John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards Olivier awards: full list of winners The play Giant, which portrays children’s author Roald Dahl amid an outcry about his antisemitism, has triumphed at the Olivier awards on a star-studded night at […]
Labour ‘gobsmacked’ by Tory leader ‘cheerleading’ decision to deport Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed UK politics live – latest updates Labour and the Tories have become embroiled in a war of words after the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, defended Israel’s decision to deny two MPs entry into the country and […]
Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbles nearly 9% on Monday as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng down 8% and South Korea trading temporarily halted amid Trump tariff concerns Hong Kong stocks have plummeted more than 9% at open, while Singapore stocks dropped over 7%, according to reports. Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived […]
PM ready to ditch ‘old assumptions’ and is debating possible changes to fiscal rules to boost growth Keir Starmer is preparing to rethink key elements of the government’s economic policy in an emergency response to Donald Trump’s tariff blitz, amid growing concern in Downing Street that the US president’s trade […]
Exclusive: young volunteers also allege spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour at bases of Youth With a Mission ‘It felt like a demon was inside me’: young Christian missionaries allege spiritual abuse The world’s biggest youth Christian missionary organisation is facing allegations of spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour from young people […]
Party suspends North East Somerset MP after he is taken into custody following police raid on his constituency home Labour have suspended Dan Norris, the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, after he was arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences. Norris, a former Labour minister who […]
Congress members Jamie Raskin, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar among speakers as demonstrators denounce ‘fascism’ Demonstrators estimated to be in the tens of thousands gathered in Washington on Saturday in a display of mass dissent against Donald Trump’s policies that organizers hoped would snowball into a rolling cycle of protests […]
David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ that the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deported The UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of plans to “document […]
Released court statement says alleged Chinese spy helped draft private letters to Chinese president The Duke of York sent letters directly to China’s president, the prince’s former senior adviser told a special immigration tribunal, with an alleged Chinese spy advising him on how to write them. Dominic Hampshire, who worked […]
Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault. Brand will appear in […]