Greens select Zack Polanski to run in Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Leader has said Greens are underdogs in race for Keir Starmer’s former seat but he is confident they can beat LabourZack Polanski, the Green party lea...
Missouri UPS worker two weeks from retirement fatally struck by company vehicle
Paul Roberts, who was employed by UPS for 44 years, was working at a customer care center when he was struckA longtime United Parcel Service (UPS) emp...
9/11 families to gather at World Trade Center and Pentagon to remember victims on 25th anniversary – US politics live
Victims of those killed in September 11 attacks honored at memorials across the USHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.It is the 25th annive...
Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78
Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister Emma Bonino, the radical Italian politician wh...
Weather tracker: Hurricane Lowell pounds Hawaii’s western islands
Widespread damage across Ni’ihau, Kaua’i and O’ahu after reportedly first-ever recorded tornado watch in Hawaii Hurricane Lowell caused significant da...
Pressure grows on Burnham to commit to increasing statutory paternity leave
Exclusive: Calls from Labour grow as 105 MPs write to PM urging ‘obvious’ step to alleviate cost of living crisisAndy Burnham is coming under increasi...
Remembrance ceremonies to be held across the US to honor victims of 9/11
Memorials and remembrances will mark the 25 years since the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 on 11 September 2001The United States is marking the 25th...
MPs to vote again on assisted dying as bill returns to parliament – UK politics live
Bill would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of expertsEsther Rantzen ha...
Russia accused of ‘rapidly growing’ attacks on civilian infrastructure after five killed in Ukraine – Europe live
Ukraine’s foreign minister says Russia is deliberately targeting civiliansThe Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad marks a day of mourning today after a Russia...
UK economy defies forecasts with surprise 0.4% growth in July
Unexpected GDP rise comes as borrowing costs and inflation risks mount ahead of Healey’s first budgetThe UK economy grew in July despite the fallout f...
Australian fuel prices set to rise by 30c as global markets react to ‘deadly cocktail’
Global oil price at its highest since May while investors dump stocks and bonds after Donald Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ promiseFuel prices are on track...
Diana’s ‘revenge dress’, worn when Charles revealed infidelity, up for auction
Christina Stambolian dress from 1994 has defined a whole category of fashion and is expected to fetch up to £220,000The dress that Diana, Princess of ...
Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog
National Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growthThe ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – minist...
Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters
The country is one of just three that still permits commercial whaling, while its government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practiceIceland wi...
NSW police settle trespass case after visiting Indigenous children’s home 150 times in 20 months
Trespass case launched by two mothers settled after officers often went to families’ houses between midnight and 4amFollow our Australia news live blo...
‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention
The president demonised Democrats in an attempt to wangle votes in midterms despite backlash over Iran warWith his approval rating at a historic low, ...
$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide
Her Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genit...
Customers of UK-owned surrogacy firm in Mexico allegedly face huge bills after insurance denied
UK government reviewing allegations about My Surrogacy Journey after complaints about medical costsThe UK government has said it is reviewing allegati...
Reform UK beset by internal row over response to Dover and Portsmouth protests
Nigel Farage said demonstrators in balaclavas were ‘horrible’, but others in the party defend them as ‘brave, passionate patriots’Nigel Farage’s conde...
JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir on day two of Republican midterm convention
Vice-president dog-whistled, exaggerated claims of success and echoed Trump talking points to excited audienceJD Vance made a clear pitch that he shou...
Hastie accepts apology from Joyce over ‘traitor’ cartoon as Hanson doubles down and tells critics to ‘chill’
A split emerges in One Nation over the video, with Barnaby Joyce offering an apology as Pauline Hanson continues to refuse to take down the videoAndre...
Former Carlton president apologises to ex-wife as lewd photo defamation case settles
Luke Sayers says he accepts Cate Sayers did not post photo of his genitals as she says settlement closes ‘painful and difficult chapter’Embattled form...
Molly Ticehurst’s killer Daniel Billings sentenced to 28 years in jail for her murder
Ticehurst’s former partner had pleaded guilty to stabbing her 15 times at her Forbes home just before midnight on 21 April 2024Follow our Australia ne...
Texas reports first equine infection of New World screwworm on ranch horse
The flesh-eating parasite had been largely eradicated, but now authorities are racing to contain an outbreak A horse in southern Texas has been infec...
Trump ally resigns from post leading inquiry into alleged conspiracy against president
Joe diGenova led investigation focused on intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 electionAn ally of Donald Trump said on Thursday that...
More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils as Musk terms fears a ‘psyop’
Insiders at the firm fear tech’s advancement could cause human extinction while others are calling it a ‘setup’A day after a former researcher at Anth...
San Francisco mayor declares rent emergency as housing costs soar
Median rent for one-bedroom apartment in city tops $4,495 with a national median of $1,900San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, declared a rent emergen...
New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’
No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UKNo 10 has announced the construction o...
Former University of Michigan hockey players say they were sexually hazed decades ago
More than a dozen ex-players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging coach and staff were aware of abuseMore than a dozen former hockey players...
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks judge to find her not guilty after mistrial
Kevin Reddington says prosecution did not offer evidence that client’s killing of her children constituted murderLindsay Clancy’s lawyer on Thursday a...
