Critical step for president in convincing foreign leaders he remains up to task of leading 32-member military alliance Joe Biden has announced that Nato countries will provide Ukraine with five new strategic air defense systems as leaders began a summit in Washington where the alliance was expected to declare Ukraine’s […]
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Experts say success shows expansion of tax to cover other foods and drinks is a ‘no brainer’ The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. The tax, which came into force […]
Nandy says her department will prioritise celebrating British culture and a less divisive vision of the UK The “era of culture wars is over”, Lisa Nandy has promised in her first speech as culture secretary, saying her department will be at the heart of efforts to reflect a more positive […]
Maybe this is how new empires rise. Out of the ruins of the old, with fresh visions and fresh blood, a supremacy that creates its own logic as it goes, until it begins to feel inevitable. Spain have taken the hardest possible road to Berlin, conquered Italy and Croatia and […]
Vice-president warns Trump would turn US to dictatorship if re-elected at event focused on AANHPI communities Kamala Harris doubled down on her support of Joe Biden on Tuesday, describing the embattled president as a “fighter” as she warned Donald Trump would turn the country from a democracy into a dictatorship […]
On fifth day in office, PM and deputy will meet England’s regional mayors as Labour draws up new bill for king’s speech Every area of England should take over key powers from Westminster, Keir Starmer will say as he and Angela Rayner declare an end to the “levelling up” agenda […]
President seeks to ensure stability during transition after green-left alliance’s surprise electoral win Emmanuel Macron has asked Gabriel Attal to stay on temporarily as France’s prime minister to maintain stability after a snap general election left the country facing a hung parliament and fraught negotiations to form a new government. […]
US president to host bilateral talks with UK leader travelling to Washington for major Nato summit Keir Starmer is to meet Joe Biden this week for the first time at the White House as he travels to Washington for a major Nato summit of world leaders. The US president’s press […]
Rescuers search through rubble of country’s largest children’s hospital, as Zelenskiy vows to retaliate Western and UN leaders have condemned a daylight Russian missile barrage that hit Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, leaving an unknown number trapped under the rubble, as strikes across the country killed 36 people in one of […]
Report found ligature points previously used in suicide attempts at Harmondsworth had not been removed The prisons watchdog has described “truly shocking” conditions in an immigration removal centre close to Heathrow airport as the worst its inspectors had ever seen. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons has published a damning report […]