US president’s remarks to Time magazine about PM’s role in conflict draw heavily critical response from Israeli government Pressure grows on Netanyahu to back ceasefire plan Joe Biden has said that there is “every reason” to draw the conclusion that Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war in Gaza for his […]

Increasing numbers of children hungry and lack adequate clothing, with two-thirds of secondary teachers also supporting pupils Eight in 10 primary schoolteachers in England are spending their own money to buy items for pupils who are increasingly arriving at school hungry and without adequate clothing, according to new research. Almost […]

Labour leader tried to focus on the Tories’ record while the prime minister accused opponent of planning tax rises Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer tore into each other’s election promises on tax and immigration in a fiery first TV debate of the campaign. The pair exchanged barbs in an ill-tempered […]

The new vaccine approach will help improve survival rates for ‘the next decades and more’, says Cancer Research UK’s chief clinician The world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma halves the risk of patients dying or the disease returning, according to trial results that doctors described as “extremely impressive”. […]

Honorary president of the former Brexit party to make eighth attempt to enter parliament The Conservative party’s faltering general election campaign suffered a potentially damaging blow when Nigel Farage announced he intended to stand as an MP and lead the Reform party for the next five years. The former Ukip […]

Vote counting begins in biggest elections in the world, with one billion voters eligible to cast their ballots Exit polls show Narendra Modi expected to win historic third term Before counting even began the BJP had won one seat, in the constituency of Surat, where Mukesh Dalal, from the ruling […]

Cecil Farley says implant, which could become standard treatment, means he can still see his wife of 63 years A 91-year-old man who became the first patient in England to have his sight saved by an artificial layer in his cornea has praised the procedure for allowing him to still […]

Comment made despite signs of division in Israeli war cabinet and Netanyahu appearing to challenge the deal The White House insisted that the “ball was in Hamas’s court” on whether to accept a new Gaza peace proposal, despite mixed signals from Benjamin Netanyahu reflecting turmoil within his governing coalition in […]

Keir Starmer aims to turn spotlight on Sunak’s career before politics in lead up to first general election TV debate Rishi Sunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a hedge fund which engineered a deal at the heart of the financial crash, Labour has said, as it […]

Exclusive: Experts raise alarm over ‘national scandal’ that has hallmarks of trafficking and modern slavery ‘He didn’t have a contract for me’: the Indian careworkers who paid agents to work in Britain What are the problems with the UK visa system for care work? British social care agencies have been […]