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‘Bra doping’ at the women’s Tour de FranceUnder the Radar Practice known as ‘chest fairing’ can reduce drag and save crucial seconds
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Will Andy Burnham call an early election?Today's Big Question The ‘strategic logic’ behind a snap vote ‘seems unassailable if the polls continue to trend up’
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How close are we to World War Three?In Depth ‘Opinions range widely’, from nuclear weapons meaning there can be no Third World War ‘to the conviction that it has already begun’
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The deepening chip rout downwards as stocks take a diveIn The Spotlight Shares in chipmakers globally have plunged, prompting fresh doubts about the AI trade
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Rogue AI: a step closer to doomsday?In The Spotlight New hacking attack revealed to be an OpenAI AI agent test ‘gone badly wrong’
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An epic run in the African bushThe Week Recommends Plus ancient and new attractions on Lewis, and inspiring design in the Arizona desert
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The Bayeux Tapestry: more than a work of artIn Depth Nearly 1,000 years old, evocative, rich and ambiguous, the Bayeux Tapestry will soon be on show in the British Museum
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Prisoner releases: a dilemma for Andy BurnhamTalking Point A number of victims of crimes including rape and child sex abuse have been informed that their attackers were to be freed earlier than anticipated
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Sun, sea and sophistication on the Costa BravaThe Week Recommends The ‘British holiday favourite’ has had a ‘vibe shift’ with a wave of stylish new restaurants, hotels, and attractions
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Quiz of The Week: 25 – 31 JulyQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Do we need another Ali G movie?Podcast Plus, is Palantir’s NHS work actually doing any good? And is the AI singularity already here?
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Julia Samuel shares books that changed how she understands griefThe Week Recommends The psychotherapist shares works by Joan Didion, Kathryn Mannix and Mary-Frances O’Connor
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Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam – a weird but ‘compelling’ exhibitionRoyal Academy show sensitively revisits the work of the troubled artist who spent 42 years in an asylum
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The Cherry Orchard: Kenneth Branagh takes centre stage in ‘star-studded’ productionTalking Point Laura Wade’s staging looks ‘beguiling’ but fails to mine the play’s ‘heartbreaking depth’
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On the Sea: a ‘yearningly tender’ filmThe Week Recommends Helen Walsh’s ‘sensitively portrayed’ tale of forbidden gay love
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Ask E. Jean: a ‘solid, unshowy’ portrait of the woman who stood up to TrumpThe Week Recommends Documentary profile of the journalist who took on ‘one of the most powerful men in the world – twice’
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A Sudden Flicker of Light: a ‘rhapsodic celebration’ of cinemaThe Week Recommends David Thomson’s history of the movies from ‘Psycho’ to ‘Pretty Woman’
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Who will replace Andy Burnham as Manchester mayor?The Explainer Despite early predictions of a close battle with Reform, Labour on course to win first electoral test for new PM
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The actors fighting the Paramount-Warner Bros mergerIn the Spotlight Hollywood stars on both sides of the Atlantic unite to warn of media consolidation and harm to public interest
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Is Fifa selling football’s soul?Today's Big Question Plans to sell stake in World Cup to private investors ‘crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross’
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How ‘fire clouds’ are making wildfires deadlierThe Explainer Increasingly common in North America and Australia, pyrocumulonimbus are causing havoc in parts of Europe for the first time
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‘Painted-lady summer’: Britain’s butterfly boomThe Explainer ‘Miracle’ combination of weather patterns brings spectacular migratory butterfly to UK en masse
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Will Andy Burnham be the PM to fix social care?Today's Big Question After 22 failed reforms in 30 years, former health secretary faces huge funding challenge
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The glittering treasures of ancient KoreaThe Week Recommends Explore the historic town of Gyeongju, once the capital of the Silla kingdom
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