Reports of cars heading south inside Lebanon despite Israeli army warning displaced residents not to return home immediately Live updates: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins A highly anticipated ceasefire aimed at ending the 14-month-old war between Israel and Hezbollah officially came into effect early on Wednesday morning, hours after Joe Biden hailed […]
Scale of the criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders Police believe Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused more than 111 women over nearly four decades, with his youngest victim said to have been just […]
Exclusive: David Neuberger, who ruled on high-profile assisted dying cases, believes tight terms of bill cannot be expanded in courts The former president of the supreme court who ruled on the most high-profile assisted dying cases has declared his support for the law change, as MPs backing the bill say […]
Gambling minister says measures will be ‘instrumental’ in helping those most at risk of addiction Bookmakers and casinos will be forced to fund NHS services that tackle problem gambling, after Labour rubber-stamped the previous government’s plans, which also include a cap of as little as £2 on the sums that […]
Members’ venue in central London popular with the media and arts world closes as police inquiry explores recent crime The Groucho Club has been forced to close as police investigate whether the venue was the scene of a serious criminal offence. On Tuesday Westminster council ruled that the licence of […]
Moscow bans Labour figures including Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves under new sanctions Russia has banned cabinet ministers including Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves from entering the country under new sanctions announced by Moscow’s foreign affairs ministry. More than a dozen other senior Labour politicians are […]
Variations in time a person goes to sleep and wakes up ‘strongly associated’ with higher risk of negative impacts Failing to stick to a regular time for going to bed and waking up increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart failure by 26%, even for those who get […]
US-brokered ceasefire officially begins at 02.00GMT; Macron says deal should ‘open the path’ for an ending of the war in Gaza Full report: Biden announces ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah Down to the final half-hour before the ceasefire comes into effect and AFP is reporting strikes […]
Hundreds of properties flooded and Welsh town hit by landslip as major incident declared in Northamptonshire Forecasters, environment officials and politicians have been strongly criticised over the warnings issued before Storm Bert and the fitness of flood defences to cope with increasingly common extreme weather. A huge clear-up is under […]
Sea Story was on diving trip with 31 tourists and 14 crew when it sent distress signal Two Britons are reported to be among 16 people missing after a tourist boat on a diving trip capsized in the Red Sea. The Sea Story was carrying 30 tourists from several countries […]