Documents indicate monarch was informed Anthony Blunt was Soviet agent in 1973, though he confessed in 1964 The late Queen Elizabeth II was not told for almost 10 years that Anthony Blunt, a surveyor of the queen’s pictures and a member of the royal household, had confessed to being a […]
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Francis recalls receiving a ‘large white box’ related to ‘difficult and painful situations’ in his autobiography, Hope Pope Francis has said he inherited a “large white box” full of documents related to various scandals faced by the Catholic Church when he took over from his predecessor. The pontiff makes the […]
US president says agreement that could pause more than 14 months of fighting matches a proposal he made months ago Joe Biden has said his administration is on the brink of sealing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war after more than 14 months of […]
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data Artificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK’s computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology’s effects. Keir […]
Exclusive: paramedics unable to respond to 100,000 calls a month as they wait to hand over patients ‘It feels like a war zone’ – exhausted ambulance service workers tell their stories Paramedics in England are unable to respond to 100,000 urgent 999 calls every month because they are stuck outside […]
Eight of the dead found in Palisades fire zone and 16 in Eaton fire zone, medical examiner says, as forestry department warns of ‘critical fire weather’ Full story: stronger winds threaten further destruction, officials warn Politicians quibbling as LA burns: Newsom’s latest beef with Trump Details emerge about the LA […]
Cash profit on a sale falls for second year in a row, to below £100,000, finds Hamptons Sellers in England and Wales made less than £100,000 profit on the sale of their home last year, or just over 40% – the lowest return in a decade – according to the […]
Exclusive: Voters overall are downbeat about politics and almost two-thirds think ‘the UK’s best years are behind us’ One in five generation Z and millennial Britons prefer strong leaders without elections to democracy, and voters overall are feeling downbeat about politics, a report has found. The polling, due to be […]
Senior cabinet minister promises not to dilute new measures despite Zuckerberg’s attacks on countries ‘censoring’ content Britain’s new laws to boost safety and tackle hate speech online are “not up for negotiation”, a senior government minister has warned, after Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg vowed to join Donald Trump to pressure […]
Critics flag ‘worrying trend’ of keeping royal files under lock and key as thousands set for release to public Researchers fear that thousands of government documents about the late queen and Prince Philip due for release in the next two years could be censored. The files are scheduled to be […]