Corporation explores possible legal action to recover salary from broadcaster who was paid for five months after arrest The BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, has said the corporation will “look at all options” for recovering pay from the disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards. Davie said the corporation was exploring the possibility […]
Andy Murray loses doubles match to finish his career JK Rowling weighs in on 46-second boxing contest Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results Paris saw the best of Olympic sport as Andy Murray ended his career with one last night under the floodlights and US superstar […]
Several foreigners and Russian political prisoners released as Germany frees hitman Vadim Krasikov as part of deal Russia prisoner swap – latest updates The largest prisoner swap between Russia and the US since the cold war has taken place, as 16 people were freed from Russian custody including the Wall […]
Leader says ‘perverse and macabre’ electoral rivals are stoking protests as US official calls for governments to acknowledge Edmundo González Urrutia as election winner Nicolás Maduro has gone on the offensive after suspicions that he stole last Sunday’s presidential election plunged Venezuela into turmoil and diplomatic isolation, blaming the unrest […]
Lola Anderson fulfils late father’s faith in quad sculls Team GB chalk up five more medals, including two golds Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results The British rower Lola Anderson choked back tears as she told of her pride in fulfilling her late father’s faith in […]
Iran vows revenge after airstrikes kill Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on same day as commander killed in Beirut Iran has vowed revenge after airstrikes killed the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut in the space of 12 hours, as the dual Israeli […]
Teenager from Banks in Lancashire charged after three children killed and eight injured during dance class A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and attempted murder after 13 people, including 11 children, were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, police said. Merseyside police said they charged […]
Chaotic event hosted by National Association of Black Journalists saw Trump lie about abortion and immigration During a contentious and chaotic panel hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) on Wednesday, Donald Trump parroted disinformation about immigration and abortion, questioned Kamala Harris’s race and accused a panel moderator, […]
Lebanon foreign minister says attack came as shock after assurances of ‘limited response’ from Israel Israel has claimed it killed Hezbollah’s top military commander, Fuad Shukur, in an airstrike on a south Beirut suburb launched in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend. Shukur, also […]
Exclusive: At least three department officials allegedly felt pushed out by MP’s behaviour as business secretary Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, […]