Stephen Hough to lead relaunched Leeds piano competition
Free choice of repertoire and an increased upper age limit part of the changes in a competition that will emphasise individuality and imaginationThe L...
Andy Burnham urged to be radical on economy to help Labour win next election
Exclusive: Poll shows policies such as rent control and higher wealth taxes could fend off Reform UK in key seatsAndy Burnham is being urged to adopt ...
Potentially inappropriate asset transfers could deprive Christian Brothers abuse survivors of pay, government tells court
‘Obviously disturbing’ if Catholic order’s historical sales of millions in property for $1 results in lack of money for victims, NSW supreme court hea...
China’s ethnic unity law denounced as ‘forced assimilation’ by rights groups
Law comes into effect that critics fear will further erode rights of Uyghurs and Tibetans, as well as allow Beijing to pursue dissidents abroadA new e...
Russia targets Kyiv with missiles and drones, setting buildings ablaze and causing injuries
Multiple explosions heard in Ukraine capital with a hotel and several residential buildings on fireRussian forces have attacked the Ukrainian capital ...
Nancy Guthrie: FBI clarifies it is investigating some extortion demands as legitimate
Statement comes a day after report that three messages received in case were determined to be fakeThe FBI is investigating extortion demands related t...
Trump sees bond with ‘great he-man’ Theodore Roosevelt at lavish library opening
Bizarre 250th spectacle in North Dakota sees Trump take ride on red, white and blue train – and speak with hologram of 26th presidentThe sound of YMCA...
Melbourne stabbing: teenagers arrested after boy left outside Craigieburn hospital dies
Fifteen-year-old unable to be saved after being left outside Craigieburn Community hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet o...
Criminal Cases Review Commission told to urgently improve after Malkinson failings
Watchdog criticises ‘lack of proactive, effective casework quality assurance’ but says CCRC ultimately fit for purposeThe Criminal Cases Review Commis...
AI summaries of Tripadvisor hotel reviews downplay serious complaints, investigation finds
AI-generated overview found to gloss over allegations of sexual harassment and describes hotel being sued over hygiene as ‘spotless’A hotel being sued...
Student drowns in River Wye while on Duke of Edinburgh’s Award trip to Wales
Body of eighteen-year-old man located after search involving Mountain Rescue, police and the fire serviceA student has drowned while on a Duke of Edin...
US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exportsThe NHS will have to divert £45bn from essent...
Authorities arrest 10 people accused of facilitating sex trafficking in Los Angeles
Prosecutors said members of the Hoovers gang targeted about 51 underage girls and women along Figueroa CorridorTen people accused of facilitating a se...
Ohio authorities rescue 16 children confined to one room for four years
Parents and grandparents charged as police say case in Hamden not human trafficking but ‘intra-family situation’ Sixteen children were rescued from a ...
Teenager seriously injured in shooting near Birmingham mosque
Boy, 16, in hospital with gunshot wounds after incident in Alum Rock areaA teenager has sustained “potentially life-threatening” gunshot wounds after ...
Yorgen Fenech, heir to property empire, on trial for alleged involvement in murder of journalist in 2017One of Malta’s wealthiest businessmen plotted ...
Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste
Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news em...
Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado
Surging membership and pro-Palestinian activism reshape debate on how campaigning movement governs in officeInside a Brooklyn industrial garage turned...
Trump attorney general plots crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after supreme court ruling
Todd Blanche to target tourists and migrants despite such births accounting for less than 1% of US babies born yearlyA day after the supreme court uph...
Scientists fear seabird die-off as El Niño looms: ‘We don’t know how bad this is will get’
Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler watersWithin minutes of walking on a San...
‘Watching England is emotional’: fans celebrate win over DR Congo
Hundreds watched England in first round of knockout stages at Prospect Building in BristolWorld Cup live – latest updatesSisters Angela and Christine ...
Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only
With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suiteSony said on Wednesday that it would stop ...
Seven more sentenced to prison over protest outside Texas detention center
Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison termSeven more people were sentenced to pr...
Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed
Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewalDonald Trump has refused to renew the...
Man who stabbed three children that triggered riots in Dublin found guilty of attempted murder
Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023A man has been found guilty of attempting to murd...
Albania warned EU accession at risk over Jared Kushner-backed resort plans
Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEPMEPs have warned Albania that EU accession t...
The Harvard astronomer dubbed Trump’s chief alien hunter starts by assuming UFOs human-made
Avi Loeb’s White House panel has asked the Pentagon for videos and files on unexplained aerial sightingsA controversial Harvard University cosmologist...
Two people unfold banner atop Empire State Building in apparent marriage proposal stunt
Sign displaying message of peace was seen on the New York landmark after two people climbed to top of the skyscraperAn elaborate apparent marriage pro...
A storm, overpriced food and a sad ferris wheel: inside Trump’s dreadful state fair
Attendance at the Great American State Fair is sparse and the heat is extreme, but at least you can pay $25 for a pretzelThis was originally published...
Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis
The 79-year-old actor told media ‘I don’t feel like it’s the end of my life. There’s work to do. Your life continues’Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover ...
