‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ should be census options, MPs say
Exclusive: Cross-party call for ethnicity options to be broadened beyond ‘English’ being only within ‘White’ categoryBritons should be able to define ...
Hardline Trump aide Stephen Miller takes over as White House chief of staff
Miller, known as the architect of Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown, is replacing Susie Wiles in new roleUS politics live – latest updatesSt...
Dortmund police attacked as crowd storms kebab shop for €1 doner
Officers pelted with bottles, stones and fireworks after people try to get their hands on special introductory offerPolice were called to a doner keba...
KFC’s arrival at Italian ski slopes angers food and mountain purists
Fast-food outlets at two prestigious Dolomites resorts are Italy’s first, with legal action threatenedEurope live – latest updatesSkiers on the slopes...
More than 400,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine war, leaked data suggests
Hacked death records reveal scale of losses since Moscow launched full-scale invasion nearly five years agoUkraine war briefing: post war ‘security gu...
Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault
Disgraced actor and comedian, 51, was described as a ruthless and manipulative sexual predator during trialRussell Brand sentencing – live updatesRuss...
Joe Biden to limit White House memoir promotion due to advancing cancer
Former president’s new book Promise Me America provides an inside look at January 6, Covid-19 response and moreJoe Biden will undertake only limited p...
‘Exceedingly heavy-handed’: ACT police criticised by magistrate for Tasering disabled Aboriginal woman
Exclusive: Body-worn camera footage shows woman pulled off bench and a Taser activated despite ‘putting up no resistance’, magistrate saysGet our brea...
There’s more than a whiff of politics to the sudden call to slash Labor’s green energy subsidies
EVs and home batteries are in Treasury crosshairs despite a better economic case for scaling back nuclear-powered submarines and diesel fuel rebates f...
‘Settle down’, ‘do your own swabs’: how alleged rape victims are treated in Queensland revealed in major report
Prosecutors dropped cases because survivors ‘didn’t act how a rape victim should’, Australian Institute of Criminology review of 19,000 sexual assault...
‘Obvious risk of further tragedy’ at rail crossing type at which Amazon driver died, inquiry finds
Call for overhaul of manually operated level crossings after delivery worker was killed by passenger train in KentAn Amazon delivery driver was killed...
Black girls in LA keep seeing women around them getting killed. They’re driving change
Black women and girls represent an outsized share of LA homicide victims – frustrated with police and legislators’ failures, they’re stepping up and s...
Nvidia stocks tumble as CEO investigated over spy claims | First Thing
Jensen Huang reportedly had close relationship with Chinese businesswoman who passed information to Beijing. Plus, tennis legend Billie Jean King te...
Deadly floods hit Iraq as thunderstorms sweep across region
Violent storms lash northern Iraq and parts of Iran, while Portugal faces strong winds and Japan braces for further snowfallDeadly flash floods hit no...
Deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’, says Trump, as Miller starts chief-of-staff role – US politics live
President’s admission appears at odds with the elevation of immigration hardlinerTrump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite Miller promot...
EU sues IBM and two European firms over troubled entry/exit border system
Lawsuit filed last year against IBM, Atos and Leonardo after delays to passengers blamed on the system, first reported in the FTThe EU has filed a law...
Thames Water asks creditors for more time to help repay £20bn debt pile
Troubled utility lobbies for deadline on part of the debt to be extended to March 2028Thames Water has asked its creditors for more time to pay back b...
Fog shrouding swathes of UK likely to disrupt transport early this week
Drivers warned to take care as ‘perfect’ weather conditions for mist affect areas of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Thick fog will shroud much of...
Russell Brand to be sentenced for rape and sexual assault today – latest updates
Disgraced comedian was convicted last week and was warned he faces a ‘signficant’ prison termThe jury of eight men and four women deliberated for more...
Poland’s justice minister says investigation into Kraków shooting will aim to establish if the 24-year-old acted alone – Europe live
Terrorism investigation was opened after attacker opened fire in a market squareWe are restarting our live coverage of European news after the mass sh...
Polanski says Labour has ‘shocking record’ on climate issues as ministers expected to cut EV targets for car industry – UK politics live
Louise Haigh is expected to agree to cut a target for EV sales by about a quarterGood morning. Monday is often the busiest day of the week at Westmins...
French police officers face trial over beating of black man not wearing mask during Covid
Assault on Michel Zecler in 2020 is rare case of police brutality reaching court, at time of heightened tensionsThree French police officers are to go...
‘It’s a feeling of being screwed over’: once-quiet village despairs over ‘monster’ warehouse
Residents of Astley in Greater Manchester will tell public inquiry next week of ‘cacophony’ of noise causing sleep deprivation and depressionWhen Step...
Kraków shooting suspect who killed six has died, say police in Poland
Terrorism investigation was opened after a 24-year-old opened fire in a market square on the weekendA gunman suspected of killing six people in Kraków...
Fixing UK’s youth jobs crisis demands much more investment, TUC boss warns
Paul Nowak also calls on government to avoid arbitrary benefit cuts before much-anticipated Milburn report is published this weekFixing Britain’s yout...
Stop undermining Jim Chalmers, environment minister urges Labor colleagues
‘It’s pretty obvious that there are all sorts of people making all sorts of comments,’ Murray Watt says after budget savings meetingGet our breaking n...
Burnham’s homelessness pledge to ‘get everyone in for Christmas’ in jeopardy
Minister says Labour hoping to offer bed to every rough sleeper in England but cites chronic housing shortageAndy Burnham’s pledge to tackle rough sle...
Starbucks plans to hire 7,500 staff in major UK expansion plan
Coffee shop chain targets growth north of London with extra 500 outlets in big boost for youth employmentStarbucks has set out plans to hire 7,500 new...
Victorian election 2026: Concern and scepticism among Labor MPs as new poll shows party trailing One Nation
Ben Carroll refuses to be drawn on latest opinion poll that puts Labor at all-time low of just 18%, behind One Nation on 21% and the Coalition on 33%G...
