Workers carved the largest modern Hindu temple in the west. Now, some have incurable lung disease

Workers allege abuse, visa fraud and medical neglect during the New Jersey temple’s construction – and say two died from lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust

‘If he’d stayed on the golf course, we’d be in a better place’: experts on Trump’s tariffs, one year on

Last April, the president unleashed a tidal wave of tariffs on ‘liberation day’. Analysts say the policy has failed, even by the Trump administration’s own terms

Secondhand clothes sales forecast to hit $289bn as AI helps shoppers find deals

Sites such as Vinted and ThredUp expected to help resale grow twice as fast as overall clothing market in coming years

Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it new Ofwat fines until 2030’

Offer reportedly put forward by creditors hoping to save struggling firm from being renationalised temporarily

Starmer calls on Reform to sack Simon Dudley after ‘everyone dies’ Grenfell comments

PM says Farage should ‘do the decent thing’, after new housing spokesperson’s criticism of safety regulations

Trump’s trade war put the UK on the back foot. His actual war may break us

The government looks ill prepared for the coming stagflation storm – its ‘keep calm and carry on’ approach won’t survive a blast of reality, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

‘Kids would rather be down the park’: readers reflect on child-free pubs

With public houses increasingly restricting or banning children, we asked for your thoughts on adult-only pubs

Larva lamped: Colin the Caterpillar loses to eight lookalikes in cake taste test

Which? testers complain M&S sponge is ‘too dry’ as Waitrose’s Cecil tops the tree with ‘best buy’ gong

Drive slower, work from home and ditch the tie: the world responds to Iran war energy crisis

Oil crisis triggered by blockade of strait of Hormuz prompts emergency measures to protect supply and halt rising prices

Chris Rokos: the camera-shy billionaire behind the biggest UK university donation in modern times

The 55-year-old is one of the most successful hedge fund managers of his generation

Polymarket and other prediction platforms driving oil market, traders say

Datafeeds from platforms being used to create algorithms that determine multimillion-dollar trades on global market

Starmer calls for ‘ambitious’ new UK-EU ties as Trump threatens to quit Nato

PM to focus on European defence and economic partnership for ‘dangerous world’, in pivot away from US

UK food inflation ‘could hit 9%’, trade body warns as Reeves meets retail chiefs

Discussion on how to ease impact from Iran war coincides with Food and Drink Federation almost tripling forecast

Starmer’s ‘five-point energy plan’ was not a plan

Two of the points were measures on energy bills from the autumn budget, another restated the existing energy strategy

UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages, Ryanair boss says

Michael O’Leary says UK’s reliance on Kuwait for jet fuel supply amid Iran war exposes it to possible shortages