Global stocks plunge amid AI slowdown fears after Democrats’ midterm triumph
Sell-off on Wall Street followed by sharp fall in Asian and European markets, with FTSE down 1.5%Business live – latest updatesEuropean stock markets ...
Employers to be forced to put salaries on job ads, Andy Burnham announces
Workers’ rights campaigners say measure will help young people and women in particular achieve more equal payBusiness live – latest updatesEmployers w...
Met police chief urges potential victims of Russell Brand to come forward
Mark Rowley says he would not be surprised if many more people emerged with allegations against convicted rapistThe head of Scotland Yard has called f...
Death a ‘distinct possibility’ in collision running and face-slapping competitions, inquiry hears
Impacts in emerging contact sports are akin to coward punches and cannot be made safer with regulation, neurologist saysGet our breaking news email, f...
Seven people arrested in Glasgow after Bonfire Night violence across Scotland
Emergency services targeted with fireworks and police vehicle set alight in GlasgowSeven people were arrested in Glasgow after violence on Bonfire Nig...
UK house prices fall at steepest rate in more than three years
October drop of 0.6% leaves average price of property at £296,285, says Lloyds, as high mortgage rates hit marketBusiness live – latest updatesUK hous...
M&S takes on John Lewis in Christmas ad battle with topless ‘shredded Santa’
James Norton and Lucy Punch star as a youthful Mr and Mrs Claus in lively ad about shared moments as well as shoppingFor years the “Christmas advert m...
Friday briefing: After a week of disruption, is living with threats our new normal?
In today’s newsletter: From diverted airliners to hacked fridges, a string of disruptive incidents has exposed the vulnerabilities of modern life. ...
Judge temporarily halts building work on Trump’s triumphal arch
Federal judge issues 14-day restraining order on any construction work on Washington monument, hours after it was approved by planning commissionA fed...
Minister tells energy suppliers to do more to help households tackle unpaid bills this winter
Bosses from Great Britain’s biggest energy companies called to meeting as part of government’s debt relief planAn energy minister has told the bosses ...
Police turn to charities for help with teenagers caught up in online child abuse
As new pornography laws come into force, officers say viewing extreme content could lead young people towards abuse imagesPolice forces are turning to...
Australia faces same issues that flipped control of US Congress in midterms, experts say
Anthony Albanese’s government has taken a blow due to Iran war but voter anxiety around cost of living and datacentres may hit harderGet our daily pol...
Woman, 90, shot during Bondi beach massacre dies in hospital year after antisemitic attack
Woman was shot on 14 December 2025 during Hanukah festival and she has been in and our of hospital sinceA woman who was shot during the Bondi beach te...
Liberal bus crashes into shop awning on its first outing of Victorian election campaign
Opposition leader Jess Wilson grimaced as the ‘Jess Express’, carrying Liberals and reporters, backs into the structure in suburban MelbourneGet our b...
Beau Lamarre-Condon tells double murder trial shooting of Jesse Baird wasn’t intentional but ‘it was my fault’
Former NSW police officer gives evidence for a second day after pleading not guilty to murdering Baird and Luke Davies in early 2024Beau Lamarre-Condo...
Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks
Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5mMore than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at...
Trump signs proclamation to try to prevent changes to gold-covered Oval Office
President seeks to make Oval Office a national monument to ensure designs are not ‘ripped down by stupid people’Donald Trump signed a proclamation on ...
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: former police officer continues evidence in double murder trial
Lamarre-Condon returns to witness box for day two of his evidence. He’s accused of shooting couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney in 2024Get ou...
Powerhouse Parramatta opens this weekend – and it’s dazzling inside and out
Coups de théâtre abound in the $915m addition to western Sydney’s skyline, which opens on Saturday with five new exhibitions – and a 23-day festivalGe...
Salon, internet’s oldest general interest publication, shuts down after 31 years
Website known for politics, arts and culture coverage announces closure just weeks before anniversarySalon, one of the early internet’s pioneering pub...
Trump administration holds secret talks to deport Iranians even as war presses on, court documents show
The development emerges from a lawsuit alleging violations of national immigration regulationsThe Trump administration held secret talks with Iran on ...
Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk
Law bans social media platforms from providing minors features such as autoplay that lead to compulsive useGoogle, Meta and TikTok sued California to ...
British Ebola patient evacuated from DRC arrives at London hospital
Doctor who was helping response to outbreak in Africa taken to specialist isolation unit at Royal Free hospitalA British doctor who tested positive fo...
Deep-red Kansas votes for change as patience wears thin with Trump: ‘The economy is really taking a beating’
Bills have soared in rural state buffeted by tariffs and war in Iran – and Democrat Adam Hamilton’s stunning upset shows how deep economic frustration...
US accuses Mexican judge of $2m bribe to free accused drug trafficker allegedly linked to ex-Olympic snowboarder
The judge oversaw extradition proceedings in Mexico for a Canadian citizen allegedly helping Ryan WeddingA Mexican judge has been arrested and accused...
Who is Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles’s next mayor?
Urban planner and outsider who bested Karen Bass has close ties to Hollywood progressives – and a complicated relationship with the DSANithya Raman on...
Democratic socialist Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race over incumbent Karen Bass
Major shake-up as LA councilmember, once considered long shot, ousts Democratic rival she had once endorsedNithya Raman was elected to serve as the ma...
Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California
Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors, after Christa Pike’s failed executionGavin Newsom, California’s governor...
‘Our work’s not done’: Russell Brand detective urges other potential victims to come forward
Brand is under investigation over two more rape allegations and police say others could speak up after guilty verdictsThe lead detective in the case a...
Paraguay’s president quits after millions of people’s savings frozen in bank crisis
Santiago Peña’s rightwing administration had authorised Ueno Bank to drastically expand operations before collapseParaguay’s rightwing president, Sant...
