Between the lines

Health officials call for mandatory mask-wearing and Covid passports as UK cases rise

Leaks are clearly discouraging tax avoiders, but more needs to be done to fight financial crime

Constitutional tribunal rules that bloc’s laws are incompatible with national government

Royal’s lawyers given access to sealed deal – but insiders say ‘there is no Prince Andrew clause’

US murder rate jumped by almost 30% in 2020, shattering record for largest ever annual increase

Narendra Modi facing calls from Joe Biden to provide much-needed jabs to developing countries

Conservatives hit by five-point slump as Keir Starmer takes first lead since January

New Unite union boss Sharon Graham has promised to make every UK workplace ‘action ready’ and vowed to take on Amazon

China’s Communist Party targets Hangzhou chief over links with business

Public in favour of greater clean energy investment and limits on flying

Beijing blasts US intervention in Afghanistan as officials meet to signal warming ties

Critics suggest Laura Kuenssberg grilling backfired for former No. 10 adviser

Levelling up won’t make rich areas poorer, says PM – but his Conservative critics are unconvinced

Former president spoke to journalist while ‘seething with resentment’ at White House exit

Commons committee claim ‘white privilege’ contributing to ‘systemic neglect’ of white working-class pupils

New study finds that vaccine chaos and other failures in coronavirus response have eroded public trust

Former PM faces grilling by MPs on two Commons committees today

Area of rainforest equivalent in size to Isle of Man destroyed in April alone

The EU’s proposed new export rules could affect vaccine supply to the UK

Queen strikes ‘conciliatory’ tone - but leaves open questions over alleged racism