T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record
Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South DakotaA vast, fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex...
US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid
Rapper paid JM Burkman & Associates $600,000 to push for president’s pardon but firm says no partial refund promisedLouisiana rapper Boosie Badazz is ...
E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m owed by Trump after court releases damages
Funds released from escrow account after Trump’s efforts to block sexual abuse and defamation award failA Manhattan federal court has released more th...
Young Germans opting out of military service as Berlin strives to boost army
Almost 6,000 people apply to be excluded on moral or religious grounds despite ‘conscription lite’ policy The number of young men applying to be consc...
Kash Patel gave his Australian counterpart a 3D replica gun as a gift. It was destroyed within months
Documents show the FBI director’s gift was ‘displayed proudly’ by the AFP before new commissioner ordered it be destroyedGet our breaking news email, ...
David Penman wasn’t happy with his local Victorian council. So, he privately prosecuted five councillors
Legal action by the Daylesford small business owner has forced councillors to stand down – leaving only two able to serveGet our breaking news email, ...
UK man admits 32 sexual offences against allegedly drugged or sleeping partner
Defendant pleads guilty to crimes over the course of 12 years, some of which also involved ‘a person unknown’A man has been told he faces a possible l...
‘Catastrophic failure’: UK Covid families welcome inquiry findings on PPE
Campaigners feel vindicated by some of report’s conclusions but are unconvinced by its verdict on VIP laneIn the slightly incongruous setting of south...
New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters
Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order enacting a moratorium on the large, resource-intensive AI facilitiesNew York became the first US state...
Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030
Campaigners criticise C of E for failing to show moral leadership as one of country’s biggest landownersThe Church of England has voted against plans ...
Politically engaged – but ‘very much’ worried about buying a home: study reveals young Australians’ anxieties
Growing Up in Australia report shows gen Z are more anxious about housing affordability than climate change or following a chosen career pathGet our b...
Coalition and One Nation’s plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds
GenCost report contradicts parties’ claims about abandoning emissions target, and finds nuclear would be most expensive way to generate powerFollow ou...
Man in his 70s dies after being injured by cattle on Norfolk estate
Police investigate incident on parkland near 17th-century National Trust country house popular with walkersA man in his 70s has died after being injur...
Spanish PM’s brother banned from public office after misconduct trial
Conviction over hiring by socialist-led council is one of a series of corruption claims facing Pedro Sánchez’s familyThe brother of Spain’s prime mini...
ICE identifies man agents fatally shot in Maine as Joan Sebastian Guerrero
Witnesses and officials have offered differing accounts of the shooting as questions remainThe man killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
US House committee advances bill to make daylight saving time permanent
Bid to end clock-changing has bipartisan support, including the backing of Trump and some Democratic cosponsorsA bill to end the practice of changing ...
British man injured during running of the bulls festival in Pamplona
86-year-old from West Midlands taken to hospital after eight-day event in which 57 people were injured An 86-year-old British man is among 57 people i...
UK to continue sending potential trafficking victims to France despite court ruling
Court ruled last week against policy to reduce protections for asylum seekers facing removal under one in, one out schemeThe Home Office is set to ign...
Bastille Day celebrations in France tempered by fear of more wildfires
Firework displays cancelled as Paris military parade asserts ‘France’s rearmament .. and Europe’s strategic awakening’Europe live – latest updatesEmma...
Inflation cools to 3.5% in June in relief brought by brief US-Iran deal
Recent strikes have sent oil prices climbing again, with average gas price per gallon up by 70 cents on last yearInflation cooled to an annual rate of...
Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment
PM to declare Australia the first country worldwide to bring economic, social, security and environmental issues from AI under single office in major ...
New US Ebola patient arrives in Germany for treatment
Aid worker flown to Berlin as Trump administration bars Americans from traveling to US on commercial flightsA US national who contracted Ebola in the ...
Woman charged with aggravated arson over moorland fire in Greater Manchester
Shania Care-Slede, 20, arrested over incident at Dovestone reservoir on Saturday in which fireworks were launchedA woman has been charged with arson i...
‘If we die, we die together’: wife of Ryanair passenger almost sucked through window speaks
Svetlana Grković says she grabbed her husband’s legs while was ‘outside up to his chest’ for two minutesRyanair passenger almost sucked out of window ...
Trump ballroom donor to lead state department’s $200m Armenia fund
Konstantin Sokolov, who gave undisclosed sum and has not held government job before, to chair Tripp+ trade project Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born ...
US preventive services taskforce’s members have not issued binding recommendations since March 2025The health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s overhaul...
Tories deny purge as Lord Barwell hits back after losing party whip
Former minister says decision suggests ‘intolerance of criticism’ but source says it was for problems with conductThe Conservatives have denied they a...
Iran targets Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation as US strikes continue
US hits targets in port cities of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas while Iran attacks two tankers in strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesT...
Oil price jumps as US-Iran clashes raise odds of interest rate rises
Stock markets fall as analysts price in two quarter-point UK rate rises by the end of the yearBusiness live – latest updatesOil and gas prices have ju...
BBC faces ‘real jeopardy’ as licence fee payments fall faster than expected
Director general, Matt Brittin, says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000The number of people paying the ...
