Prime minister tells a summit of 29 leaders that the Russian president cannot delay peace talks indefinitely Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet over agreeing to a ceasefire with Ukraine on Saturday as international pressure grew on the Russian president to enter talks. The prime minister said […]
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 […]
British steelmakers lobby for government to set limit to compete with France and Germany The British steel industry has called for capped energy prices for heavy industry in order to match France and Germany, as companies grapple with the fallout from Donald Trump’s trade war. UK Steel, a lobby group, […]
Falcon 9 rocket takes off on journey to replace duo who have been at International Space Station since June The replacements for two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station for nine months launched on Friday evening, paving the way for the pair’s long-awaited return. SpaceX’s […]
Loss of staff will be at least twice as big as thought, as new NHS England chief tells regional boards to cut costs by 50% The jobs cull from the government’s radical restructuring of the NHS will be at least twice as big as previously thought, with other parts of […]
UK PM to host virtual meeting of ‘coalition of the willing’ nations who have agreed to help enforce peace Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to “play games” with the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine, as he prepared to present proposals for a peace deal […]
Vladimir Motin was in charge of the Solong when it hit a tanker off East Yorkshire coast, leaving one man dead The master of the container ship the Solong, which crashed into another vessel in the North Sea, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter. Vladimir Motin, 59, a Russian […]
‘We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders,’ says Jens-Frederik Nielsen Greenland’s probable new prime minister has rejected Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward […]
Officers say they have widened investigations despite questions over nurse’s convictions for killing babies Police investigating the hospital where the nurse Lucy Letby worked have widened their inquiries to include gross negligence manslaughter by senior staff. Cheshire constabulary says it has expanded its inquiry into the Countess of Chester hospital […]