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Rory McIlroy gave supporters a scare at the 18th but a bogey was good enough to win |
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James Corrigan Golf Correspondent |
Rory McIlroy joined one of golf’s most exclusive clubs last night when he became only the fourth man to successfully defend a Masters title.
It may not have been the rollercoaster scenes of last year, but at one stage it looked destined to come down to the same two men: McIlroy and Justin Rose, the Englishman.
Rose, three times an Augusta runner-up, was two ahead, but he wobbled at Amen Corner and it cost him.
This was McIlroy’s Masters Sunday, however, even if getting there had not been straightforward.
McIlroy did not enjoy anything like the perfect preparation having mistakenly changed irons at the start of the year before being forced to switch back and then came a back injury.
He used his three weeks off before the Masters well, flying up to Augusta from his Florida home on his private jet.
He worked so hard on his short game and this was the area that made the difference as his usually impeccable driving went alarmingly awry.
Rory McIlroy with his parents, Gerry and Rosie, wife Erica and their daughter Poppy. McIlroy’s mother and father missed last year's win, so this year was especially sweet for the family |
Having led by six shots at the halfway stage, many thought he had one arm in the Green Jacket, but the Northern Irishman had to settle for a share of the lead going into the final day as the pack gathered momentum behind him.
The chasers would not relent. First Rose and then Scottie Scheffler, whose late charge heaped pressure on McIlroy.
Last year’s champion held his nerve, and inside Butler Cabin, McIlroy said: “I cannot believe I waited 17 years to get one Green Jacket and now I get two in a row.”
McIlroy’s sixth major title has cemented his status as an all-time golfing great.
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JD Vance (right) reveals the failure of the US and Iran to reach a peace deal |
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Connor Stringer Chief Washington Correspondent |
In the vast corridors of an Islamabad convention centre, the world’s press shuffled between buffets and coffee stations as they waited for history to be made.
For 21 hours, American and Iranian delegates remained in marathon talks, straining for a breakthrough that could end Iran’s nuclear programme and conclude the 43-day conflict.
It never came. By the time the journalists had begun filing their takes for the Sunday papers, the American team had boarded their flight out of Pakistan with nothing to show but a two-week ceasefire that looked set to collapse.
“The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America,” JD Vance, the vice-president, announced moments earlier, visibly tired and unhappy, before returning to Washington.
Progress had been good. However, the vice-president quickly found himself in a deadlock with the same sticking points that had brought Iran to war on Feb 28.
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Banners manifesting Islamabad’s optimism about brokering a peace deal were soon stripped down |
Tehran refused to budge on the Strait of Hormuz and giving up its nuclear program while nearly 400kg of highly enriched uranium remained unaccounted for.
So, with no deal in sight, Donald Trump announced that the US would launch a naval blockade, shutting down the strait on his terms. All the while, a delicate ceasefire hangs in the balance.
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Starmer refuses to join Trump’s Hormuz blockade ➤
The strategic deadlock now facing Trump and Iran ➤ |
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Cate Blanchett in a Lanvin dress at the Olivier Awards 2026. She was nominated for her leading role in The Seagull. |
A top political journalist spoke to presidents Trump, Biden and Obama to reveal candid insights from their private meetings with Elizabeth II |
As Washington bureau chief for the news outlet USA Today, Susan Page has reported on seven White House administrations, 11 presidential elections and interviewed the last 10 presidents. For her new book, Page spoke directly to presidents Trump, Obama, Biden and Clinton. In an exclusive extract, we reveal new and previously unreported anecdotes of their time with Queen Elizabeth II, including an account of comments made by the late monarch about Harry and Meghan stepping back from royal duties. “I think she was stunned by what was happening, actually. She couldn’t believe it in real time,” Donald Trump told Page.
