President endorses Kamala Harris to lead Democratic ticket just four months before November election Biden drops out of presidential race – live updates Joe Biden has withdrawn from his presidential re-election race and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of their party’s ticket, an extraordinary […]

In first rally with running mate JD Vance, ex-president jibes at leadership chaos within Democratic party Donald Trump launched a full-throated attack on Democratic rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday as he returned to the campaign trail a week after surviving an assassination attempt […]

Three reported killed and 87 wounded after oil depot and electrical installations hit Powerful airstrikes rocked the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah a day after Israeli officials vowed revenge for a drone that struck Tel Aviv. Airstrikes hit a refinery and electricity infrastructure, sparking a huge blaze. It was […]

Minister pledges more sports and drama in curriculum review as row deepens over two-child benefit cap • Interview Labour’s Bridget Phillipson: ‘I will help working-class pupils defy the odds to succeed’ Expanding opportunities for working-class children by broadening the school curriculum to include more sport, drama, art and music alongside […]

Software made by US cybersecurity company was intended to protect against crashes and disruptions in vital systems – it ended up taking them down A global technology outage on Friday grounded flights, disrupted health services, crashed payment systems and blocked access to Microsoft services in what experts believe is one […]

Microsoft’s IT outage reveals the fragility of our software systems and the risks of a more serious technology collapse • Global Microsoft IT outage: latest updates Planes grounded, trains delayed, television stations off air, hospital appointments cancelled, electronic payments halted. No, it wasn’t the start of a massive cyber-attack from […]