Wednesday February 18 2026
The Times & The Sunday Times
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‘Buried bodies’ and celebrity guests: inquiry into Epstein ranch

New Mexico politicians look into claims the paedophile strangled girls during sex and had their corpses concealed

Transgender father kills son and ex-wife at school ice hockey game
Transgender father kills son and ex-wife at school ice hockey game

The suspect Robert Dorgan, who also used the name Roberta, divorced his wife five years ago after changing gender

Iran holds military drills during nuclear talks with US

Show of strength in the Strait of Hormuz as sentiment grows in Washington that the Trump administration is serious about hitting the regime hard

Middle East
Illustration of a catfishing scam with a man and money flying into a phone.
Inside ‘pig-butchering’: the most insidious scam on the internet

One victim reveals how she was fleeced for $26,000 by a stranger who pretended to love her: ‘He knew how not to suffocate me, but move things fast’

High angle view of Lower East Side Manhattan Downtown, New York City, USA at sunset.
Europeans ‘cancelling holidays because of Trump’

The head of the US tourist board blames the president as the number of international arrivals falls

Hamit Coskun, wearing a gray blazer and white shirt, arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice.
Hamit Coskun, wearing a gray blazer and white shirt, arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice.
Burning the Quran is disorder, CPS insists in Trump ‘asylum’ case

Hamit Coskun’s conviction for a religiously aggravated offence was quashed on appeal but is back in the High Court. The US is taking an interest

High angle view of Lower East Side Manhattan Downtown, New York City, USA at sunset.
Europeans ‘cancelling holidays because of Trump’

The head of the US tourist board blames the president as the number of international arrivals falls

Hamit Coskun, wearing a gray blazer and white shirt, arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice.
Hamit Coskun, wearing a gray blazer and white shirt, arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice.
Burning the Quran is disorder, CPS insists in Trump ‘asylum’ case

Hamit Coskun’s conviction for a religiously aggravated offence was quashed on appeal but is back in the High Court. The US is taking an interest

ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case

With the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother now in its third week, the authorities have publicly announced very little progress

Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case

With the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother now in its third week, the authorities have publicly announced very little progress

Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick

Gunboat diplomacy isn’t enough, but the US must deal with an intransigent Revolutionary Guard

US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin

As peace talks with Russia begin in Geneva, Ukraine’s president says his people would never forgive him for a deal surrendering the Donbas

Russia-Ukraine war
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother Nancy Guthrie smiling on the set of the Today Show.
ANALYSIS
The nine unanswered questions in the Nancy Guthrie case
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Rescue ski team members walk through deep snow near a building covered in snow.
Ten skiers missing after avalanche in California
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones and daughter Victoria Jones posing together.
Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter died of accidental overdose
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
ROGER BOYES
Trump needs to show Iran a carrot and stick
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Zelensky says it’s unfair Trump is pressing him more than Putin
Russia-Ukraine war
Coco Gauff speaking to the media on Day One of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Gauff: People should not be dying on streets of America just for existing

World No4 is a proud to be American but says ‘you don’t have to represent the entire values of what’s going on in the leadership’ after ICE shootings

Tennis
Coco Gauff speaking to the media on Day One of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Gauff: People should not be dying on streets of America just for existing
Tennis
Mortal combat and penguin dives — the Sony World Photography Awards

UK

Collage of five headshots of politicians and the Reform UK logo.
ANALYSIS
Reform’s top team: ‘competent and capable’ or Tory 2.0?

Farage says he needs people with Whitehall experience, which his ex-Conservative defectors have, yet some fear this will contaminate the brand

POLITICAL SKETCH | TOM PECK
Nigel’s superheroes pretend they’re not shadows of real thing
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World

Collage of a headshot of Vladimir Putin, a headshot of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and an illustration of a historical scene with a religious figure and kneeling soldiers.
INTERVIEW
Russia dirty tricks ‘pave the way for attack on Baltics’

The Belarusian opposition leader claims Russia and Belarus are promoting a fringe historical theory that could be used to justify a future invasion

Business

Life & Style

EXTRACT
Gisèle Pelicot: how I faced my 51 abusers in court
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Culture

REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
This Giselle shows that the Royal Ballet’s stars get better with age
Theatre & Dance

