Winter ‘humanitarian crisis’ will damage children’s lungs and brain development Cold homes will damage children’s lungs and brain development and lead to deaths as part of a “significant humanitarian crisis” this winter, health experts have warned. Unless the next prime minister curbs soaring fuel bills, children face a wave of […]
Year: 2022
Michelle Bachelet issues report minutes before her term ends, detailing ‘credible’ reports of torture, forced sterilization and internment The outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said that China had committed “serious human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province which may amount to crimes against humanity. Bachelet’s […]
Christina Bobb and Evan Corcoran face scrutiny over their communications with the justice department, legal experts say Two lawyers for Donald Trump could become witnesses or targets in the obstruction investigation connected to the criminal probe of the former president’s unauthorized retention of highly-sensitive government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort […]
Jacob Rees-Mogg accused of pursuing agenda of ‘punishing civil servants who work from home’ Plans to sell off £1.5bn worth of government-owned buildings are based on “fantasy” job cuts to the civil service and ignore the role of hybrid working, critics have said. They took aim at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s crackdown […]
Canada’s PM defends need for ‘flexible and creative’ intelligence work by CSIS after claim operative delivered 15-year-old to Islamic State Justin Trudeau has pledged to “follow up” on allegations that a spy working for Canadian intelligence trafficked British schoolgirls into Syria where at least one married an Islamic State fighter. […]
World leaders react to death of last head of the Soviet Union who had called for Kremlin and White House to mend ties Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies aged 91 Mikhail Gorbachev obituary The former farm worker with the rolling south Russian accent and distinctive port-wine […]
The last leader of the Soviet Union, he was ousted as his reforms pointing to the end of the USSR spiralled out of control Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was the most important world figure of the last quarter of the 20th century. Almost singlehandedly he brought an […]
Exclusive: Nearly 70% of providers say they may need to turn people away or shrink the size of emergency rations Food banks across Britain have warned of a “completely unsustainable” surge in demand that will prevent them feeding the hungriest families this winter. Organisations representing 169 food banks told the […]
Prime minister urges people to have hope cost of living crisis will ease as he uses final week in office to highlight achievements Politics live – latest updates Boris Johnson has not denied setting his sights on a political comeback after he leaves Downing Street, as he sought to cement […]
Coroner, who presided over inquest into death of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in 2007, speaks of shock at death of another child A police officer tried to save the life of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel by using his hand to cover her gunshot wound as he carried her into hospital, an inquest […]