Joshua Steinglass tells hush-money jurors that scheme to bury negative stories before 2016 election distorted democracy Donald Trump’s secret plot to bury negative press ahead of the 2016 election deprived Americans of their right to choose a candidate at the ballot box, said the prosecution in its summation on Tuesday […]
Month: May 2024
Wes Streeting says another Conservative term could result in waiting list swelling to 10m cases Labour has promised to clear the NHS waiting list backlog in England within five years, with Wes Streeting warning that the health service risks becoming “a poor service for poor people” while the wealthy shift […]
Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he […]
Charcoal graffiti believed to have been sketched by children uncovered at ancient Roman city Drawings of gladiators believed to have been made by children inspired by watching battles at Pompeii’s amphitheatre are among the latest discoveries in the ruins of the ancient Roman city. The charcoal drawings were found during […]
Three activists with links to Hackney constituency widely talked about as possible replacements to stand for election Labour could select one of three “credible” candidates to run in Diane Abbott’s seat as it seemed intent on not allowing Abbott to stand for the party despite an investigation into her conduct […]
Prime minister campaigns in Buckinghamshire as his military service plan is criticised and MP defects to Reform Rishi Sunak struggled to keep control of his fractured party on a chaotic fifth day of the Tory election campaign, as one MP defected to Reform and a minister criticised the prime minister’s […]
At least 45 people, including many women and children, killed in assault that prompts international outcry An Israeli airstrike that caused a huge blaze at a tented area for displaced people in Rafah has killed 45 people, medics have said, with images of charred and dismembered children prompting an outcry […]
Labour will strike balance between workers’ needs and business interests, shadow chancellor to tell bosses Rachel Reeves will pledge on Tuesday to lead the most “pro-growth” Treasury in UK history if Labour wins the general election. Addressing business leaders, the shadow chancellor is poised to claim her party would “return […]
Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, says the funding will improve Kyiv’s air defences, just days after Russia killed 18 people in Kharkiv Spain will provide Ukraine with €1bn in military aid this year after the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, met in Madrid to sign […]
Bishops say pontiff made remark during closed-door debate on admitting homosexual men into seminaries Pope Francis allegedly used an offensive slur during a discussion with bishops over admitting homosexual men into seminaries, several Italian newspapers have reported. The pontiff, 87, is alleged to have made the remark during a closed-door […]