Republican calls for Senate investigation of Trump Jr wedding paid for by Russian oligarch
Putin ally helped cover cost of renting private island in the Bahamas for wedding of Trump Jr and Bettina AndersonUS politics live – latest updatesA R...
Suspect in ‘Putney pusher’ case was found dead after missing family meal, inquest hears
Brother-in-law went to check on Nicholas Brandram at his home and found him unresponsive, coroner saysThe man who was arrested on suspicion of being t...
Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over ‘incorrect assumption’
Brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, says ‘accuracy is important’ as he responds to broadcaster’s threat to sue over claims made in memoirEarl Spencer...
European drugmakers say they are ‘losing ground’ to US and Chinese rivals
Some of continent’s biggest pharma firms write to national leaders calling for action to safeguard their futuresSome of Europe’s biggest pharmaceutica...
Four people killed after ‘intense’ fire burns through house in Merseyside
One other person in hospital after fire crews respond to incident at home in BootleFour people have died after a fire ripped through a semi-detached h...
Gums, gingkos and a golden wych elm: voting for Victoria’s tree of the year
From Carlton to Castlemaine, the National Trust of Victoria competition aims to raise awareness about treesGet our breaking news email, free app or da...
Alex Antic’s rise in SA Liberals has coincided with a collapse in the party’s vote. Is there further to fall?
Election of rightwing senator – once called a ‘vote-losing machine’ – as state president in South Australia takes party further from the centreGet our...
Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation
The former UK deputy prime minister is a board member of the UK-based company and owns 917,000 sharesNick Clegg could make approximately $40m (£30m) ...
Mississippi grand jury decides not to charge anyone in death of Nolan Wells
Jury report says ‘no credible evidence’ points to criminal conduct related to death of Mississippi teen after boat outing with friends on 4 JulyA gran...
Amateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German field
The hoard, buried south of Cologne in the second century AD, is the biggest coin treasure ever found in Germany from the time of HadrianAn amateur arc...
Actress Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death confirmed as fentanyl overdose
South Carolina medical examiner says ‘no signs of trauma’ and ‘the manner of death has been ruled accident’Hayden Panettiere died from a fentanyl over...
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with two more offences
Westwood, 68, charged with indecently assaulting teenage girl in 1991 and sexually assaulting 18-year-old woman in 2004The former DJ Tim Westwood has ...
Could you be an ‘autumn spotter’? Public asked to track changing colours of trees in England
Forestry England invites people to help it create a record of when and how the season arrives across the countryThe reds and golds of autumn leaves ma...
‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with rape and drug offenses
The Massachusetts case is the latest in a series of legal woes for the influencer whose real name is Braden Eric PetersThe online influencer known as ...
Up to 169 killed in Yemen as Houthis battle for strategic Red Sea heights
Thousands flee fighting as Iran-aligned group seeks to consolidate territorial gains against Saudi-backed government forcesMiddle East live – latest u...
Court quashes 1976 convictions over link to corrupt London police officer
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emergedTwo men have had theft convictions quas...
British banks told not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins
MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West BankBritish banks and financial institutions are ...
Ed Davey promises £17bn income tax cut if Lib Dems are elected
Party leader tells conference growth created by rejoining EU single market and customs union would fund changeUK politics live – latest updatesEd Dave...
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same ageMotorists buying a secondhand car with a ...
Lib Dems quietly commission review into religious inclusion amid case brought by dropped candidate
Lord Newby is to chair the inquiry, commissioned in response to the discrimination case brought by David Campanale who is claiming £790,000 in damages...
Death of 27-year-old Presley Gerber being investigated as suspected overdose
Son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and entrepreneur Rande Gerber died at a rehabilitation facilityThe death on Sunday of Presley Gerber, the 27-year-old...
Wasp spider seen in north of England latest ‘climate refugee’ amid global heating
The Argiope bruennichi, spotted in Cheshire for first time, part of worrying trend that could threaten native speciesShe is an unlikely harbinger of t...
Kansas judge reportedly convicts driver in death of teacher whose husband was killed months prior
Ashleigh Boyd died in a car crash months after Adan Manzano, a TV reporter, was killed in Louisiana while preparing to cover the Super BowlA Kansas sc...
EU spends three times more on imports from China than bloc exports there
Study shows trade deficit ran at more than €1bn a day in July, days before Xi Jinping’s summit with Donald TrumpBusiness live – latest updatesConsumer...
George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain
Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI techUK politics live – latest updatesDatac...
Piers Morgan says he will sue Earl Spencer over ‘fabricated inaccuracies’
Broadcaster refutes memoir claim that he was behind alleged hidden-camera gym photos of Diana, Princess of WalesPiers Morgan has said he will sue Earl...
First Thing: News outlets suspend coverage of Trump in escalating media access row
President’s decision to ban three news organisations from White House prompts backlash from major US news outlets. Plus, an incredible new resource to...
Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of diseaseThe US Ce...
‘The choice was prison or exile’: journalists who fled Russia publish grim portrait of Putin
Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, who were forced to move abroad in 2021, tell of president capable of ‘limitless cruelty’At 6am on 29 June 2021, the R...
Trump set to address UNGA with Middle East and Ukraine on agenda – US politics live
President also due to hold meetings with 11 world leadersSign up for US Breaking News emailsHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trum...
