Move comes days after Colorado supreme court removes Trump from state primary ballot for same reason Maine has blocked Donald Trump from its presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to bar the former president from running, under a constitutional provision that prevents insurrectionists from holding office. On 19 December, […]
Month: December 2023
Officials’ warning echoes those of two ministers, as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies on boundary Israel-Gaza war: live updates Israeli officials have hinted that the “diplomatic hourglass” is running out to reach a negotiated solution to the escalating fighting on the boundary with Lebanon, even as the war in Gaza continues […]
National Archives papers show prime minister tried in vain to avoid inquiry over Peter Wright’s memoirs Margaret Thatcher was “utterly shattered” by the revelations in Spycatcher, the memoirs of the retired MI5 officer Peter Wright, files released publicly for the first time reveal. The files also reveal the dilemmas faced […]
Exclusive: lack of resources to treat people whose ill health is often worsened by poverty is taking a heavy toll on medics’ wellbeing Two in three UK doctors are suffering “moral distress” caused by the enfeebled state of the NHS and the damage the cost of living crisis is inflicting […]
4×4 got into deep water in River Esk in North York Moors as severe floods and high winds hit parts of the UK Three men have died after their 4×4 became submerged in the River Esk in the North York Moors amid ferocious weather and severe flooding across parts of […]
Security officials keen to arrange meeting as ‘time running out’, according to reports Israel-Gaza war – live updates The Israeli military expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory as the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was […]
Exclusive: Developers still unwilling to put forward schemes despite change to planning rules in September No new plans for onshore wind have been accepted in England since the government claimed it had “lifted” the de facto ban, new analysis reveals. Renewable energy organisations warned at the time that this was […]
More than 250,000 vinyl records were sold last week, the most since the turn of the century Vinyl records were a surprise hit this Christmas, with weekly sales in the UK soaring to their highest level this century during the festive shopping period, fuelled by artists including Taylor Swift, Fleetwood […]
The party has triggered outrage from conservative politicians and supporters of the war in Ukraine A rapper who attended a celebrity party wearing only a sock has been jailed for 15 days, sponsors of some of Russia’s best known entertainers have torn up their contracts, and President Vladimir Putin is […]
Man, 23, arrested on suspicion of murder and a 55-year-old is being held on suspicion of attempted murder A 46-year-old man has died and several others were injured after a car hit a crowd of people during violence in Sheffield, police have said. Emergency services were called to College Close […]