Headteachers consider leaving jobs earlier than planned after new Ofsted inspection
Almost two-thirds of school leaders polled say new regime is much more intense than previous frameworkMore than half of headteachers in England who we...
US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend
Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harmThe US supreme court has allowed Do...
Trump says US war in Iran ‘effectively over’ as he plays down escalation concerns
President, after talks with Qatari PM, suggests end to war coming ‘fairly soon’ and military escalation not neededDonald Trump has said that the war i...
Todd Russell, Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor, dies aged 54 due to illness
Tasmanian premier leads tributes for Russell, who earlier this month returned home to ‘see out his days’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily...
US citizen shot by ICE officer near children’s bus stop sues government for $25m
Lawsuit also alleges agents followed Carlos Jimenez to a hospital and ‘interfered’ in his care, with bullet fragments still lodged near lungA US citiz...
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing to stand trial for murder in July 2028
Utah judge sets timeline for trial of Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting the far-right activist in September 2025Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-...
Judge clears way for Lindsay Clancy to be retried on murder charges
Massachusetts judge rejects bid by Clancy’s attorneys to have the case against her dismissedA Massachusetts judge cleared the way on Monday for Lindsa...
The AI poster boy, the ‘Chinese spy’ and Trump: how an affair may have harmed US security
Jensen Huang’s close relationship with president means Nvidia CEO’s affair with woman alleged to be working for Beijing is a big dealA hand on the bac...
Tommy Walsh, co-presenter of BBC’s Ground Force, dies aged 69
Former builder got his big break after restoring the home of a producer who was working on a precursor to the show Tommy Walsh, the building and DIY e...
Progressives head to US House in record numbers after winning red districts
Caucus had 100 members in the last Congress, and six of the nine candidates it endorsed won, flipping seatsHouse progressives, long dismissed as the D...
Cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context
‘Not particularly complex’ defrosting hack has been attributed to Iran, with presumption it is linked to others across EuropeIranian hackers like to s...
Republican Thomas Massie moves to force vote to impeach Pete Hegseth
US representative accuses defense secretary of illegally waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powersUS politics live – lates...
Jemima Goldsmith says ex-partner Russell Brand physically assaulted her
TV producer, who was in relationship with ex-comedian that reportedly ended in 2014, accuses him of ‘violence, coercive control and abuse’ Russell Br...
Ohio State fraternity suspended after viral video shows two men on fire
The university and local police are conducting investigations into Sigma Alpha Epsilon and have placed them on interim suspensionA fraternity at Ohio ...
Former RFK Jr adviser accuses Trump officials of prioritizing special interest groups over voters
Calley Means claims officials abandoned Maha agenda and took money from sugar industry leading up to midtermsA former top Trump administration health ...
John Fetterman to be challenged for Senate seat by democratic socialist born in Gaza
Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American, said he would run in a primary to be the Democratic nominee in 2028US politics live – latest updatesJohn Fetterman...
Barnsley workers strike over nursery privatisation by Reform council
Women say move will be ‘massively detrimental’ to services for vulnerable children, and hit their own pensionsThe 33 women waving banners outside a nu...
Senate votes on bill to speed up projects from gas pipelines to clean energy
Environmentalists torn over procedural vote to boost infrastructure projects but weaken environmental lawsIt’s a bill that would make it easier to bui...
Witnesses recount struggle to save people buried in ‘horrifying’ Gaza landslide
High winds and heavy train triggered collapse of sand bank overlooking camp for displaced familiesWitnesses have described the frantic struggle to sav...
Mahmood’s ICE-style immigration raid agency accused of ‘fishing expeditions’
Exclusive: Almost two-thirds of visits lead to no arrests and nearly three-quarters are conducted without a warrantShabana Mahmood’s ICE-style raid ag...
Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records
Exclusive: WhatsApp messages show firm pressuring Zubir Ahmed MP to help bring sensitive data into its platformUK politics live – latest updatesPalant...
Reform UK councillor in Sunderland handed community order after racist ‘joke’ about Nigerians
Glenn Gibbins sentenced to 150-hours of unpaid work by South Tyneside magistrates over 2024 Facebook postA Reform party councillor who claimed racist ...
Air pollution soars as fog traps emissions in England’s urban areas
Particles from fireworks and bonfires likely to have contributed to levels well above WHO’s daily guidelineAir pollution soared to “very high” levels ...
Donnie Dunagan, original voice of Disney’s Bambi and triple Purple Heart marine, dies aged 92
Dunagan was six when he voiced the young deer in the classic cartoon, with an assistant director instructing him to pretend his own mother had diedDon...
High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31
Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrificationA global fossil fuel price...
Only known handwritten final draft of MLK Jr’s I Have A Dream speech to be auctioned
The document is expected to fetch more than $10m and the proceeds will be donated to several charitiesThe likely only surviving handwritten final full...
France blames Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges
French foreign minister vows European sanctions against Tehran over ‘unprecedented’ hacks last monthEurope live – latest updatesFrance has said Iran’s...
Labour’s Brexit red lines ready for ‘dignified retirement’, says their co-author
Exclusive: MP Chris Ward believes ditching pledges and forming closer ties with EU would protect it from global threatsOne of the architects of Keir S...
Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
Elon Musk and other finance moguls defend Jensen Huang after he admitted to the affair in an email to employeesDonald Trump, Elon Musk and prominent f...
Judo star Teddy Riner announces plan to run in France’s presidential election
Five-times Olympic champion says he is neither leftwing nor rightwing, but would seek to ‘bring people together’The French judo star and five-times Ol...
