Young Americans demand court halt Trump’s biggest rollbacks of pollution protections
Suit says administration is impinging on rights to life and liberty by worsening planet-warming and toxic pollutionEighteen American youth are demandi...
Sinkhole shuts down runway at New York LaGuardia airport
Officials say sinkhole discovered at about 11am as emergency crews rush to complete repairsA sinkhole was discovered at New York’s LaGuardia airport o...
Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran
Director of Armageddon and Transformers to team up with Universal Pictures for drama based on recent eventsMichael Bay is set to direct a military dra...
Canada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation
International student Rodiyat Alabede, 22, died due to a ‘perfect storm’ of lax safety protocols, advocates sayPatient advocates in Canada have called...
UK radio station apologises for accidentally announcing king’s death
Announcement made due to computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in EssexA radio station has apologised for “any distress caused” after acciden...
Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migrationAndy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’...
Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detaineesIsrael’s far-right national security minister, Itamar...
Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start
Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytellingNet migration down by three-qua...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the US and Israel’s unlikely choice to lead Iran
Populist former president’s falling-out with the Tehran regime allegedly drew him into a takeover plotUS and Israel hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Ir...
Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists probe, documents reveal
PM’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, among aides who were briefed on investigation into journalists writing about Labour TogetherKeir Starmer...
Aardvark calf born at Chester zoo is ‘doing brilliantly’ after bottle-feeding
Births of the mammals extremely rare in captivity, say keepers, with ‘Womble’ only the second calf born at ChesterInside a heated incubator at Chester...
Norwegian court blocks extradition to Greece of migrant rights activist
Case hailed as human rights victory as Tromsø court says Tommy Olsen’s actions are lawful and protected under international treatiesThe decision of a ...
Ian Cheshire says media regulator must address perception it has been complacent and slow on online safetyOfcom’s incoming chair has vowed to take on ...
US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it intensifies pressure
Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996The United States has issued a federal criminal indictmen...
Russian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near collision after flying close to RAF spy plane
UK government calls incident ‘unacceptable’ after Su-27 jet comes within six metres of unarmed spy plane over Black SeaA Russian jet flew within six m...
Former health minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill
Exclusive: Ashley Dalton said rejected amendments could have made bill stronger but it became a ‘pretty dangerous set of affairs’A former public healt...
British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut
Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan soon due to be repaidStaff at the British Council in Italy will go on ...
Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says
Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facilityIf you attach a GPS tracker to a “wid...
Bolivia rocked by continuing protests as US warns of ‘ongoing coup d’état’
Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week, shaking centre-right presidentProtests blocking roads across Bolivia and ...
Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades
Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in the fall of 2027Harvard faculty has voted to impose a...
Are Xi and Putin still ‘best friends’? – The Latest
Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin to Beijing with pomp and pageantry, just days after hosting Donald Trump. But as Russia’s war in Ukraine makes Mosc...
Keir Starmer described the agreement, worth double original estimates, as a ‘huge win’ for British businessesKeir Starmer has struck a trade deal with...
Asylum seeker has deportation ticket cancelled after attempting suicide
Eritrean man was due to be forcibly removed to France under ‘one in, one out’ schemeAn Eritrean asylum seeker who was due to be forcibly removed to Fr...
Tesla Cybertruck pulled from Texas lake after attempting ‘wade mode’
Police said the vehicle became disabled and took on water, prompting the driver and passengers to abandon it before calling for helpAuthorities in Tex...
Progressive Chris Rabb wins closely watched Democratic primary in Pennsylvania: ‘We are indomitable’
Tight primary victory in Philadelphia district bolsters Democrats’ left flank, seen as test of progressive momentumUS politics live – latest updatesCh...
Jeff Bezos defends Amazon’s controversial $40m Melania film as ‘a good business decision’
The Amazon founder has denied any personal involvement in the film, which failed to recoup its budget on releaseJeff Bezos has defended Amazon’s contr...
‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights
Top House Democrat calls out SEC schools for silenceCampaign comes as states move to redraw voter mapsHakeem Jeffries, the top US House Democrat, has ...
Three women found dead in sea off Brighton beach identified as sisters
Bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walter, 32, and Rebecca Walter, 31, from London, were recovered from sea last WednesdayThree women whose bodies ...
James Murdoch to acquire half of Vox Media in deal reportedly worth $300m
Deal is the biggest acquisition for Murdoch since family resolved dispute over future control of media holdingsJames Murdoch, second son of publishing...
Neo-Nazi group told by AEC it can’t become a political party while it hides identities of members
White Australia group says it does not want to ‘doxx’ members as it challenges designation as banned hate groupGet our breaking news email, free app o...