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Hungarians turned out in record numbers to end Viktor Orbán’s premiership |
It was nothing less than a democratic earthquake in Hungary’s hugely consequential election. Pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orban crashed to a landslide defeat at the hands of challenger Peter Magyar, who has vowed to repair relations with the EU and Nato. It brings an end to 16 years of authoritarian rule by the hard-Right darling of MAGA conservatives who prided himself on being a thorn in the EU – and Ukraine’s – side. “My friends you have worked a miracle,” Magyar told his delirious supporters in Budapest, where the Telegraph was on the ground. Continue reading ➤ |
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Al Carns, the Armed Forces minister, says surrendering sovereignty of RAF Akrotiri to Cyprus is ‘out of the question’ |
After war broke out in the Middle East, Cyprus’s president announced plans to renegotiate the future of Britain’s “colonial” bases, writes Joe Barnes, our Brussels Correspondent. Despite being some 200 miles away, Iran and its proxies launched ballistic missiles and drones in the island’s direction. I spoke to Al Carns, Britain’s Armed Forces minister, in Cyprus, where he insisted that surrendering sovereignty over Akrotiri and Dhekelia was out of the question. Continue reading ➤ |
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Before the five-month renovation, the catacombs received 2,000 visits per day |
Paris’s sprawling catacombs have reopened after a €5.5m refurbishment designed to protect the bones of six million dead and transform the visitor experience. Henry Samuel, our Paris Correspondent, explores what has changed beneath the capital, from new lighting and air systems to the enduring draw for “cataphiles” of the forbidden tunnels beyond the reach of law-abiding tourists. Continue reading ➤ |
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We like to think of Britain as a serious maritime power. The reality is rather less reassuring, writes Matt Oliver, our Industry Editor. Russian submarines are probing our waters, the Middle East is pulling Western navies back into conflict, yet the Royal Navy is struggling to put enough ships to sea to respond. This is the consequence of decades of drift. Fewer ships, ageing vessels and delayed replacements have left ministers juggling impossible trade-offs. When the next crisis comes, the question is no longer whether Britain will act – but whether it still can. Continue reading ➤ |
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The woodland gardens at Greencombe, with moss-lined paths and flowering shrubs |
Spring is when gardens feel most alive, writes Thomas Rutter, and in this piece, I wanted to capture that sense of movement and renewal at its most vivid. From the subtropical tangle of Heligan to the measured calm of Rousham, these are places where the season truly announces itself. Some are grand, others quietly atmospheric, but all reward a visit right now. If you’re planning a trip, this is where spring is unfolding at its best. Continue reading ➤ Below is one more article that I hope will improve your day:
- Supermarket shelves are filled with kefirs, shots and kombuchas boasting microbiome-boosting claims, but do any deliver on their promises? Charlotte Lytton explains which ones are worth buying.
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Matt Pritchett Cartoon |
Hello. I’m back from my Easter break and you’ve got a couple of punters at Aintree to caption. Best of luck, and may the best man or woman win!
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Book wormsEvery weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
My daughter is now properly interested in books, that is, she wants to follow the stories rather than find out what the pages taste like, and it’s a wonderful thing to see. For my part, I now have stronger views on, say, the respective merits of Kathleen Hale (a better illustrator than writer) and Rod Campbell (pioneering in his use of flaps, if a tad lazy on the plot front) than I do about the new Patrick Radden Keefe.
Still, like most people my age, I’m prone to casting my own reading aside because I think my phone may have vibrated. When I saw the warning from Frank Cotterell-Boyce, the Children’s Laureate, about the decline in reading for pleasure among young children, I felt sure that I could be setting a better example.
Telegraph readers, meanwhile, have been sharing their tips for instilling the habit. Jenny Whitebread wrote: “Last week, I came up with an idea for improving my five-year-old grandson’s slowly developing reading skills. My suggestion was that he reads simple books to his 11-week-old brother. So far, this has been a success, although his parents find his enthusiastic approach somewhat challenging, as he wakes the baby when he feels the time is right for a story. This has its own disadvantages.”
Mary Mullineux added: “During Covid, we read to our two grandchildren, aged six and five, every day for an hour via Zoom. This meant we had delightful daily contact with them, and their parents got a well-earned break. We were able to introduce them to the delights of many old favourites with wonderful illustrations, including Tim and Ginger by Edward Ardizzone, and Gumdrop, The Adventures of a Vintage Car by Val Biro. Today they read voraciously.”
This brought back memories for Charles Oliver: “The books Mary Mullineux mentioned – Tim and Ginger by Edward Ardizzone, and Gumdrop, The Adventures of a Vintage Car by Val Biro – are very familiar to us. We also read what would now probably be considered politically incorrect stories, like the terrific The Bear at the Huntsmen’s Ball by Peter Hacks, with all its references to hunting and a bear who drinks too much beer.”
My daughter is a big fan of bears at the moment, though in her books they tend to be doing very wholesome things, like baking cakes. Perhaps it’s time for her to learn that they aren’t always angels. What are the best books to get children reading? Send your responses here and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter.
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