Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s popular defence minister
Mykhailo Fedorov, credited with transforming the ministry, ousted in reshuffle after six months in postVolodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Ukraine’s pop...
Australia news live: Josh Thomas weighs in on Divine Playhouse debate; meth surges in workplace drug use survey
Comedian backs LGBTQ+ theatre in ‘David v Goliath’ fight. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood mor...
Maltese politicians ‘involved’ in plot to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia, court hears
Former economy minister Chris Cardona and ex-chief of staff Keith Schembri named as being involved in 2017 murder of journalistTwo political figures w...
Police charge 14-year-old boy over alleged terror plot targeting London mosques
‘Documents of concern’ found at child’s home in the capital, with no other suspects soughtA 14-year-old boy from south London has been charged with an...
New $1 coin featuring Trump in production at US Mint, treasury says
Coin commemorating 250th anniversary will be released this fall and will mark the first time a living president appears on currencyThe treasury depart...
Shabana Mahmood expected to be named Andy Burnham’s chancellor
The home secretary is the frontrunner for the role ahead of ‘risky’ Ed Miliband, according to senior Labour figuresShabana Mahmood has emerged as the ...
Germany warns against election interference as US offers funding to Maga-aligned causes in Europe
New state department scheme will provide grants to ‘address sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare’Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump’s ad...
Jude Bellingham lookalikes compete for a £1,966 Deliveroo voucher
The match-winning England striker is ‘a good ambassador for young people who look like me’, says one contestantAll together now, with arms in the air:...
Andy Burnham signals a wealth tax is off the agenda for now
Incoming prime minister says he doesn’t want to ‘create new divisions’ as Mahmood is tipped to be chancellorAndy Burnham has signalled that he will no...
Trump rails against New York’s statewide datacenter moratorium
AI-friendly president shared a post saying governor Kathy Hochul should scrap the one-year policy ‘IMMEDIATELY’Donald Trump railed against the New Yor...
Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in GeorgiaAnother person has died in federal ...
Florence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’
Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts educationOne of Britain’s lea...
Save the Children clashes with Labour after accusing Starmer of ‘complicity’ in Gaza deaths
Government, which provides significant portion of charity’s funding, is understood to have demanded an explanationThe charity Save the Children has an...
Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency
US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that t...
Chaos and confusion bring US no closer to resolution on strait of Hormuz
Five months of U-turns and false boasts leave Donald Trump in worse position than when he startedDonald Trump has taken the war with Iran into a new, ...
Search continues for three people missing after Alcatraz boating disaster
One person dead after pontoon boat involved in memorial service capsized in San Francisco Bay on TuesdayRescuers were still searching for three missin...
Trump’s barbed eulogy for Lindsey Graham reveals how fragile his ego is
In interviews and social posts, the loyalty-obsessed president couldn’t help but weave criticism into his praiseThis was originally published in This ...
Nobby Stiles died with brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, coroner rules
England World Cup winner died in 2020 but his death was never reported by authorities to the coroner’s officeEngland World Cup winner Nobby Stiles die...
Stonegate pub and bar chain investigated over ‘unfair’ treatment of landlords
Pubs code adjudicator says it has reasonable grounds to believe group has breached industry regulationsThe owner of the Slug & Lettuce and Be At One c...
Wisconsin panel finds Elon Musk’s $1m state supreme court voter giveaway was likely illegal
Musk distributed money to three people before the 2025 election, which he claimed was critical to Trump’s agendaBillionaire Elon Musk likely violated ...
Social media curfew for teens: is it pointless? – The Latest
Sixteen- and 17-year-olds face an overnight social media curfew in an extension of the government’s social media ban for under-16s. Under the plan, ai...
Wildfires in Ontario make Toronto air quality worst in world
Environment Canada issued health warnings after sky over city turns yellowSmoke from more than 100 active wildfires in northern Ontario have made Toro...
Man arrested on suspicion of posting social media threat to shoot Nigel Farage
Met police detain man in his 20s after post on X was reported to them by parliamentary authorities in MayA man has been arrested on suspicion of publi...
Nationwide customer vows to fight on after failed attempt to join board
James Sherwin-Smith says he will launch fresh campaign for change at the building society after losing vote at AGMA Nationwide customer has vowed to f...
Unlicensed casinos could face ban on sponsoring UK sports teams from 2027
Proposal to protect vulnerable and stop money laundering could affect Premier League clubs and Formula One Unlicensed casinos could be banned from spo...
Unheard David Bowie songs from 1965 to be released – including ones with Jimmy Page on guitar
Compilation entitled David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings will be released in September, collating material from when he recorded as Davy JonesUnhea...
Greater gliders not as great at gliding as thought – but still look like magic carpets, experts say
While new study challenges assumptions about how far they travel, witnessing them in action still takes your breath away, scientists sayFollow our Aus...
Almost 145,000 Australians will lose support for autism under NDIS reforms, documents reveal
Internal estimates show 144,600 people will be taken off the scheme by 2030, many of them under 18Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news ...
Albanese’s AI plan is admirable – but will face tech giants more powerful than most national governments
Challenges of regulating social media or stopping hate speech show these firms can set their own terms and prices for countries like AustraliaGet our ...
Albanese’s AI blueprint sparks calls for datacentre moratorium until new regulations in place
Prime minister’s plan will create energy regulations for datacentres in AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEnvironmen...
