‘Social media should be treated like tobacco’: Streeting calls for under-16s ban on certain platforms
Former health secretary’s intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for social media platformsSocial media companies should b...
‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’: Trump’s deal outline sparks alarm in Israel
Netanyahu’s joint war with the US began with talk of regime change in Tehran but may leave him with few strategic gainsMiddle East live – latest updat...
Three arrested after 30-year-old woman shot dead in Sheffield city centre
Police launch murder investigation after incident in early hours of bank holiday Monday outside One Four One barA 30-year-old woman has died after bei...
Rachel Reeves tells ministers to ‘buy British’ in four key industries
Exclusive: Chancellor pushes for procurement of ships, steel, energy and AI to prioritise Britishness as well as costRachel Reeves has instructed cabi...
Protesters clash with ICE agents outside New Jersey detention center
Protesters say agents used pepper spray and batons in clash outside Delaney Hall where a hunger strike is under wayProtesters outside a New Jersey mig...
Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO
Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate actionThe World Health Organization has warned that the E...
Texas officers rescue infant from car trapped in floodwaters
Video shows officers and firefighters surrounding a white car partially submerged in fast-moving waterAuthorities in Texas rescued an infant on Saturd...
President Sheinbaum allows Iran team to stay in Mexico during World Cup after US refusal
Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United StatesMexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, ...
Far-right Elam party inspired by Golden Dawn makes big gains in Cyprus elections
Vociferously anti-Turkish party doubles its number of seats although mainstream parties didn’t see vote crumble as predictedAn anti-immigrant far-righ...
Nigel Farage’s Russian hack claim ‘without any merit’, former NCSC chief says
Ciaran Martin says Reform UK leader’s allegation over Guardian report on £5m gift ‘entirely unsubstantiated’Nigel Farage’s claim that a Russian hack w...
More than 20 towns in France record highest ever May temperatures
Parts of Spain could also see the mercury climb to 40C by the end of the weekMore than 20 towns in France have recorded their highest-ever May tempera...
Remains of US solider killed in WWII returned to Pennsylvania after 80 years
John A Walko was identified through DNA and brought home to Pennsylvania 80 years after his WWII deathThe remains of a US soldier killed during the se...
Teals eye party structure to fill Liberal vacuum and counter One Nation
Changes to political funding and the need for crossbenchers to remain relevant are driving discussions but some independents are opposedGet our breaki...
Tui faces scrutiny over E coli-linked death of baby after holiday in Egypt
Two other small British children who stayed at same hotel fell critically ill from same condition months earlierThe travel company Tui is under scruti...
Thai rescuers join effort to free seven people trapped in Laos cave
Group have been stuck in flooded cave in central Laos for five days after heavy rain caused landslidesDivers who helped in the dramatic rescue of a yo...
Hundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex left without water after supply outages
Charing, Challock and Molash worst affected, as South East Water says shortages due to hot weather and extra demandHundreds of homes in Kent and Susse...
At four, her head was shaved and her clothes burned. Aunty Lorraine doesn’t want her trauma to be forgotten
The now 88-year-old is urging Australian governments to throw their support behind a new national plan for Stolen Generations survivors as they enter ...
UK’s higher-earning immigrants may be driven out by tougher rules, report suggests
Figures raise questions over ministers’ plans to raise qualifying period for settled status from five years to 10Higher-earning immigrants are less li...
‘I’m going to get his ass’: YouTuber beats all-time cheese-rolling champion
Tom Kopke, from Germany, out-tumbled local hero Chris Anderson to win his third roll on hot day in GloucestershireIt was billed as the great cheese-of...
Shock of Iran war unites Middle East rivals in pushing Trump towards peace
Region adapting to diminished US power after Washington fails to land knockout blow on Tehran or safeguard alliesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe ...
Labour needs ‘system reset’ to tackle youth unemployment, report to say
Alan Milburn, who is leading review commissioned by government, says current strategy ‘going in wrong direction’Labour has failed to tackle soaring yo...
Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiationsIran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal wi...
Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California
US officials hope damaged tank at California aerospace site will relieve pressure and avert blast riskA damaged chemical tank in southern California c...
Scientists say record-breaking heat is a reminder of how climate crisis is affecting livesThe fierce heat sweeping Europe over the bank holiday weeken...
Trump Tower in Georgia to be built on land part-owned by son of US sanctions-hit leader
Links between Trump Organization and Ivanishvili family for Tbilisi skyscraper raise new conflict of interest concernsA Trump Tower planned for the Ge...
Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US
Ever-growing influence of social media and AI means such ideas spreading at faster rates than before, experts sayHantavirus and Ebola outbreaks carry ...
Decision not to jail three UK boys for rape is ‘unusual’ and could be reviewed, says ex-attorney general
Dominic Grieve says people are ‘perfectly entitled’ to ask Richard Hermer for review of teenagers’ sentencesAppeal judges would be unlikely to critici...
Rise in shoplifting and theft in UK finds nine in 10 retailers in rural areas targeted
Research shows cost of crime for each affected business was on average £83,000 in past yearNine in 10 retailers based in rural locations have been vic...
Reform MP refuses to say whether Farage should produce evidence for Russian hack claim
Danny Kruger says matter is ‘private’, after party leader claimed hack was behind Guardian story about £5m giftA senior Reform UK figure has refused t...
Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel on hopes of Iran peace deal
Brent crude futures down 5.5% to lowest level in two weeks and stock markets riseOil prices have fallen below $100 a barrel and stock markets have ris...
