Exclusive: At least three department officials allegedly felt pushed out by MP’s behaviour as business secretary Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, […]

Lebanon foreign minister says attack came as shock after assurances of ‘limited response’ from Israel Israel has claimed it killed Hezbollah’s top military commander, Fuad Shukur, in an airstrike on a south Beirut suburb launched in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend. Shukur, also […]

Former BBC presenter charged with three offences after Met police investigation The former BBC presenter, Huw Edwards, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. Edwards, who left the BBC in April, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday on charges relating to images shared […]