Ruling on mifepristone, widely used for medical abortions, sets up legal showdown as Washington state issues conflicting order A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended US approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, one of the two drugs commonly used for medication abortions, in a closely watched case brought by […]
Year: 2023
Rishi Sunak to take no further action after inquiry criticises but clears former chief whip of breaching rules Allies of the Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani have said they fear a “cover-up” of Islamophobia within the party after the former chief whip was cleared of rule-breaking over claims he said Ghani’s […]
Exclusive: John McFall says upper house is in danger of falling ‘out of sync’, amid controversy over Johnson and Truss choices The House of Lords needs more independent, expert peers, the lord speaker has warned, amid growing controversy over plans by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss to pack the chamber […]
At least five other people taken to hospital with injuries as result of blaze in block of flats in Newham A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman died in a fire at a block of flats in east London, police have said. At least five […]
The adult film star sat down with Piers Morgan for 1.5 hours, saying the former president should be ‘held accountable’ In her first major interview since Donald Trump’s indictment, Stormy Daniels has said that while she wants the former president to be “held accountable” she doesn’t believe he should go […]
Rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon and second Israeli raid on al-Aqsa mosque stoke fears of further escalation Israeli jets hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in retaliation for rocket attacks it blamed on the Islamist group Hamas, as tensions following police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque […]
Investigation reveals King Charles and the late queen’s income from duchies grew sixteenfold during Elizabeth’s reign King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II have received payments equivalent to more than £1bn from two land and property estates that are at the centre of a centuries-old debate over whether their […]
Ahead of the coronation of King Charles III, the Guardian’s Cost of the crown series exposes the entrenched secrecy around the royal family’s money and wealth How much money will the coronation of King Charles III cost the British public? What tax rate will our new king pay on his […]
The trouble with the monarchy is not that it is too powerful but that it is utterly useless, a worthless vacuum shrouded in ceremony “Not My King,” say the yellow T-shirts of the anti-monarchists TV cameras may swerve around in the coronation crowds. But he is our king, willy-nilly, like […]
Sir Mark Rowley vows to ‘lift the stone’ – but says rooting out every unfit police officer could take years Scotland Yard is battling its biggest corruption crisis since the 1970s, its commissioner has warned, as new evidence emerged of the widespread bungling of sexual and domestic abuse claims against […]