Pictures released by US central command come after satellite photos showed US navy ship offshore with floating platform being built alongside it See all of our Israel-Gaza coverage The US military has released pictures it says show that a pier to help bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip […]
Prime minister dismisses potential deal with Dublin, increasing prospect of an escalating UK-Irish crisis Rishi Sunak has said the UK will not accept the return of asylum seekers from Ireland and dismissed the prospect of a deal with Dublin. The prime minister doubled down on his Rwanda deportation plan and […]
John Swinney emerges as favourite to become leader of party hit by series of damaging crises Humza Yousaf has quit as Scotland’s first minister to clear the way for a new leader capable of giving the Scottish National party stability after a series of damaging crises. During a dramatic day […]
Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, the Guardian can […]
ABI reports annual jump of £157 in first quarter of 2024 but says 1% increase on previous quarter indicates rises are easing The average price paid for comprehensive motor insurance in the UK was about a third (33%) or £157 higher in the first quarter of this year than a […]
Worried MPs have concocted five-point plan of quick measures aimed at showing that the party cares about public’s priorities Rishi Sunak is braced for a bruising week as Tory rebels flaunted plans for a 100-day “policy blitz” to secure quick wins if the local election results prove disastrous for the […]
Peter Smith is in intensive care after suffering damage to an arm, leg and hand and puncture wounds to abdomen A British tourist who was seriously injured in a shark attack off a Caribbean island is “aware of what is happening and can communicate” in intensive care, his wife has […]
Exclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general election Senior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a rise in government borrowing costs not seen since the chaos of the Liz Truss mini-budget, the Guardian can reveal. Such is […]
Exclusive: Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’ ‘I’m resigning as a Tory MP and crossing the floor. Only Labour wants to restore our NHS’ A Tory MP and former health minister has staged a dramatic defection […]
Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses • Read more: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’ A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in […]