Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different from his father but proved to be as repressive Middle East crisis – live updates On the face of it at least, the Bashar al-Assad of 2002 presented a starkly different figure from the brutal autocrat he would become, […]
Men, women and children, many jailed for speaking out against regime, reunite with their families Syria live – latest updates As Syrian rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured city after city on the road to Damascus, forcing Bashar al-Assad to flee the country, they also […]
Citizens dream of a better future but some are wary of Islamist groups claiming to represent them The people of Syria have celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad and dared to dream of a better future after five decades of dynastic rule came to a sudden and unexpected end with […]
Thick black smoke fills sky above Brucefield industrial estate near Livingston as drivers told to avoid area Firefighters are tackling a “significant” blaze which broke out at an industrial estate in West Lothian, sending a plume of thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Crews from nine fire engines were […]
Transport police called to Ilford station on Wednesday and Jorge Ortega, 61, was taken to hospital with head injuries Tributes have been paid to an Elizabeth line worker who died after an attack at a railway station in east London. Jorge Ortega, 61, died in hospital after suffering head injuries […]
French president hosts three-way talk with US president-elect, as Ukrainian fears grow over position of incoming administration Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Saturday insisted at a meeting with US president-elect, Donald Trump, that any settlement with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine had to be “just”, as fears grow in […]
Thousands are left without power as flood warnings are issued in the wake of fierce winds and rain James Woodbine was woken up by Storm Darragh at 5am, roughly the time the power cut began. His 300-year-old cottage is at the top of a hill in Trofarth in north Wales […]
Opposition says in Telegram post they have begun entering capital while video shows army forces removing uniforms in streets Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a former al-Qaida affiliate, said on Saturday it has a duty to protect governmental, international and UN offices in Syria. Meanwhile, in Doha, the UN […]
Exclusive: FDA general secretary urges PM to rethink ‘Trumpian’ language about Whitehall The head of the senior civil servants’ union has written to Keir Starmer urging him to rethink his “frankly insulting” criticism of Whitehall for being comfortable with falling standards. The general secretary of the FDA, the union for […]
Brazen shooting in Manhattan turns up evidence including video and bullets but, two days on, suspect remains at large After the United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday morning in a “brazen targeted attack”, clue after clue swiftly emerged. Surveillance video seems […]