Hundreds evacuate after Israeli military says it will strike areas linked to Al-Qard Al-Hassan association, a US-sanctioned banking system See all our Middle East coverage Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes on Sunday night as blasts were heard across its southern suburbs after Israel’s military said it was preparing […]
Month: October 2024
Health secretary launches consultation on government’s move to transform NHS in England from ‘analogue to digital’ Wes Streeting is to unveil plans for portable medical records giving every NHS patient all their information stored digitally in one place on Monday, despite fears over breaching privacy and creating a target for […]
Pro-western leader Maia Sandu spoke as pivotal referendum on EU membership remained too close to call Moldova’s pro-western president, Maia Sandu, blamed an “unprecedented assault on our country’s freedom and democracy” by “foreign forces” on Sunday night, as a pivotal referendum on EU membership remained too close to call with […]
Study by Royal Society for Public Health shows current system could further exacerbate health inequalities Almost half of the UK workforce lack access to workplace health support including winter flu vaccinations and checks for cardiovascular diseases, a report has found. The analysis, by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), […]
Autumn price bump failed to emerge as buyers spoiled for choice, with properties on market at a 10-year high The number of homes being sold is up almost a third, year on year, so far this month, although the traditional autumn price bump has failed to emerge due to buyers […]
The chancellor is set to announce a revenue-raising budget designed to reset Britain’s public finances Rachel Reeves is set to use one of the most pivotal budgets of recent times to call on businesses to pay more tax to help restore the NHS, amid warnings that the health service has […]
Six-time Olympic cycling gold medallist, 48, says he has stage 4 cancer which has metastasised from his prostate Chris Hoy, the six-time Olympic gold medallist, has disclosed he has “two to four years” left to live after a terminal cancer diagnosis. The 48-year-old told the Sunday Times that a scan […]
Shia group has not claimed responsibility for attack on PM’s home but says it fired several barrages of rockets Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in the seaside town of Caesarea was hit by a drone on Saturday, causing superficial damage and no casualties, as Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon rage unabated […]
Thousands of supporters, including Usher, rally in battleground Georgia, as campaign focuses on early votes Kamala Harris highlighted the threat to women’s reproductive rights and Donald Trump’s apparent exhaustion at a rally Saturday in south Atlanta, continuing a full-court press for votes in Georgia as early voting breaks records here. […]
Rachel de Souza makes strongest intervention yet as three relatives go on trial for murder of Sara Sharif, the 10-year-old who allegedly suffered two years of abuse by her father Ministers must ban smacking now, the children’s commissioner for England has said, in her strongest intervention yet on child safety. […]