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“That’s simply another demonstrable facet of Moscow not understanding that it is in their interest to come to the table.” Sebastian Gorka DrG issues a warning to Putin after the Russian president no-showed Ukraine peace talks. Stig Abell | #TimesRadio

Poor choice of font from City. That'll be the full extent of my contribution #FACupFinal

Gold: a famously soft and expensive material

"It's annoying that we did raise these exact concerns at the time." Labour MP Cat Eccles tells Times Radio she and others urged the government to rethink its winter fuel cuts last year. "It's only now down the line, after we've had those local election results, that all of a

FYI: based on MOD figures provided to me as Defence Secretary ( so you might need to adjust for inflation and GDP deflator - 3% GDP on Defence (excluding £3bn 🇺🇦 funding) would mean we need to spend £98bn by 31/32. We spend £56.8bn now (ex. 🇺🇦)

Made it to air, chalking that up as a win #SpennyRevs

“They're just indiscriminately...ballistic missiles into these buildings…it's horrific. I just want to get out.” David Weitzmann, who travelled to Israel for Pride, says he’s “frightened” by Iran’s strikes on Tel Aviv and the British Embassy has been “useless”. Stig Abell

“Don’t text him anything you don’t want him to repeat.” US Senator Senator Chris Coons reacts to Trump’s Truth Social post, which disclosed a private message from Nato Chief Mark Rutte praising the president. Kate McCann | #TimesRadio | Stig Abell

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I am confident that the Japanese government has never received a communication quite like this from any world leader before.

what a time to be alive! (derogatory)

Times weekend read: Keir Starmer plans reshuffle and major rewiring of No 10 in bid to reassert authority after tumultuous first year * Starmer preparing reshuffle for Sept - expected to be mid-ranking ministers althought some in No 10 are pressing for a full-bore Cabinet

Today the president of the European Commission showed the media a slideshow about the new EU budget that added up to 101%.

BREAKING: Diane Abbott has again been suspended from the Labour Party, pending an investigation. It comes after the veteran MP defended her comments about racism that led to her year-long suspension.

Me at London flat viewings within my price range

omg we have a new prime minister

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Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.

“I don't want to be put into a camp of agreeing with Nigel Farage, although I do agree, it's quite absurd to sort of accuse him of siding with paedophiles.” Peter Kyle will “regret” comparing Nigel Farage to Jimmy Savile, says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Kate McCann