President said US are ‘devoted to the defence of Israel’ as he urged Tehran to show restraint Joe Biden has said he expects an Iranian attack on Israel “sooner rather than later” and issued a last-ditch message to Tehran: “Don’t.” “We are devoted to the defence of Israel. We will […]
Exclusive: Failure to do so would betray working-class people, shadow health secretary says Wes Streeting has defended Labour’s plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog, arguing that a failure to do so would result in a “betrayal” of working-class people who cannot afford to […]
Deputy Labour leader has faced questions over sale of former council house before she became MP Angela Rayner has pledged to step down as deputy leader of the Labour party if a police investigation finds she has committed a crime, amid allegations of breaching electoral law and avoiding capital gains […]
Party figures say decision to tack to right on issues such as immigration could also diminish predicted landslide ‘Lesser of two evils’: voters in Sheffield Hallam look to Labour with reluctance Labour risks losing in a number of its target seats as previously loyal progressive voters turn away from the […]
Samantha Power becomes first US official to confirm famine, while aid workers decry continuing lack of help ‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guide A promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, […]
BBC presenter made statement as Parky Charter – a list of recommendations about condition – delivered to No 10 Jeremy Paxman has said Parkinson’s disease “makes you wish you hadn’t been born” as he delivered a list of recommendations about the condition to Downing Street. The former University Challenge and […]
Former American football player who was acquitted of murder in 1995 died of cancer, according to a statement by his family OJ Simpson, the former American football star, actor and notorious suspected double murderer, has died of cancer at 76, his family said in a statement on Thursday. His 1995 […]
Exclusive: Science secretary’s legal fees of £19,000 more than doubled sum previously admitted by government UK taxpayers have paid out more than £34,000 to cover the cost of the science secretary Michelle Donelan’s libel case, the Guardian can reveal, more than double the sum the government had previously admitted. The […]
US president and allied officials fear ‘significant’ strike within days in retaliation for Israeli bombing of consular building in Damascus Joe Biden has vowed that US commitment to defend Israel against Iran was “ironclad” as concerns rose in Washington that a “significant” Iranian strike could happen within days, in retaliation […]
NHS England to review seven specialist services after staff share misgivings privately Adult transgender clinics in England are facing a Cass-style inquiry into how they treat patients after whistleblowers raised concerns about the care they provide. NHS England has announced that it is setting up a review of how the […]