A private letter from Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin to Benjamin Netanyahu gives Israel 30 days to act The Biden administration has warned Israel that it faces possible punishment, including the potential stopping of US weapons transfers, if it does not take immediate action to let more humanitarian aid into […]
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The soldier was also chief of the general staff and commander of British forces in the 2003 Gulf war General Sir Mike Jackson, the former head of the British army who commanded troops in the 2003 Iraq war, has died aged 80. The former chief of the general staff died […]
Exclusive: overhaul of system that imposed draconian penalties for innocent errors in benefit claims is expected Draconian penalties that caused unpaid carers to rack up thousands of pounds of debt after unwittingly falling foul of benefit rules are to be overhauled, the government has announced. The move comes six months […]
Murder charge in Los Angeles against teenage son of acclaimed photojournalist, praised for ‘shining a spotlight on siege of Sarajevo’ The British photojournalist Paul Lowe has been fatally stabbed on a hiking trail in California and his teenage son arrested for murder, according to police. Lowe, who covered conflicts including […]
Spy says he accessed details of legal advice Starmer gave campaigners in McLibel case An undercover police officer has admitted that he spied on Keir Starmer while he was a radical barrister, a public inquiry has heard. The police spy has said that he accessed confidential details of the legal […]
Chancellor says businesses will understand balancing the books is necessary for fiscal stability Elton John and Michelin meals: Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investors Rachel Reeves has dropped her strongest hint yet that she is planning to raise employer national insurance contributions in the budget, prompting accusations […]
Data compiled by EEA shows quality of water bodies falls far short of target first set for 2015 and since extended to 2027 Only about one-third of Europe’s surface water is in good health or better, a report has found, despite an EU target first set for 2015 to bring […]
At a Pennsylvania rally, the vice-president focused on Trump’s threat to use armed forces against his adversaries Kamala Harris has said a second Trump term would be “a huge risk for America”, in a renewed effort to paint her Republican opponent as a threat to democracy, after the former president […]
Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in wake of Israeli attack on Christian town, as UN security council voiced strong concern over IDF attacks on peacekeepers More than 20 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Christian town in northern Lebanon, prompting Hezbollah to fire rockets at […]
Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly Britain is at risk of experiencing a repeat of the sharp increase in energy costs which has fuelled the continuing cost of living crisis because it relies too heavily on gas, according to an expert […]