Drugmaker Merck announces approval of new cholesterol-fighting drug
Lipfendra can be taken in conjunction with or an alternative to statins, the most prescribed medication in the USSign up for the Breaking News US news...
UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’
Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean...
Keir Starmer makes Sadiq Khan a peer in the House of Lords
Appointment by outgoing prime minister, potentially opens door for London mayor to join Burnham cabinetSadiq Khan has been given a peerage by Keir Sta...
Zelenskyy defends sacking Ukraine’s defence minister Mykhailo Federov
President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leadersEurope live – latest updates...
Nearly one in five World Cup matches reached heat levels players’ union warns against
Guardian analysis finds 19% of games reached heat levels warranting delays, as Fifa defends its player safeguardsThe climate crisis has come for footb...
Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco
Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years agoGet our breaking news email, free app or...
‘We are waiting with bated breath’: Super El Niño forecast could make 2027 hottest year on record, BoM says
Most Australian capital cities have at least 80% chance of unusually warm and dry spring as climatologists watch developing system with increasing ala...
Target of Monaco bomb blames attack on Ukrainian spy agency
Vadym Iermolaiev says military intelligence officers were behind assassination attempt that seriously wounded his wife and childEurope live – latest u...
Air quality plummets in 20 states as smoke from Canadian wildfires spreads across the US
Millions of Americans face air quality alerts from Minnesota to New York as authorities urge people to stay indoorsSign up for the Breaking News US ne...
Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England
Analysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer treesPrivate school grounds in Englan...
Burnham too influenced by ‘vested interests’ to offer change, Polanski says
Exclusive: Green party launches pushback against idea that next PM will have more left-leaning agenda than StarmerAndy Burnham is “too in hock to vest...
How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions
Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do listUK politics live – latest updatesWil...
Trump’s Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme
Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli electionsThe Gaza recovery plan be...
Hal Williams, actor best known for Sanford and Son and 227, dies at 91
The actor, who also appeared in The Waltons and Private Benjamin, died at his home in CaliforniaHal Williams, actor best known for TV roles in Sanford...
Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government
JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a babyTeenagers should be offered a vaccine...
UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers
Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard AgencyUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have U-turned on plans...
MI5 lied about relations with neo-Nazi informant, watchdog says
Review of case criticises handling of agent X, who exploited role with agency to violently threaten his girlfriendMI5 has been reprimanded by a watch...
Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from a life of crime
Wives and children offered new identities to try to stop gangsters recruiting down the generationsChildren and young adults raised in mafia families w...
US gas prices edge up again as US-Iran tensions heighten over strait of Hormuz
Diesel tops $5 a gallon as regular gas reaches almost $4, nearly a dollar and a quarter more than a year agoMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesTh...
Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner
Spokesperson says islands ‘definitely’ belong to the UK‘PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain’Keir Starmer supports the idea of Fi...
Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him
Roger Rogoff’s was selected by panel of judges for top prosecutor job after interim US attorney’s term endedUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Tr...
How Trump’s ‘original oil guy’ boosted US-Israel ties and played down risks of Iran war
Fracking billionaire Harold Hamm is co-chair of a non-profit that has aggressively pushed for US energy dominanceTycoon Harold Hamm is one of the US’s...
US intensifies attacks on Iran as Tehran hits back at Gulf states
Sixth day of fighting threatens to turn into all-out war and casts serious doubt on peace deal struck last month• Chaos and confusion bring US no clos...
Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged
Country begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to rise in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Con...
Democrats allege Trump administration stalled US-Canada bridge opening as a favor to billionaire donor
Delay seen as move to protect interests of Matthew Moroun, the owner of nearby Ambassador Bridge and a Trump donorThe Trump administration for months ...
‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home
Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiativesCritics say the Trump ...
‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39mThe teenage hacke...
First Thing: US attacks tanker in continuing Iran conflict as Tehran releases US citizen
US renews blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran attacks sites in Bahrain and Kuwait. Plus, legendary director John Waters on 60 years of screen carnag...
Trump to meet Darline Graham at the White House today – US politics live
President will meet new Republican senator who has taken over the seat following the death of her brother Lindsey GrahamSign up for the Breaking News ...
Uber to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero in $14.8bn global deal
Uber will offer taxi services and food delivery in 58 markets after deal completes, up from 34Business live – latest updatesUber has reached an agreem...
