Activist wins 10-year fight against homophobic Trinidad and Tobago laws
Jason Jones welcomes decision by privy council in London to overturn 2025 ruling that outlawed anal sexA gay man has won a historic 10-year battle aga...
Britain willing to discuss paying into EU to join electricity market, says minister
Hamish Falconer says UK has ‘not accepted principle’ of linking electricity trade to ‘cohesion fund’ but two sides will discuss issueBritain is willin...
UK social media ban expansion for under-16s could cover YouTube Kids
Regulations under consideration could affect up to 150 platforms, including LegoPlay, Spotify and eBay, sources sayA substantial expansion of the soci...
Russian naval aggression prompts new defensive initiative with ‘beer-drinking nations’
New alliance with the Netherlands and Baltic and Nordic countries comes in response to 41% increase in Russian naval activity around UKRussian naval a...
Texas man charged with murder of woman aboard MSC cruise ship
Jason Leon Watford said he ‘snapped’ after verbal dispute with the woman, before allegedly killing her in a cabinA passenger of a Texas-based cruise s...
Merz accused of ‘blackmail’ by Slovakian PM after demand for Ukraine aid in EU budget
German chancellor has signalled he will block budget with no aid deal, complaining that burden is ‘carried mostly by only a few member states’Friedric...
Michigan sports parent allegedly defecates in rival high school’s corridor: ‘definitely a first’
The suspect, tracked down from surveillance video, claims to have had a medical emergencyAn apparently sports-mad parent from a Michigan high school h...
Anthropic targets valuation of up to $1.4tn in stock market flotation
Claude chatbot developer had been reported to be aiming for $2tn IPO on Wall Street before investors cooled on AIAnthropic is seeking a valuation of u...
People in deprived areas of England more than ‘twice as likely’ to die prematurely
Early death risk for men and women in most deprived areas 2.3 times higher than those more affluent, study showsPeople living in the most deprived are...
Haitian boy, 8, detained by ICE is now unaccounted for, lawmaker says
Juan Vargas, a congressman, says he’s working to reunite the third-grader with loved onesRelatives of an eight-year-old Haitian boy who was taken into...
Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities
Seven-time F1 world champion tours border area and logistics warehouses operated by Egyptian Red CrescentLewis Hamilton has visited Egypt’s Rafah bord...
New statue in DC mocks Trump for ‘dodging’ Vietnam war draft over bone spurs
Gilded statue titled The Foot Soldier was installed on the National Mall just two days before Veterans DayA new statue mocking Donald Trump was instal...
Jimmy Carter’s Georgia farm to open to the public: ‘This land shaped him and his legacy’
Conservation group acquires former US president’s family farm with plans to transfer it to the state in 2028Jimmy Carter’s family farm has been acquir...
Multiple women allege David Walliams abused his power and position as a celebrity to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were young women, an i...
The vaccine limbo in the US is worsening the measles outbreak
Earlier doses for children, a focus on unvaccinated adults, a risk strategy based on geography – here’s how a functioning ACIP would address the measl...
UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts
Sea Lion project in the North Falkland basin threatens to deepen sovereignty disputeArgentina has told an international tribunal that Britain’s approv...
Historic ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reef
The SS United States will sink off Florida coast to become an artificial reef, ending long-running wrangle over its fateFinal preparations were under ...
Exclusive: Ellen Sandell says Labor’s decision not to back progressives in key inner-seat could hand power to right-wing coalition in close electionGe...
US inflation rose 0.4% in October as price increases cooled and gas costs dipped
New data comes after Republicans’ midterms losses – which were largely seen as a rebuke of the party over high pricesUS inflation rose 0.4% from Septe...
Hegseth calls Republican’s bid to impeach him a ‘stunt’ by critics of Trump
Thomas Massie has accused US defense secretary of illegally waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powersPete Hegseth has dism...
Tech’s biggest names sunk a tax on billionaires’ wealth with $425m and a familiar playbook
California saw the most expensive opposition campaign in its history as funding of political campaigns broke records in the US midtermsIn the hours af...
Investigators recover voice recorder from Florida jet crash that killed nine people
If data from device is recovered, it could give crucial details about what pilots said as they lost control of aircraftInvestigators said Monday they ...
White supremacist Nick Fuentes linked to college Republican group, records show
Computer records reveal College Republican Patriot Coalition’s web domain in account registered to Fuentes-managed companyA college Republican coaliti...
Pharma firms’ focus on weight-loss drugs could put insulin supply at risk, experts warn
GLP-1 products such as Ozempic and Mounjaro spread but many in poorer countries struggle to get basic diabetes treatmentThe gold rush into GLP-1 weigh...
US and rest of world must follow China’s lead on green energy, says John Kerry
Former US secretary of state says most nations are ‘stumbling along’ while Beijing has ‘hugely accelerated’Cop31 live – latest updatesChina is leading...
‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex
Comedian and former Britain’s Got Talent judge alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the workplace o...
Revealed: David Walliams accused of using celebrity status to prey on young women for sex
Guardian reports accusations after court rejects legal attempt to prevent publication. Walliams denies any wrongdoingRead the full investigation: ‘It ...
Oil price relief as Trump declares US war on Iran ‘ending fairly soon’ | First Thing
Speaking in the White House, the president said the US remained ‘locked and loaded’ but escalation was not needed. Plus how Grand Theft Auto became a ...
Pete Hegseth to hold news briefing as he faces possible impeachment – US politics live
Anti-Trump Republican Thomas Massie pursuing measures against defense secretary as Iran war blamed for party’s sweeping midterm lossesRepublican Thoma...
Brand barrister’s cross-examination of victims shocking and depressing, says Labour deputy
Lucy Powell says she thought ‘we’d gone past that sort of culture’, and that she regrets setting up Miliband interview with comedian in 2015Russell Br...
