continue with media work and Tailenders podcast, as well as other business ventures and has not ruled out going into coaching thetimes.com/sport/cricket/a…

Hackers could seize control of online stores and steal passwords after the discovery of a critical vulnerability in programming thetimes.com/uk/technology-u…