Latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch comes day after North resumed weapons testing and threatened ‘fiercer’ military response to US moves in region North Korea has launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea said on Friday, its second missile launch in as many days. A day […]
Novelist said ‘rationality has prevailed’ after resolution to unseat her as chair was comprehensively defeated The novelist Joanne Harris has seen off an attempt to remove her from a leading position at the UK’s largest trade union for writers, illustrators and translators, after members comprehensively backed her in a vote. […]
With only one full day of official talks left, there are no clear agreements on key issues including funding for loss and damage The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has flown to the attempted rescue of troubled climate talks in Egypt, warning of a “breakdown in trust” between rich and […]
Poland says no evidence to suggest missile was launched by Russia – but Kyiv insists ‘it was not our rocket’ Ukraine’s air defence was probably responsible for a blast that killed two people in south-eastern Poland, the Polish president has said, while Nato said Russia was ultimately to blame as […]
National Audit Office says efforts to reduce record waiting lists under threat amid rising inflation and workforce shortages Millions of patients could face years of long waits for treatment on the NHS, as a watchdog warned that the plan to reduce extensive waits for elective and cancer care services by […]
Jeremy Hunt expected to use autumn statement to announce rise in household energy price cap to as much as £3,100 Millions of UK households will pay more for their energy from next April under plans to cut the generosity of the government’s gas and electricity support scheme expected to be […]
BEIS has ‘national security’ concerns over China-owned Nexperia which took control of Newport Wafer Fab The British government has blocked the takeover of the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors by a Chinese-owned manufacturer, citing “a risk to national security”. The business department’s decision on Wednesday comes more than a year […]
The slim majority effectively hands great power to every member of the party, possibly stymying any legislation Republicans have won back control of the House of Representatives scraping a victory from a midterms election that many had expected to be a red wave of wins but which instead turned into […]
Incident in which two people died probably falls short of threshold needed to prompt collective Nato action against Russia • Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates If it was a Russian missile that struck a Polish village on Tuesday, killing two people, it would be the first time a Russian […]
Two farmers killed near border with Ukraine by what Poland has claimed were Russian-made weapons Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Poland’s president Andrzej Duda said he expected his country would call for an emergency meeting of Nato members on Wednesday after “Russian-made” missiles strayed over into the country killing […]