| | Smoke rises over Tehran following Israel’s attack | Israel has launched a “pre-emptive strike” on Iran.
Defence minister Israel Katz has declared a state of emergency across Israel as explosions erupted in Tehran in the past hour.
The announcement was made as thick smoke rose from the centre of Iran’s capital.
Iranian media reports that several missiles have hit the Republic area of the Iranian capital where the office of the Iranian president, the centre of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards leadership and the Supreme National Security Council are located.
Sirens sounded across Israel at the same time. Follow the latest in our live blog ➤ | | The Home Secretary was on a two-day visit to Denmark where she saw how the Danes were dealing with illegal migration |  | Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor | Just a day before the Greens pulled off their by-election coup this week, Shabana Mahmood spent 36 hours on a fact-finding visit to see how Denmark’s social democrat government turned immigration into a vote-winning issue.
Next week, the Home Secretary will use the lessons she learned there to argue why Labour must not shift to the Left in response to the sudden surge in support for the Greens, as some senior union and Labour figures are demanding.
In a major speech to a progressive think tank, she will say Labour must push ahead with its tough curbs on migration despite the Green Party’s stunning victory in Gorton and Denton.
She will warn that Labour’s future as a political party is in jeopardy unless it introduces radical Danish-style reforms to restore public confidence in the “broken” asylum system.
In a major intervention, she will argue that her migration plans are entirely consistent with Labour values and offer a “centrist” path to counter the “fairy tale” of the Greens’ open borders and the “nightmare” of Nigel Farage’s closed alternative.
She will start the process next week of legislating for the reforms which will dramatically reduce the rights of refugees, force them to earn their chance to stay permanently in the UK and quadruple the time they have to wait before they can settle.
Her aim is to emulate Denmark’s social democrats who brought asylum claims down to a 40-year low, successfully seeing off electoral threats from the far Right and the Left with a radical overhaul of migration.
The Left in the party are uneasy with 30 to 40 Labour MPs already publicly declared opponents to aspects of the plans. They are also unlikely to produce quick returns despite Ms Mahmood’s reputation as a “woman in a hurry”.
It leaves the Labour Left free to pressure for a shift in policy and plot in anticipation of the bloodbath that Sir Keir Starmer is expected to face in the May elections.
Read the full story here ➤ | | Charles Moore The Greens and Reform are poised to smash the complacent duopoly at the heart of British politics For subscribers only ➤ Camilla Tominey The Left would rather appease Islamists than stand up for women Continue reading ➤ Jonathan Sumption The Koran-burning judgment gives hope for free speech Continue reading ➤ | | To make sure you don’t miss our newsletters when they land in your inbox, click here. | | Some of the children The Telegraph spoke to were abandoned at the start of the conflict and have suffered damage to their hearing since | | After four years of war, The Telegraph has spoken to 51 children in three regions across Ukraine about the physical and psychological trauma they’ve faced. We have heard stories of children self-harming, having night terrors, bedwetting and suffering emotional outbursts and complete withdrawal. Read the chilling dispatch here. Continue reading ➤ | | | Historian David Starkey pulls no punches when assessing the modern House of Windsor. While he dismisses Prince Andrew as an “individual of no merit”, he also warns that William and Catherine simply “turning up in the rain” in wellingtons will not save the institution. Condemning the monarchy’s descent into a “meaningless mish-mash” of modern buzzwords, the 81-year-old argues the Crown’s very survival now demands a radical constitutional shock comparable to 1689... Continue reading ➤ | | | At her Berkshire cottage, Lorraine Kelly with her mother, Anne, daughter, Rosie, and granddaughter, Billie | | Spanning four generations and over 80 years, the Kelly family has amassed a great deal of knowledge on motherhood and the immense pressure women face today. They speak to writer Jack Rear about why birth rates in the UK continue to plummet, the vital role of “village” parenting and whether women truly can “have it all” in 2026. Continue reading ➤ | | | David Alexander says he was given no explanation for the swift, seemingly arbitrary account closure | | Last week I joined the legions of British people being debanked, writes David Alexander. With just two hours’ notice, my bank shut my account with no explanation. I didn’t understand what I had done wrong; certainly nothing contravening the bank’s regulations. It’s an experience that has affected millions of others. Overzealous banks are hell-bent on avoiding payouts at the expense of ordinary people’s lives. Continue reading ➤ | |  | | The demographics in the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton are typical of East Devon | | Walk into a café in East Devon and you might find a self-service blood pressure sleeve nestled next to the smoothies. By 2047, more than two-thirds of households here will be led by someone over 65, making this coastal town the canary in the coal mine for Britain’s demographic time bomb. From calls to “bring back the bungalow” to the necessity of Dutch-style dementia villages, this ageing community reveals the drastic adaptations the rest of the nation could soon face.
