Katy Perry ‘deeply appalled’ over White House using her song in Iran war video
Singer rebukes Trump administration after it uses her song Firework over footage of missile striking Iranian naval shipPop star Katy Perry has condemn...
England’s north-south life expectancy gap grows despite record longevity
King’s Fund report finds men and women live, on average, for 80 years and nearly 84 years, but gains are in southThe north-south divide in life expect...
‘Climate of fear has collapsed’: India’s protest victory signals trouble ahead for Modi
Strongman leader’s grip over media channels has been rocked and opposition parties reinvigorated by CJPEven the night before Narendra Modi accepted th...
Berlin Pride van and knife rampage an ‘Islamist terrorist attack’, say German authorities
Hunt ongoing for main suspect, named as Abdul Ballout, 21, after fatal attack in Tiergarten park close to LGBTQ eventA deadly van ramming and knife ra...
Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites
Mythical home of the ancient Greek gods designated alongside the D-day landing beaches in NormandyAfter a 12-year wait, Mount Olympus, the mythical ho...
New Jersey governor signs law banning surveillance pricing to protect shoppers
New law prohibits retailers from using personal data to charge different prices for identical productsNew Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill recently sign...
‘Get rid of them’: One Nation senator claims party will ‘remigrate’ illegal visa holders in resurfaced interview
Exclusive: Malcolm Roberts uses white supremacist concept to describe the party’s plans for deporting 200,000 people from AustraliaSenator Malcolm Rob...
Former NSW Liberal powerbroker at heart of Icac allegations now living in UK and not expected to appear
Christian Ellis, a former registered lobbyist, is named in two Independent Commission Against Corruption allegationsFollow our Australia news live blo...
Israeli siblings who fear breaking law in Gaza under IDF owed protection by Australia, tribunal finds
Exclusive: Tribunal accepts three siblings could face ‘persecution’ for refusing military conscription due to their political opinion on warThree Isra...
Burnham v Starmer: one week in, how do their leadership styles compare?
From TikTok appearances to ‘sugar rush’ policies, new prime minister is taking different approach to predecessorSix weeks ago Andy Burnham was not eve...
V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions
Union calls for museum to become accredited London living wage employer and let staff carry water during shiftsWorkers at one of the world’s leading a...
Romania summons Russia’s ambassador after downing third drone since Friday
F-16 fighter jet intercepted drone in Romanian airspace over Black Sea, defence minister saysRomania has said it was summoning Russia’s ambassador aft...
Oklahoma influencer killed in apparent murder-suicide by husband, police say
Sara Gilson was fatally shot less than two weeks after accusing her husband of pedophilia on social mediaAn Oklahoma woman known for posting on social...
Water supply failure leaves Gatwick without working toilets
Airport’s bars and restaurants also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running waterA water supply failure at Gatwick has left pa...
Restricted eating hours may reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find
Preliminary study shows older people who avoided food four hours before bed did better in problem solving testsConfining mealtimes and snacks to a nin...
Firefighters in France battle to prevent huge blaze from approaching Bordeaux
Efforts to contain wildfire that has consumed an area of four times the size of Paris impeded by windy conditionsEurope wildfires live – latest update...
Loyal to the look: why Zohran Mamdani wears a suit in all seasons
Around town, on the pitch and even in the pool, the New York mayor keeps his suit on – what do his sartorial choices tell us?Playing football. Playing...
Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to powerRace, school, gender...
RFK Jr urges Alzheimer’s screening but blunts key panel that could drive research
Experts say evidence for cognitive screening desired by health secretary ‘not great’ as taskforce idle since last yearThe US health secretary, Robert ...
Trump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of ‘communist menace’
President harks back to red scare of his childhood to attack US left – but will such language resonate beyond Maga base?Perhaps above all else, Donald...
Andy Burnham says he will disagree with Trump in public if necessary
PM promises to ‘defend national interest before anything else’ in first big broadcast interview since entering No 10Andy Burnham has promised to disag...
‘Weekday games were amazing’: pubs toast extra £150m in World Cup sales
England’s progress provides best football-related uplift of recent years, with one pub too packed to host its Dolly Parton tributeLate opening hours a...
Family of former Vodafone manager found drowned call for ‘Adrian’s law’ to protect franchisees
Adrian Howe’s family believe that fears his deal would be financially ruinous led him to kill himselfThe family of a former mobile phone store manager...
Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation as fires rage
Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250...
A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reportin...
The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in NovemberWhen Donal...
Venezuela men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail
Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdownVenezuelan men sent last year to a notorio...
‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban
Allowing use of two neonicotinoids to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union saysBeekeepers and environmentalists in Fr...
‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened
This blog is now closed‘We’re cohesive’: PM says after muted ALP national conferenceThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke with David Speers on I...
Labor under pressure to allow telehealth access for euthanasia but PM says ‘it should be face-to-face’
Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional AustraliaFol...
