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Israeli authorities notify families of hostages to be released in coming hours; Israel to release three Palestinian women and 30 children, says Hamas

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Walkley Foundation announces several changes to its journalism awards following media consultation.

Will Europe’s biggest, campest party revive the “outsider city”? By Kate Mossman

What our new monarch thinks, and why it matters.

From online harms and mental health to missing lessons and vulnerable refugees, children in England are struggling.

In the UK and US, print circulations are in sharp decline. But what will we lose if they go?

China and Russia are united in an epic struggle against the West. Will the relationship last?

The spectre of a Chinese invasion misses the bigger picture

How do you mourn those killed in an “unjust” war? For years, the English town of Wootton Bassett showed the way.