Power outages and flooded roads as major storm bears down on US north-east
Thousands already without without power as New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware and New York brace for nor’easterMore than 70,000 customers were withou...
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwideNew research has identified at least ...
Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference
Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rulesAngela Rayner has stood by her criticism of Ho...
Venezuelan shot by ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shootingThe Venezuelan man shot by federal...
Green shoots? Burnham cultivates rural links in attempt to ‘build back trust’ with farmers
Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after relations were soured by the tax changes introduced under Keir Stamer ...
UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian human rights violations
Human rights council names and shames businesses with ties to illegal Israeli settlements in West BankThe UN human rights office has added 61 more com...
Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources
Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resalesThe go...
We followed five people in Gaza from dawn to dusk – this is what the headlines don’t tell us
Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hea...
Thomas Jefferson letter goes on the market – containing a prescient warning for Trump today
Third US president wrote in 1787 about importance of peace, paying off debt and supporting agricultureA remarkably prescient letter written by Thomas ...
Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz
Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midtermsIran is awaiting an official US response to...
Severely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn says
Alan Milburn said 16- to 24-year-olds with most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot workYoung people whose complex disabilities ...
Three-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers
Only 26% of PHEVs sold across top 20 models can use chargers with power of 50kW or more, analysis findsThree-quarters of the 20 top-selling plug-in hy...
Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggestBrazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Rare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m
Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctionedDavid Hockney adored h...
‘I felt shame’: former BA worker locked in legal battle after losing job of 30 years
Cabin crew worker was among thousands of staff laid off during pandemic in what MPs called a ‘national disgrace’During a 30-year career as a member of...
‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans stray from the scriptDonald Trump stood before the United ...
Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell
The deputy leader wants the party to take advantage of a split on the right and not be embarrassed to show its valuesLabour must “reunite the progress...
Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests
New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devicesDrones could help cut the time it takes to...
Files could have seismic consequences for online casinos, including those accused of illegally targeting consumersThe secrets of thousands of online c...
The tricky tests awaiting Andy Burnham after Labour conference
From a difficult economic landscape to decisions on oil and gas drilling, welfare spending and the Chagos Islands, we look at what’s on the horizonAnd...
Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares
Despite guidance keeping mobile phones out of England’s schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an appSchoolchildren who do not own smartpho...
‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacks
Outgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the d...
TikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement
Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful contentTikTok has ag...
British climber, 28, dies in fall in northern Spain
Mountaineer’s body recovered about 20 metres below the summit of Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa rangeA British man has died aft...
White House blocks CNN from Air Force One in latest escalation with news media
Outlet had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, network said FridayThe White House has blocked CNN from t...
Trump cancels nearly $1bn in funding approved by Congress
President using rare power to revoke expenditure with bipartisan approval to aid immigrant servicesDonald Trump is canceling nearly $1bn in spending a...
Free the Strip! Melburnians fight back against outlawing of much-loved picnic spot
A council ban on drinking on the median strip in Canning Street, Carlton, sparks a peaceful protest featuring punch bowls, chips and laughterGet our b...
Two people arrested in New York City for allegedly climbing out of manhole
Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron were booked after reports of ‘mole people’ emerging from sewers across cityTwo people have been arrested for allege...
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
Disclosure reveals new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agent...
Supreme court blocks Trump-backed Missouri congressional map from use in midterms
Court puts end to long-running legal dispute as it rules Republican-friendly map cannot be used in NovemberThe supreme court on Friday turned away an ...
