Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace
While Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants We don’t often get to see senior civil ...
Pakistan acting as backchannel as US and Iran inch towards deal, experts say
Islamabad has reportedly switched to lower-profile role but believes peace can make progress without face-to-face meetingsPakistan is passing proposal...
CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay
Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levelsCEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pa...
Met police commissioner denies ‘intervening in politics’ after accusing Polanski of fueling tensions – UK politics live
The Green party leader reshared a post on social media that appeared to show officers kicking the suspect in the Golders Green attack in the headFull ...
UK house prices jump despite impact of Middle East conflict
Rise of 3% in April, the fastest annual pace in 11 months, leaves typical property worth £278,880, says NationwideBusiness live – latest updatesHouse ...
Watchdog weighs investigation into Farage’s undisclosed £5m donation
Electoral Commission reviewing whether Reform UK leader should have declared billionaire’s gift before entering parliamentAnalysis: Farage’s bid to ge...
Weather tracker: Tornadoes and giant hail in central US
Strongest tornado hits Mineral Wells, Texas, where disaster was declared. Elsewhere, extreme rain inundates ChinaSpring is the season for severe thund...
Heavy traffic expected as RAC predicts busiest bank holiday for motorists in years
Drivers seem undeterred by high fuel prices and gloomy weather forecasts, while engineering works spell delays for railway passengersDrivers have been...
Trump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain – Europe live
The US president said he would carry out of a review of US military presence in Europe after public criticism of the US-Israeli war on IranItaly and S...
NatWest faces £140m hit from Iran war as UK growth slows and inflation rises
Profits ahead of expectations but almost half of £283m impairment charge follows forecast reassessmentBusiness live – latest updatesNatWest said the e...
Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews
In today’s newsletter: The events in Golders Green this week are the latest in a line of attacks on the Jewish community that have led many to questio...
‘A profoundly distressing milestone’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW
There were 66 deaths in custody and police operations in 2025 – 18 more than the previous yearWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous ...
BAE faces £120m lawsuit over decision to scrap support for aid aircraft
EnComm Aviation says the firm’s action has cut off vital support for crisis-hit countries including South Sudan and the DRCBritain’s biggest weapons m...
Man charged with attempted murder in connection with Golders Green attack
Essa Suleiman charged after two men stabbed in north London, say police Essa Suleiman has been charged with attempted murder after two Jewish men wer...
Man who pocketed tiles from medieval priory as boy returns them 60 years later
Simon White comes clean after finding clay pieces in toffee tin, saying he took them as souvenir from Wenlock PrioryFragments of a priory’s medieval t...
Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK
Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say Women will be massively underrepresented on...
Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa, world’s largest fertiliser firm says
Yara CEO warns of global auction that would leave poorest countries scrambling for supplies they can ill affordThe Iran war could have “dramatic conse...
Danish treatment of Greenlandic mother may be ‘ethnic discrimination’, says UN
Exclusive: Letter sent to government about case of Inuit woman whose baby was removed after now-banned testThe United Nations has warned Denmark that ...
‘It ruined my night’: photographers accused of targeting women at St Andrews May Dip
Students taking part in university’s annual ritual say images of them in swimwear are being published without consent in national newspapersWhen the s...
Police say they will charge people with unrest in Alice Springs after arrest over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby
Five-year-old’s grandfather and senior Warlpiri elder appeals for calm, saying: ‘It is time now for sorry business’• Warning: This article contains re...
‘He’s probably good’: Donald Trump Jr gets muted endorsement from his father for The Apprentice reboot
Speculative reports say Amazon is considering relaunching the reality show once hosted by the US president, with his eldest son floated as a possible ...
Scientology ‘speed running’ trend has Hollywood abuzz and church unhappy
Religious group ‘reviewing all available remedies’ after clips of young people rushing its buildings in ‘raids’ go viralOn any given day, Los Angeles’...
Australian hiker missing in Nova Scotia national park not heard from for two weeks
Denise Ann Williams, 62, was last heard from on 15 AprilA search is continuing for a 62-year-old Australian woman who was reported missing on Tuesday ...
Fema employees who criticized Trump cuts reinstated after months on leave
Workers wrote ‘Katrina declaration’, warning that funding cuts made US dangerously unprepared for natural disastersFourteen employees with the US Fede...
MPs accuse South East Water leaders of incompetence over repeated outages
Parliamentary committee takes unusual step of declaring no confidence in executives at utility providerMPs have accused the leadership of South East W...
Gen Z leads birdwatching boom as more Britons reach for the binoculars
Birdwatching no longer niche, old-fashioned pastime, says RSPB as research shows 47% increase in hobby since 2018Birdwatching is the second fastest gr...
Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock
State pension was ‘built for a different era’, says former PM’s organisation amid pressure on government financesLabour has been urged by Tony Blair’s...
Martha’s rule may have saved more than 500 lives in England since 2024
Patient safety mechanism which gives patients the right to seek a second opinion having ‘lifesaving impact’, says health secretary‘I am invoking Marth...
Former Spandau Ballet singer jailed for 14 years for multiple rapes and sexual assaults
Ross Davidson, who sang with group in 2018, was convicted of offences committed against six womenMusician Ross Davidson, a former singer for Spandau B...
