Opinion differs only over whether leadership is merely incompetent or actively working with Netanyahu Israel said it has killed three militants including a senior Hamas official in an airstrike on a car outside Jenin on the third day of extensive military operations across the West Bank. The campaign, according to […]
Mykola Oleshchuk’s dismissal thought to be linked to death of pilot and loss of plane newly delivered to Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy has fired the head of Ukraine’s air force a day after it emerged that a recently delivered F-16 jet had crashed earlier this week, killing the pilot. “I have […]
Health groups challenge Starmer to ban ‘unhealthy products’ firms from lobbying MPs by giving them gifts MPs are being urged to stop accepting freebies to sports and cultural events from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms because their products cause so much illness and death. More than 100 health groups […]
Vice-president also talks about moment Joe Biden told her he is ending campaign; Walz recounts moment son Gus was moved to tears by convention speech Donald Trump’s “own platform could effectively ban [in vitro fertilization] and abortion nationwide”, a spokesperson for Kamala Harris’s campaign said in response to Trump’s latest […]
IDF claims ‘armed assailants’ tried to hijack vehicle leading convoy of medical supplies, but aid organiser says those killed were transport company staff The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it […]
Hospitality industry expresses concern about impact on businesses of leaked proposals not denied by PM Keir Starmer is on a collision course with the hospitality industry and political opponents after signalling plans for major curbs on outdoor smoking. The proposals, not denied by the prime minister, would potentially prohibit tobacco […]
More than 130,000 people will benefit from check-ups that will be considered the equivalent of an NHS appointment More than 130,000 people across England will benefit from workplace health checks being trialled to help protect people from preventable diseases, the government has said. The checkups, which will begin on 30 […]
‘A moment of great sadness for the nation’ as Māori king, considered the paramount chief of several tribes, or iwi, dies New Zealand’s Māori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning, aged 69, according to a statement released by his representatives. “The death of Kiingi Tuheitia […]
Head of the International Paralympic Committee calls for a ‘revolution of inclusion’ in moving opening ceremony The 17th Paralympic Games began under blue skies then lit up the night as Paris made a powerful start in extending to disability sport the same energy and joy that has so far characterised […]
The Yemen-based militants have denied an Iranian claim that they agreed to a temporary truce but will allow a tugboat to access the Sounion tanker Yemen’s Houthi group has agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to access a damaged crude oil tanker in the Red Sea, Iran’s mission to […]