Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Jimmy Carter dies aged 100 – latest updates Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, a broker of peace in the Middle East in his time, and a tireless […]

Cost of maintenance backlog has increased dramatically since 2015 and health service lost 600 days of clinical time to related incidents in the past year A decade-long failure to address urgent repairs in hospitals across England has led to a dramatic rise in issues posing a “high risk” to patients […]

Kremlin says Russian president has spoken to Azerbaijan counterpart after crash in which 38 people died Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has apologised for a “tragic incident” in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christmas Day, but stopped short of admitting Russia was responsible. The Kremlin […]

UN humanitarian body warns that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the ‘new normal’ Nearly one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels of violence since the second world war, according […]