Break in cross-party consensus on issue to be announced on Tuesday Kemi Badenoch is dropping her party’s commitment to reaching net zero by 2050, as she launches the Conservatives’ widest policy review in a generation. The Tory leader will give a speech on Tuesday in which she will argue that […]
The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’ The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105. The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Hemingway, a member of “the Few” who took to the […]
Palestinian health ministry officials say 100 killed after Israeli military launches biggest attack on territory since January ceasefire began Deaths reported in Gaza as Israeli military conducts ‘extensive strikes’ despite ceasefire An Israeli official has tole Agence France Presse that the extensive operation launched across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday […]
Steve Witkoff says US discussions with Russian president ‘positive’ and ‘solution-based’ and leaders likely to speak Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he expected the US president to speak with Vladimir Putin this week, saying that the Russian president “accepts the philosophy” of Trump’s ceasefire and peace […]
Government declares seven-day period of mourning after fire in eastern town of Kočani kills at least 59 North Macedonia has declared a seven-day period of mourning after a fire in a nightclub that left at least 59 dead and scores injured, as authorities detained 15 people for questioning and the […]
Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke out A British tourist is missing in Thailand after the tour boat she was travelling on caught fire off the island of Koh Tao. Alexandra Clarke, 26, from Lambeth, south London, was onboard the Davy Jones […]
Four times more buy-to-let firms than fast-food shops now registered at Companies House as landlords switch set-up to cut tax payments Buy-to-let businesses have become the largest single type of business in the UK – with nearly four times as there are fast food takeaways or hairdressers. There are more […]
PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving more than 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off Keir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts for some of the UK’s most severely disabled people, with an overhaul that could see more than 600,000 benefit […]
Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelans, but order halted by judge Donald Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the US. The White House issued a presidential proclamation on Saturday targeting Venezuelan members of […]
Controversial plans to cut personal independence payments (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPs Ministers have left the door open to a humiliating U-turn on their highly contentious plans to cut benefits for disabled people, amid mounting uproar over the proposals across the […]