PM will defend Labour plans in speech and insist working people need better public services more than lower taxes Keir Starmer will promise to “embrace the harsh light of fiscal reality” on Monday as his chancellor prepares to unveil a budget that includes billions of pounds’ worth of tax rises […]
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Exclusive: Karim Khan denies claims he repeatedly urged alleged victim to disavow allegations against him The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court allegedly responded to a formal complaint of sexual misconduct by trying to persuade the alleged victim to deny the claims, the Guardian has been told. Multiple ICC […]
One person killed as truck rams into bus stop in Israel, and Benjamin Netanyahu heckled at memorial event Approximately 70 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past day, health officials in Gaza said, as Israel’s renewed campaign in the north of the strip shows no sign of […]
Marking final stretch of campaign in New York, Trump and cabal of surrogates attack Harris and mock Puerto Rico Anger and vitriol took center stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, as Donald Trump and a cabal of campaign surrogates held a rally marked by racist comments, […]
Footage appears to show MP for Runcorn and Helsby knocking man to ground before aiming six more blows at his head Labour has suspended the whip from the MP Mike Amesbury after footage appeared to show him punching a man to the ground, the party said. A video published by […]
Iran’s military suggests it would prioritise an agreement to end fighting in Gaza and Lebanon over any retaliation The US President Joe Biden said on Saturday he hopes Israel’s latest strikes on Iran will mark the end of a months-long cycle of escalation, as his administration doubles down on efforts […]
Face-to-face military confrontation on each other’s soil has now been normalised For years, Israel and Iran have waged a “shadow war”, attacking each other indirectly using proxy forces, assassinations, informants, spies and hybrid, non-military covert means. Now this undeclared, largely silent war is undisguisedly out in the open. It’s become […]
Political elite under pressure from variety of sources, with US urging Iran to step back from the brink Middle East crisis – live updates The Iranian government has belittled the scale and effectiveness of the Israeli attack on its military sites, but hardliners in the parliament insisted the strikes breached […]
The chancellor says she will invest to reverse Tory decline, but stands accused of breaking party manifesto promises Labour will launch a new era of public and private investment in hospitals, schools, transport and energy as momentous as any in the party’s history in this week’s budget, the chancellor, Rachel […]
Heir to the throne responds to criticism about his Homewards programme in two-part ITV documentary Prince William has said criticism about his privileged lifestyle and many residences drives him to try to end homelessness in Britain. The heir to the throne was challenged to respond to jibes about his three […]