American actor starred in films including The Great White Hope and The Lion King, and won two Tony awards in prolific stage career James Earl Jones: a life in pictures James Earl Jones, the actor whose beautifully sonorous tones gave voice to Star Wars’ principal villain Darth Vader, has died […]
Emergency services said 20 tents caught fire in attack that Israel said targeted a Hamas command centre Israel-Gaza war – follow the latest developments At least 40 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on a tent encampment designated as a humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, Gaza officials said early […]
Changes proposed after as many as 750,000 people may have been excluded from 2024 election due to lack of documents Ministers should expand the ID that people can use to vote, the elections watchdog has recommended, after a report found as many as 750,000 people might not have voted in […]
Assistant commissioner says force hasn’t got ‘everything right’ in past year in its handling of large demonstrations over Gaza and the environment Arrests at large protests, including those organised by pro-Palestine and environmental groups, will probably be made more quickly in the future, the Metropolitan police’s assistant commissioner has said. […]
Three firefighters injured and more than 35,000 structures endangered by Line fire amid days-long heatwave Tens of thousands of homes and buildings were threatened Sunday by an out-of-control wildfire burning in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heatwave that pushed temperatures into the […]
Stade de France transformed into huge electronica dance party with world’s elite para athletes doing farewell conga With an explosion of fireworks, laser beams, breakdance and a thumping set by the giants of French electronica, France bid goodbye to the Paralympic Games on Sunday night with the biggest party it […]
Findings by Transparency International UK point to ‘more than coincidence or incompetence’, says chief executive A landmark study has uncovered corruption “red flags” in government Covid contracts worth more than £15bn – representing nearly one in every three pounds awarded by the Conservative administration during the pandemic. The analysis, billed […]
Dozens said to be considering abstaining from Tuesday’s vote over pensioners’ payments, as PM says dealing with dissent is ‘matter for chief whip’ As many as 50 Labour MPs could refuse to back the government’s controversial plan to cut the winter fuel allowance, despite Keir Starmer urging back benchers to […]
Former prime minister also under fire for hiring ex-aide Charlotte Owen as VP despite her lack of energy sector experience Boris Johnson failed to disclose that he met a uranium lobbyist while prime minister before entering into a new business with a controversial Iranian-Canadian uranium entrepreneur, the Observer can reveal. […]
Britain’s pandemic response was among the worst and the NHS had been ‘seriously weakened’, says leading surgeon • Three reports lay bare scale of NHS malaise, but will Reeves fund a remedy? Britain was hit far harder by the Covid-19 pandemic than other developed countries because the NHS had been […]