Good evening. Christian Horner has been cleared of wrongdoing following allegations of inappropriate behaviour by a female colleague.

       Red Bull chief cleared of allegations of inappropriate behaviour

       Red Bull’s parent company in Austria said that it was satisfied that their investigation was “fair, rigorous and impartial”. The Red Bull team principal is due to land in Bahrain on Wednesday evening and will be in the paddock on Thursday ahead of the opening race of the season on Saturday.

       Our first duty is to protect Britain, Penny Mordaunt tells Chancellor

       Penny Mordaunt has told Jeremy Hunt that the Government’s “first duty” is to protect Britain, amid a backlash over the lack of extra funding for the Ministry of Defence in the Budget.

       Prince Harry to appeal police protection ruling

       Prince Harry will seek to appeal a High Court ruling over his right to automatic police protection in the UK after his claim was dismissed by a judge. The Duke of Sussex is preparing to take his case to the Court of Appeal after it was rejected by Sir Peter Lane in a written ruling on Tuesday.

       Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

       Foreign | Pope Francis was hospitalised with flu after his weekly audience at the Vatican.

       Post Office scandal | Rishi Sunak refuses to back Post Office boss Nick Read after it emerged he tried to double pay

       Business | Churchill owner targeted in ￡3.1bn Belgian takeover bid

       Crime | Murder investigation launched 10 days after dog walker found shot dead in Perthshire

       Royals | Prince and Princess Michael of Kent keep calm and carry on after death of Tom Kingston

       Election | Six graphs showing how Reform UK could be kingmakers at the election

       Comment and analysis

       Allison Pearson | A new sport is upon us – competing over whose bit of Britain is most broken

       Sam Bidwell | It’s no wonder Britain’s young want a dictatorship

       Antony Beevor | Putin has repeated Stalin’s mistakes

       Madeline Grant | The Tories have one shot at fixing our housing crisis

       Telegraph readers | ‘Lee Anderson speaks for everyone who loves England’

       World news: Hamas fires ‘Soviet rockets’ at Israel from southern Lebanon

       The military wing of Palestinian group Hamas said it fired a volley of rockets towards northern Israel from south Lebanon.

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       Business news: Drivers don’t want electric cars, Aston Martin admits

       Aston Martin has delayed the launch of its first electric car as the luxury marque’s chairman admitted that drivers still want “the sports car smell, feel and noise” of a petrol engine.

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       Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines

       Oliver Brown | ‘Rugby’s eligibility laws have gone too far – nationality no longer matters’

       Stoke City FC | Inside team’s slide to Championship trapdoor

       Tennis | Saudia Arabia’s PIF announces multi-million dollar ATP deal

       Football | Michael Edwards wants more control at Liverpool before considering shock return

       Rugby | World Rugby defends smart mouthguards amid rising criticism

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