In first conference speech as PM, Labour leader will defend tough rhetoric but say there is light at the end of the tunnel Keir Starmer will cast off the gloom that has dominated his early days in power and pledge to “build a new Britain” as the Treasury examines tweaking […]
Top civil servant tried to persuade ex-defence secretary not to commission inquiry into UK military actions in Afghanistan, inquiry hears The former defence secretary Ben Wallace was advised by his permanent secretary that a public inquiry into allegations of SAS executions in Afghanistan would be “expensive, unproductive and extremely bad” […]
Israel says it has hit 1,300 targets in escalating conflict with Hezbollah, as tens of thousands flee their homes At least 492 people have been killed and 1,645 injured, Lebanon’s health ministry has said, after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on alleged Hezbollah targets that left the country with its […]
Country’s attempt to defer adoption of ambitious ‘pact for the future’ to reform institution rejected 143 votes to seven Russia was left badly isolated at a high-profile UN summit in New York when it made a surprise move to derail an ambitious pact designed to revive the UN – and […]
Chancellor will confirm inquiries in conference speech as Labour tries to move on from donations scandal Rachel Reeves will announce on Monday that she has ordered investigations into more than £600m worth of Covid contracts awarded under the Conservatives as Labour struggles to get back on the front foot over […]
Mark Rowley launches initiative that includes reset of stop and search, but acknowledges ‘there is still a lot to do’ Scotland Yard has launched its latest steps to try to rebuild trust with London’s black community, which the Met police commissioner acknowledged had been let down for many years. Mark […]
Olaf Scholz’s SPD made a late comeback after trailing far-right party throughout Brandenburg campaign The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has narrowly missed out on victory in an election in the German state of Brandenburg, according to initial results, three weeks after making historic gains in two other regions. In […]
Both sides engage in significant escalation in conflict, prompting UN to say region is on ‘brink of imminent catastrophe’ Hezbollah has said it has entered an “open-ended battle of reckoning” with Israel after launching a series of rocket attacks on the north of the country as world powers implored both […]
Israeli military says its jets targeted hundreds of Hezbollah sites on Saturday, while Hezbollah says it launched dozens of missiles at an airbase in northern Israel See all our Middle East coverage The Israeli military says it has launched airstrikes on hundreds of targets in southern Lebanon, as Hezbollah launched […]
Phillippa Kaufmann KC, who helped black cab rapist’s victims sue the Metropolitan police, is helping examine whether the force should have done more to bring Harrods boss to justice The lawyer who helped victims sue the Metropolitan Police for failing to investigate John Worboys, the black cab rapist, is working […]