We’re always working to ensure a Telegraph subscription is a worthwhile investment, and this piece is part of that effort. If you haven’t joined us yet, click through and subscribe. Continue reading ➤ | | | | | “Food is the biggest cause of disease and it’s [also] the biggest cure,” says American longevity expert Dr Mark Hyman. The author of 15 best-selling books on health, diet and longevity does not hold back. He expounds the benefits of “functional medicine” and wants us to rely less on pills and more on “the kind of thing our grandparents ate” to heal our hearts, fatty livers and even depression and anxiety. Continue reading ➤ | | Taking stock | A Moroccan-inspired combination of tender tomatoes with charred fennel and a herby, citrus dressing |  | Diana Henry The Telegraph’s award-winning cookery writer | Restaurants and pubs are finding it harder than ever to turn a profit – and margins have always been slim. They’re wasting nothing. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always done a fridge clear-out at least once a week, and taken stock of the cupboards too. Last weekend threw up parsley, carrots, celery, a large bulb of fennel, new potatoes, half a squash and plum tomatoes. Quite a haul. So, I made cold weather soupe au pistou.
I nearly always have dates, dried fruit, lentils and nuts (remember nuts have to be checked regularly, as old walnuts go rancid) so this lentil, carrot and date salad with mint and harissa was possible, but I used parsley instead of mint. | This lentil, carrot and date salad with mint and harissa is healthy, light and packed with texture and flavour | Fennel is often used as soon as I buy it, so I was thrilled to find a whole large head at the back of my fridge. I know it’s not summer yet – and I usually make this in the warmer months – but this salad of roast tomatoes and fennel with preserved lemon, served with roast chicken thighs sprinkled with cayenne, lifted the whole weekend. | This glorious dessert stars fresh fruit, cream and home-made meringue | Two mangoes in one of the vegetable drawers (I’d forgotten about them) meant an unexpected weekend pudding, though I had to nip to M&S for one of those sachets of passion fruit they do, and double cream to make this mango and passionfruit mess with basil and pistachios. I always have meringue nests, so I only had to cut the mangoes and whip the cream (I just left the basil out). I felt so resourceful. This is the kind of cooking I love.
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Happy cooking! | Andrew Baker’s Saturday Quiz |
Gather round for the latest instalment of my Saturday quiz. - An influential philosopher was born at his family’s estate in France on this day in 1533. He is celebrated for his essays and the question: “What do I know?” Who was he?
- The second largest city in France has around one-sixth of the population of Paris. What is it?
- Who delivers a regular address entitled Urbi et Orbi – “to the city and the world”?
- The golden orb that is part of the royal regalia of the United Kingdom was first used at the coronation of which monarch?
- The monarch butterfly is said to have been named after William III on account of its colour – a shade associated with that royal figure. Which colour?
You can find the answers at the end of the newsletter. | | Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including PlusWord, Sorted, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.
Yesterday’s Panagram was HOBGOBLIN. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle. | | Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor
P.S. Please send me your thoughts on this newsletter. You can email me here. | Quiz answers: - Michel de Montaigne
- Marseille
- The Pope
- Charles II
- Orange
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