Greece scrambles to explain how explosive-packed drone landed in its waters
Minister defends preparedness against novel threat after officials detonate device suspected to be from UkraineAuthorities in Greece have intensified ...
Council staff dubbed the ‘Pink Ops’ allegedly surveilled other workers, NSW anti-corruption watchdog hears
Ex-Parramatta council chief executive Gail Connolly and ‘close network’ allegedly promoted friends while targeting others for reprisalsFollow our Aust...
Antony Catalano: media mogul accused of assaulting wife excused from attending court due to fears over press scrutiny
Catalano’s lawyer says press attention ‘potentially detrimental’ to Australian Community Media co-owner’s mental healthA media mogul charged with assa...
Polish ex-minister flees Hungary to the US after PM Magyar says country won’t protect people wanted elsewhere
Zbigniew Ziobro has been accused in Poland of leading an organised criminal enterprise and abuse of power, which he deniesPoland’s former justice mini...
Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine
Actor and comedian speaks for the first time since his 42-year-old daughter died by suicide in FebruaryMartin Short has spoken for the first time abou...
Australia charters flight to bring nationals home from hantavirus-stricken luxury cruise
Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest...
Experts call for UK four-day week as study links long work hours to obesity
Countries such as US and Mexico that have longer hours also have higher obesity rates, research findsThose who work longer hours are more likely to be...
Australia politics live: budget funds to speed up environmental approvals; Coalition deals with Farrer loss
Tuesday’s federal budget to include $500m to fund faster approvals for housing, energy and mining projects. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking n...
Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco
1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr was participating in largest military exercise among US, Nato allies and African nationsA search team recovered the body...
Hungary’s new PM apologises to those wronged under Orbán in first speech
Péter Magyar strikes radically different tone to predecessor but questions remain about how he will lead the countryMoments after he was sworn in as H...
US transportation safety agency mulling investigation into fatal Frontier incident
Safety board says it is gathering information about plane evacuation after person on the runway hit in DenverThe National Transportation Safety Board ...
The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?
Party leader has been vocal about its gains in London and there is a feeling that its losses could have been worseBy any sane person’s reckoning, the ...
British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case
Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory• What is hantavirus?Paratroopers landed on a “golf course...
Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in King’s speech
Officials reportedly drafting legislation likely to safeguard Britain’s last blast furnaces and save thousands of jobs The full nationalisation of Bri...
Plaid Cymru leader plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation
Rhun ap Iorwerth says he hopes to work with other parties and press the UK government for extra powersUK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of P...
Rhythm nation: politician’s viral dance moves mark new, optimistic era for Hungary
Zsolt Hegedűs’s celebrations since the election of Péter Magyar have sparked joy across the countryAs Hungary’s Péter Magyar took office, ousting Vikt...
Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US
The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’The 17 Americans onboard the hantaviru...
Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting said to be readying leadership bid
Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call for him to quitUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starme...
Thousands attend rally against antisemitism outside Downing Street
Conservative and Reform leaders cheered as they address crowd, while Labour’s Pat McFadden met with boos and shouts of ‘where is Starmer?’Thousands of...
Mike Ashley admits he was behind video that brought down JD Sports chair
Sports Direct founder says people in his employ recorded footage of Peter Cowgill meeting another retail bossThe Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley, h...
Doctors warned Andrea could die without safe housing, then discharged her to sleep on the streets
The First Nations woman has been on the priority public housing list in WA since 2023. Despite nearly dying from sleeping rough, she still has a two y...
Iran says it has replied to US proposal as reported drone strikes strain ceasefire
State media says Tehran’s response to peace plan passed to Pakistan as drone strikes or incursions reported in UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and IraqIran has sai...
Two arrested over arson attack at former synagogue in east London
Man, 45, and 52-year-old woman held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson after blaze in WhitechapelTwo people have been arrested by counter-terr...
‘Everyone was in tears’: the tenants given eviction notices just before ban in England
Shock and fears for future, including homelessness, after landlords rushed to issue section 21 notices before 1 MayIt was 2pm on 30 April when Carl Ka...
Health advocates warn government’s claims of baby formula safety contradict data
Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalatesThe Trump administration announced earlier ...
Research sheds light on GI’s murder of seven-year-old girl in Northern Ireland in 1944
William Harrison, a US soldier stationed in the region, was convicted and hanged for the murder of Patsy WylieOn the afternoon of 25 September 1944, ...
Don’t let Farage and Reform divide us, Labour’s Sarwar urges Holyrood leaders
Scottish Labour leader says he aims to hold SNP to account after his party tied for second with Reform in electionsUK politics live – latest updatesTh...
Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says
Reform’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, seeks to present issue as irrelevant in interview with Laura Kuenssberg Labour has accused Nigel Farage of attem...
GPs and hospitals in England to be required to share data to create single patient records
Wes Streeting says legislation will save lives, but GPs are concerned about liability for errors introduced by other providersGPs and hospitals will b...
Fifa World Cup matches face heightened terror risk in US amid Iran conflict
Experts warn of ‘soft target’ vulnerabilities and intelligence gaps as federal agencies prepare to secure 78 matches across 11 citiesFifa World Cup ma...
