Kyle Busch, two-time Nascar champion, dies aged 41
Nascar says it is ‘heartbroken’ to share news of Busch’s death after he was hospitalized with a severe illnessTwo-time Nascar Cup Series champion Kyle...
News live: Australian flotilla activists released by Israel arrive in Istanbul and claim they were denied food and water
Eleven Australians were among pro-Palestine activists detained by Israel from the Global Sumud flotilla. Follow today’s news liveAll of the activists ...
David Lammy chairs first meeting of board set up to improve diversity among judiciary
Exclusive: Move to establish board comes after criticism that Lammy’s plan to slash jury trials will lead to increase in racial and class biasDavid La...
Trump says he will ‘try and make’ son’s wedding, but timing is ‘not good’ for him
‘I have a thing called Iran, and other things,’ says president as he considers invitation to Donald Trump Jr’s nuptialsGet Me to the Church on Time, s...
Feral horse numbers surge in Kosciuszko national park after pause in aerial culling, survey shows
Conservationists say population rebound demands rethink of retention zones that allow thousands of the animals to remain in the parkGet our breaking n...
Lupita Nyong’o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: ‘Our cast is representative of the world’
The Oscar-winning actor’s role in the mythical drama has been attacked by Elon Musk and others on the far right Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o has...
Protests at new US consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland
Prime minister says he will boycott opening, as protesters hold signs saying ‘stop USA’ and shout ‘go home’ outside consulateHundreds of people protes...
Democrats seize on Trump support for Spencer Pratt in LA mayor’s race
President says reality star a ‘big Maga person’ but backing may prove more hindrance than help in deep-blue bastionDonald Trump’s endorsement is typic...
Designs for 250-ft arch in Washington approved by panel of Trump appointees
Approval marks key step forward for project dubbed ‘Arc de Trump’, which will be near Arlington National CemeteryThe Commission of Fine Arts on Thursd...
Domestic abuse law fails to recognise danger of tech abuse, Lords committee told
Policy adviser Jen Reed says tech-facilitated abuse has become ‘increasingly prevalent’ and calls for its inclusion in Domestic Abuse ActThe Domestic ...
Boys convicted of rape get non-custodial sentences as judge says they should not be criminalised unnecessarily
Boys physically overpowered and then filmed attacks on teenage victims in separate incidents in HampshireThree teenage boys convicted of knife-point r...
Single sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC
Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court rulingSingle sex toilets and ch...
Italian police stop party attended by Mick Jagger over music ban
Music is banned on Wednesdays on island of Stromboli where Rolling Stones frontman was celebrating wrapping a filmPolice on an Italian island stopped ...
Senior civil servants to get bonuses for first time to reward ‘doers, not talkers’
Senior staff will get 2.5% pay rise with bonuses for highest performers in plan to ‘rewire’ civil serviceSenior civil servants will get bonuses for ex...
US supreme court dismisses Alabama’s bid to execute intellectually disabled man
Court throws out state’s challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penaltyThe US supreme court on Thursday...
Met Palantir row gets to heart of how public services should use AI
The UK’s largest police force says Palantir is the only company that can supply what it needs. Is that worth the increasing controversy that comes wit...
Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals
Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bindThe Labour party has seemed to inhabit thre...
US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website
DHS issued ‘Bolo’ for Ben Palmer, whose videos of calls with members of the public who thought they were reporting immigrants went viralThe Department...
Ebola: US ban on travellers from DRC, Uganda or South Sudan ‘not the solution’
Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global healthA US travel ban for people...
Jeffrey Epstein assistant fiercely denies she was an accomplice and claims he abused her
Sarah Kellen told lawmakers that convicted sex offender ‘sexually and psychologically abused me … and gaslit me’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
Diplomat who abruptly left Washington embassy was honoured by the king
Charles conferred LVO after his US visit on James Roscoe who had been standing in for Peter MandelsonA top diplomat who abruptly left his post at the ...
Tui ends sponsorship of Married at First Sight after sexual misconduct allegations
Travel firm exits partnership after Panorama revealed allegations by three women against on-screen husbandsThe travel operator Tui has ended its spons...
Virginia judge dismisses charges against assistant principal in teacher shooting case
Ebony Parker was accused of ignoring warnings about six-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in 2023Sign up for the Breaking News US newslett...
Assisted dying bill could return after ballot of private members’ bills
One of two MPs who came in top five of vote could be persuaded to take on Kim Leadbeater’s bill in the Commons Assisted dying campaigners have a narro...
New weight-loss shot appears to outperform other obesity drugs on market
Eli Lilly says participants in a sizable trial of retatrutide lost much more weight compared to other weight-loss drugsA new weight-loss drug has help...
TUC leader ‘angry’ at state of Labour but says it can recover to win next election
Exclusive: Paul Nowak recognises frustration with Keir Starmer’s government but urges party not to be fatalisticThe UK’s most powerful union leader ha...
OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem
Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoningOpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after i...
Former head of Minnesota nonprofit gets nearly 42-year prison sentence for fraud
Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children during the pandemicSign up for the Breaking News US n...
Five arrested after police investigate alleged electoral fraud in Tameside
Greater Manchester police made the arrests after concerns over several independent candidates in May’s local electionFive people have been arrested as...
Nervy time for Havana neighbours of top officials as fears of US attack grow
Cubans express outrage at US charges against Raúl Castro but view military strikes as serious possibilityA new question in being asked in Havana as pe...