Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpaymentsScores of unpaid carers were hit with demands...
Germany’s CDU party chair resigns after using surrogacy to become parent
Jens Spahn had criticised ‘rented wombs’ and his party is strongly opposed to surrogacy, which is banned in GermanyA senior German politician and key ...
Air quality warnings remain in place across US as wildfire smoke continues to swathe country
Rain could alleviate conditions in mid-Atlantic and north-east, with World Cup final expected to go ahead on SundayWarnings of dangerous conditions ar...
Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap technology department triggers backlash
MPs and industry experts say potential reorganisation will waste time at critical moment for AI and economic growthAndy Burnham’s plan to scrap the go...
Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink
As Cuba swelters under six-month oil blockade imposed by US, tempers are fraying and unrest is growingWhen Cuba’s national grid collapses, as it did f...
Outgoing PM has joked about cookery classes and cutting hedges, but does the international stage beckon?As his time in Downing Street comes to an end,...
White House backs Argentina players over Falklands banner in World Cup semi-final
White House Fifa taskforce chief defends Argentina footballers, saying US believes in free speechThe White House has backed Argentina’s footballers wh...
Andy Burnham considers radical shake-up to cut energy bills
Labour leader examining proposals to overhaul gas standing charges and make heat pumps cheaper to run than boilersAndy Burnham is considering radical ...
Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn
Government’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocksThe government’s planned poultry secto...
ICE, datacenters, voter suppression: key issues expected to draw thousands in US to protests
Demonstrations planned across the US this weekend will focus on three issues likely to define the midterm electionsThousands of Americans are expected...
Arizona teen hailed for helping save woman with dementia wandering in 103F heat
Fire crew in Gilbert to honor Royal Cothrun, 14, for helping elderly woman who became disoriented amid heatwaveAn Arizona fire department is formally ...
Why is Trump risking midterm disaster by resuming an already unpopular war with Iran?
Less than a month after hailing a ceasefire, Trump resumed strikes on Iran, a move experts warn could prolong the war and hurt Republicans ahead of mi...
Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says
Incoming PM must seize chance to stop race discourse deflecting from class inequalities, says David WeaverAndy Burnham has a historic opportunity to s...
Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills
CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’Wessex Water awarded its chief executi...
London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says
Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect publicA London Underground worke...
Farage’s furious clash with Times editor stuns figures close to him
‘Strong confrontation’ comes at fragile moment for Reform’s relations with rightwing media as coverage turns negativeNigel Farage is no stranger to ex...
Israeli ministers announce plan for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank
Netanyahu coalition seeks to extend control with ‘Nahal’ outposts in Gaza and over $400m in West Bank fundingIsrael’s defence and finance ministers an...
‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices
As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide...
‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art
Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even phy...
Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘Fight of our lives’
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley join rally to support Justin Pearson’s bid for a seat in CongressMore than a thousand people rallied for J...
San Francisco police find wreckage of boat that sank as body identified
Tondra Madruga named as second victim in deadly capsizing as police continue search for two missing peoplePolice on Friday discovered the wreckage of ...
Paul Pelosi faces hit-and-run charge after he allegedly crashed into parked vehicle
Husband of Nancy Pelosi has traffic infractions in California stretching back at least to 2011, according to public recordsPaul Pelosi, husband of US ...
One person dies amid legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City
Officials haven’t released additional information about the person’s identity, age or details on when and how they fell illA legionnaires’ disease out...
Democrats call for investigation into ICE officer shooting in Maine after new reports emerge
Lawmakers press for review of hiring practices amid a spate of ICE-related deaths within the same weekDemocratic lawmakers are pressing for a review o...
Republicans threaten Canada with sanctions over drifting wildfire smoke
Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protectionsUS Republicans are threatening to sanction C...
Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara cleared to travel to US
Whereabouts of artist imprisoned after 2021 protests had been unknown following end of his prison term in JulyLuis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent...
Off-duty employee at Colorado ICE facility arrested for shooting protester
Woman has non-life threatening injuries after Brandon Booth shot her with pistol outside ICE facility and drove offAn employee of a company that runs ...
Kidnapped US Forest Service employees released after more than 12 hours, say authorities
Two men arrested after taking federal employees hostage in Shasta-Trinity national forestTwo US Forest Service employees were released early Friday mo...
Distillery owner could face only three months in jail over alleged poisoning Australian teenagers
Fears of light charges in case of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles and four other travellers confirmed by Laos courtThe distillery owner linked to...
US launches seventh night of Iran strikes as Hormuz conflict escalates
US Central Command says attacks designed to ‘continue degrading Iranian military capabilities’The US military said it had launched a seventh consecuti...
