Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: life at Manston migrant centre Home Office officials have admitted that “we completely lost our grip” on the […]

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote MPs will be placing the country on a “slippery slope towards death on demand” if they back legislation on assisted dying in England and Wales this week, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, Shabana […]

Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement to help developing world shift to low-carbon economy Rich and poor countries concluded a trillion-dollar deal on the climate crisis in the early hours of Sunday morning, after marathon talks and days of bitter recriminations ended in what campaigners said was […]

Ukrainian president calls testing of nuclear-capable weapon on his country’s territory an ‘international crime’ Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”. Speaking at a defence conference on […]

Chancellor understood to be determined to keep policy despite Treasury analysing ways to soften impact Rachel Reeves is holding firm against a U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, despite the Treasury analysing ways of softening the impact. The chancellor is understood to be determined not to drop the policy even […]

Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care • Gordon Brown: We need better end-of-life care, not assisted dying The former prime minister Gordon Brown has declared his opposition to the legalisation of assisted […]

McGregor ordered to pay nearly €250,000 in damages to Nikita Hand after he was accused of 2018 assault A jury at a civil trial at Ireland’s high court has found that the Irish martial arts fighter Conor McGregor assaulted a woman who had accused him of raping her at a […]

Gus gained 3.5kg during his 20-day stopover before being released back into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Gus, an emperor penguin who gained international fame after travelling about 3,000km from Antarctica to the West Australian coast, is on his […]

As well as Simone White, two Danes, an American and an Australian have died after incident in town popular with backpackers A British lawyer has become the fifth person to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it was “supporting […]

Official figures put price of event at £72m but anti-monarchy group Republic says real cost is likely much more The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed. The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7m, with a further £50.3m in costs […]