Health & Fitness

Travel

Sennen Beach in Cornwall, England, with a small town and pier along the coast.
Cold dips, windswept walks… Cornwall is gorgeous out of season

A new cottage near Newlyn makes a lovely base from which to soak up the beauty of the county in winter, says James Stewart

A person skiing down a snowy slope at Les Marecottes ski station in the Swiss Alps, with snow-covered trees and mountains in the background.
Avalanches in the Alps: what you need to know for your ski holiday
Cruising the Red Sea is one of the best things to do in Hurghada
How to make the most of this winter sun hotspot
The Fife Arms, one of the best hotels in the Highlands
Raw beauty and moody escapism: the Highland hotels to leave your heart in
The UK Border sign at Heathrow Airport's passport control and visa area
EXPLAINER
What the new UK passport rules mean for dual nationals
A green rowboat on the shore of a lake, with modern lake houses reflected in the water.
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a luxury break in the Cotswolds worth up to £3,500 at the Lakes by YOO
Collage of a man in a green jacket and a panoramic view of a city marina with skyscrapers and boats.
INTERVIEW
MY HOLS
Ben Shephard: ‘I know why people fall in love with Dubai’
The Fife Arms, one of the best hotels in the Highlands
Raw beauty and moody escapism: the Highland hotels to leave your heart in
The UK Border sign at Heathrow Airport's passport control and visa area
EXPLAINER
What the new UK passport rules mean for dual nationals
A green rowboat on the shore of a lake, with modern lake houses reflected in the water.
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a luxury break in the Cotswolds worth up to £3,500 at the Lakes by YOO
Collage of a man in a green jacket and a panoramic view of a city marina with skyscrapers and boats.
INTERVIEW
MY HOLS
Ben Shephard: ‘I know why people fall in love with Dubai’
A person skiing down a snowy slope at Les Marecottes ski station in the Swiss Alps, with snow-covered trees and mountains in the background.
Avalanches in the Alps: what you need to know for your ski holiday
Cruising the Red Sea is one of the best things to do in Hurghada
How to make the most of this winter sun hotspot
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Royals

English Premier League

Luxury

A Flexjet Praetor 600 in flight over the ocean.
NEW
The private jet companies that millionaires have on speed dial

Hiring a plane is gaining ground on owning one

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Tech

KPMG Offices street entrance with foyer in background.
KPMG partner fined £5,000 for using AI to cheat on AI test
Apple and Google pledge to overhaul ‘unfair’ app store rules
Who are the biggest losers from this week’s tech sell-off?

Science

Illustration of a brain made of interconnected lines with an AI chip inside, next to a Sudoku puzzle with a pencil.
Can you solve the first expert-approved Sudoku set by AI?
Decades of medical insight unlocked as UK Biobank gets GP records
Nasa has no way to stop city-killer asteroids: ‘It keeps me up at night’

Environment

An avalanche descending a snow-covered mountain towards a ski resort full of skiers.
Third British skier dies in France as avalanches rock Alps
One in nine new homes built in flood-prone areas, warns insurer
Bats cast shadow over Blanchett’s garden lights in Cornwall

Obituaries

Professor Tom Cannon of Stirling University.
Professor Tom Cannon, Times Good University Guide writer
Rev Jesse Jackson, civil rights campaigner, dies aged 84
Peter Unwin, distinguished diplomat and writer

Tech

KPMG Offices street entrance with foyer in background.
KPMG partner fined £5,000 for using AI to cheat on AI test
Apple and Google pledge to overhaul ‘unfair’ app store rules
Who are the biggest losers from this week’s tech sell-off?

Science

Illustration of a brain made of interconnected lines with an AI chip inside, next to a Sudoku puzzle with a pencil.
Can you solve the first expert-approved Sudoku set by AI?
Decades of medical insight unlocked as UK Biobank gets GP records
Nasa has no way to stop city-killer asteroids: ‘It keeps me up at night’

Environment

An avalanche descending a snow-covered mountain towards a ski resort full of skiers.
Third British skier dies in France as avalanches rock Alps
One in nine new homes built in flood-prone areas, warns insurer
Bats cast shadow over Blanchett’s garden lights in Cornwall

Obituaries

Professor Tom Cannon of Stirling University.
Professor Tom Cannon, Times Good University Guide writer
Rev Jesse Jackson, civil rights campaigner, dies aged 84
Peter Unwin, distinguished diplomat and writer

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