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Boris Johnson

Pressure on PM to throw light on ‘secret’ meeting over partygate report
The exact nature of the talks between Boris Johnson and senior civil servant Sue Gray remain unclear.

Players warm up for the Latimer Veterans Friendly at the Grenfell Memorial Cup

Football as healing force for bereaved Grenfell families

Rescue workers run for cover as earth movers dig through rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Ramban district, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Friday May 20 2022

Nine more bodies found in Kashmir tunnel collapse – taking toll to 10

Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Cabinet minister meets with top Democrat amid Northern Ireland tensions

The stand that collapsed

Three taken to hospital after stands collapse at Trooping the Colour rehearsal

AFC South London player Theo Cox (left), tackles during a match against Westbourne United at the Grenfell Memorial Cup

Grenfell Memorial Cup ‘more important’ than winning Baftas – Big Zuu

Tornado Michigan

Second death reported after rare tornado strikes Michigan

Grenfell Tower families ‘enraged’ by Government plan to retain ‘stay put’ policy

Anthony Albanese

Australian election: Albanese set to take power as Morrison concedes defeat

Gazprom headquarters

Russia hits back at Finland by halting all gas exports

Citizens cast their votes at a polling booth in Sydney, Australia

PM Scott Morrison concedes defeat in Australian election

Citizens cast their votes at a polling booth in Sydney, Australia

Opposition Labour Party on course for victory in Australian election

Crisis talks to prevent empty supermarket shelves amid fears of railway strike

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee at the House of Commons, London, on the subject of The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Dorries’ claim that Channel 4 reality show used paid actors ‘unfounded’

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Iain Duncan Smith calls for benefits to be boosted in line with inflation

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One

Biden signs £32bn Ukraine assistance Bill during Asia trip

Two trucks overturned after a storm in Paderborn, Germany

German storm generated three tornadoes, says weather service

Ukrainian ambassador to Poland Andrii Deshchytsia speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland

Poles need EU funds as they help Ukrainians, ambassador says

A woman applies an oestrogen patch for hormone replacement therapy

More HRT swaps allowed as minister says supply issues will ease in June

US President Joe Biden listens to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speak during a news conference at the People’s House inside the Ministry of National Defence in Seoul

US and South Korea to consider expanded military drills amid North Korea concern

Jim Finn holds his eight-month-old daughter Allegra as he casts his vote at a polling booth in Sydney, Australia

Australians vote to determine conservative government future

Russia Ukraine Mariupol

Russian forces ‘take full control of Mariupol steel plant’

Monkeypox scars

Monkeypox could have ‘massive impact’ on sexual health services, doctor warns

US President Joe Biden visits Seoul National Cemetery in Seoul

Joe Biden and South Korea consult on how to deal with North Korea

The Boeing Starliner approaching the International Space Station

Boeing docks crew capsule to space station for first time

A collection of British newspapers

What the papers say – May 21

Damage is seen at a home after a tornado came through the area in Gaylord, Michigan

Rare northern Michigan tornado kills one person and injures more than 40

People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Brighton, sparked by the death of George Floyd, who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in the US city of Minneapolis.

Police leaders to commit to being ‘institutionally anti-racist’

Liz Truss to meet with top Democrat as Northern Ireland Protocol row heats up

A man looking stressed

Payouts for bereavement, illness and injury claims reach £18.6m per day

Enrique Owens, a cousin of Roberta Drury, wears a T-shirt with her photograph on it before her funeral service on Saturday May 21 2022 (Lauren Petracca/AP)

Youngest of 10 Buffalo shooting victims is laid to rest

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meeting the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his wife, Olena, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London

Royal family ‘providing accommodation to Ukrainian refugee families’

Anthony Albanese

Johnson congratulates Australian prime minister-elect

Crowds look at the floral tributes after a minute’s silence in St Ann’s Square, Manchester, to remember the victims of the terror attack in 2017

Manchester Arena attack: Bereaved stepfather shocked by mental health aftercare

Pharmacists given greater freedoms to choose alternative HRT products

Pharmacists given greater freedoms to choose alternative HRT products

Anthony Albanese

Scott Morrison’s conservative government toppled in Australia

An order of service for the funeral of Martyn Hett, who was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing

Coronation Street: Martyn Hett and Arena victims ‘always in our thoughts’

Hundreds of grocery items more than 20% pricier over last two years – Which?

Aimee Osbourne Studio Fire

Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimee escapes deadly Hollywood fire

Truss wants Moldova ‘equipped to Nato standard’ to guard against Russia

Germany Weather

Dozens injured after tornado smashes into German city

Downing Street partygate

PM pressed to ‘urgently explain’ meeting with Sue Gray over partygate report

British mountaineer Kenton Cool with his family

British climber back home after record-breaking 16th Everest summit

France Cannes 2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Red Carpet

Woman strips off in Cannes red carpet protest

Nicola Sturgeon and Michelle O'Neill

Sturgeon: Brexit underlined ‘democratic deficit’ in UK

Downing Street partygate

Around 30 people warned over contents of Sue Gray partygate report

Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid-19

Damaged cables at Carstairs

Damaged cables spark delays on cross-border train services

Stuart finishes Croxford Challenge

Veteran amputee completes 2,000km charity cycle across the UK

Ards and North Down Mayor Mark Brooks and Melissa Doherty

Residents tell of pride over Bangor’s city status award to mark Platinum Jubilee

Ava White funeral

Two boys with Ava White on night of killing had ‘Rambo-style knife’, court hears

Micheal Martin: Legacy proposals a ‘get out of jail’ card for ex-fighters

‘No pacts’ with Labour to beat Tories in upcoming by-elections, say Lib Dems

Cop26 – Glasgow

Boris Johnson says it is ‘magnifique’ father Stanley has French citizenship