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Sky agrees £1.6bn ITV deal as UK broadcasters take on streaming rivals

Acquisition to hand owner Comcast control of group reaching 21mn British households

Event in Tehran expected to be centrepiece of one of the regime’s largest public displays of support

The Russian leader may want to escalate his war — but that is harder than it sounds

UK has given in to pharma industry lobbying but some EU member states promise to stand firm

Uniformly excellent singing helped to unlock a knotty work at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Governing body lifted a one-match ban given to US striker Folarin Balogun after a phone call from Donald Trump

Puzzle: spot White’s winning move

Paul Preston’s scholarly biography reveals the Spanish royal’s ethical flaws in the context of his monumental achievements

At the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Francesco Filidei adapts Michela Murgia’s 2009 novel about mercy killing into an atmospheric production

Stars are using their long careers to transcend what happens on the court or the pitch

Exploring the OPEC of memory

Also in today’s newsletter: China launches a ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean and England defeat World Cup co-hosts Mexico

Zelenskyy pleads with allies to provide Patriot interceptors to defend Ukraine

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