Met police launch inquiry into alleged overseas donations to Reform UK
Scotland Yard confirms it is investigating allegations broadcast by Channel 4 after undercover stingUK politics live – latest updatesThe Met police wi...
Large sinkhole in Malibu prompts evacuation of more than 30 properties
Actor Nicolas Cage is reportedly owner of home where sinkhole formed, roughly 25-30ft deep and 30-by-60ft wideThe city of Malibu, California, has orde...
Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand downStand Up to Racism condemns ‘dangerous’ gatheringAnti-immigration protesters gathered outside a...
Western Hawaii islands survey damage after Hurricane Lowell passes by
Downed trees cause widespread power outages on Kauai as winds and rains rip up roads and coat homes in mudDamaging winds and heavy rains from Hurrican...
Noel Clarke charged with six sexual offences including assault and voyeurism
CPS says charges relate to alleged sexual misconduct by the actor towards five women between 2007 and 2016The actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke has been...
Wes Streeting praises Wargame docudrama for highlighting UK defence
Defence secretary says five-part TV series, featuring Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon, has helped write his ‘defence spending review submission’A doc...
US airports to let some people without tickets pass through security
TSA PreCheck program members will be eligible to send off friends and family at gate in change to post-9/11 ruleSign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon to warn UK chancellor against bank tax hike
Wall Street billionaire’s meeting with John Healey comes amid deep speculation over higher windfall tax on banks in October budgetJamie Dimon, the bos...
Liz Truss relaunches podcast on channel of broadcaster famous for ‘grow concrete’ exchange
Podcast is now on YouTube site of Mike Graham, fired from TalkTV after racist post appeared on his Facebook pageWhen Liz Truss launched her podcast la...
German chancellor accuses far-right AfD party of seeking ‘ethnic cleansing’
Friedrich Merz says Alternative für Deutschland is ‘dividing our society’ after party won nearly 44% of vote in Saxony-Anhalt state electionEurope liv...
‘Their boat was sinking’: RNLI vows to keep rescuing asylum seekers despite attacks
Charity stresses small boat rescues are tiny part of its work and speaks out after volunteers abused by far-right agitatorsThe lifeboat charity RNLI h...
EU unveils ‘buy European’ public procurement rules to counter China
Authorities and public bodies to be urged to buy goods and services from Europe, but without binding quotasEuropean authorities will be encouraged to ...
Conflicting court rulings on Missouri map threaten November’s election | First Thing
The state can’t use new congressional districts under one court order – or its old ones under another. Plus, the architects in Europe turning urban sp...
Electronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warns
AFL-CIO calls for ban on such labels to protect consumers and workers from surveillance pricing and job cutsThe universal adoption of electronic shelf...
Ministers to put white working-class people in UK at heart of new equalities unit
Bridget Phillipson to announce creation of unit which will make class a key part of its equalities agendaUK politics live – latest updatesThe governme...
Trump center stage at RNC in midterms gamble – US politics live
President to give speeches on both days of unprecedented gatheringRepublican midterm convention will be ‘Trumpist pageantry’ – at the party’s own risk...
Homeland security agent charged with child rape in Alabama, officials say
Kent Blacklidge, who officials say was ‘directly involved with child exploitation cases’, turned himself in last weekA federal law enforcement agent t...
Republicans in fight to hold on to majority look to ‘midterm convention’ to overcome Trump unpopularity
Republicans plan to center the US president at the two-day event, while slamming Democrats as socialistsRepublicans will gather in Texas on Wednesday ...
US allies lack resources to keep pace on AI, top Pentagon official says
Cameron Stanley talks up ‘revolutionary’ AI capabilities and says Washington working with Nato and Five Eyes partnersThe Pentagon’s top artificial int...
Miliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim that West Bank sanctions put UK Jews at risk
Foreign secretary says Sir Ephraim Mirvis wrong to suggest measures against Israeli settlements will make British Jews less safeUK politics live – lat...
NSW police say a vehicle was seen driving away from the scene in Punchbowl in the city’s south-westA man has been shot dead in a carpark of a Sydney c...
Supercar maker McLaren to create 1,000 UK jobs as part of £450m tech investment
New roles at Woking-based manufacturer will include positions for indirect and agency workersThe British supercar manufacturer McLaren is to create 1,...
Family of British man found dead in Grenada ask local police to work with UK investigators
Andrew Frederick’s body was found in property he was staying at in Grenada in JanuaryThe family of a British father who was found dead in the Caribbea...
Miliband defends sanctions on Israeli settlements and pushes back against chief rabbi’s criticism – UK politics live
UK foreign secretary ‘regrets’ Israel’s response to ban on trade with illegal settlements but ‘proud’ of his actionsUK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of...
Albanese says ABC ‘should do better’ after it revealed his membership of golf club given $6m grant
Funding from $560m invitation-only scheme prompts calls to make grant rules more transparentGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcas...
‘Too little response’ to Russian strikes on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says after latest deadly attacks – Europe live
Ukrainian leader calls for more action from allies following overnight attacks in which two people diedAt least two people died were injured in Russia...
Nats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second day
Martin Rolfe, who faces pressure to resign, due to brief Heidi Alexander after cancellations hit 1,300Business live – latest updatesThe boss of the ai...
Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel for first time since July as Iran war escalates
Brent crude rises by more than 2% after latest fire between US and Iran in Gulf and Houthi attacks on Saudi citiesBusiness live – latest updatesThe pr...
Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan
White House warns trading partners against ‘imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion’ on US tech sectorFollow our Australi...
White Australia party is ‘modern manifestation’ of Nazi movement and should be banned, commonwealth tells high court
The former National Socialist Network is challenging ban in high court, arguing law breaches implied freedom of political communicationFollow our Aust...
