Five years after payment scheme launched, a former soldier says delays mean plan should be run independently A former soldier who was a victim of the Windrush scandal has said he fears the government is “waiting for us to die off” before it pays compensation. Conroy Downie, 67, and his […]
Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according […]
Ekrem Imamoğlu secures unexpected second term as Istanbul’s mayor, propelling the CHP to the centre of national politics Turkey’s main opposition party dealt an unexpected blow to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule on Sunday with a sweeping victory in Turkey’s local elections, maintaining control of major cities including the capital, Ankara, […]
Television star was killed in a motorcycle accident that involved no other parties, representatives say Chance Perdomo, the British American actor who starred on the television shows Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Gen V, has died in a motorcycle accident. He was 27. Nobody else was involved in the accident, […]
Survey of 15,000 people suggests even party leader Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire seat is at risk The Conservatives are on course for their worst election result, winning fewer than 100 seats, according to a new poll. The seat-by-seat analysis gives the Tories 98 constituencies compared with Labour’s 468, giving Sir […]
Pressure on Michael Gove to act as householders see bills rise 40%, with many saying that they cannot afford to pay Some of the UK’s largest housing providers have dramatically increased annual service charges by thousands of pounds, plunging residents into financial crisis, an Observer investigation has found. Many residents […]
Chair of foreign affairs select committee Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay • Analysis: starvation in Gaza likely key to UK legal advice on war crimes The British government has received advice […]
Despite disparagement from John Bolton, critics maintain Trump is clear threat to democracy, given admiration for dictators A former national security adviser in the Donald Trump White House has said that the ex-president “hasn’t got the brains” to helm a dictatorship, despite his admiration for such rulers. In an interview […]
Donaldson has stepped down after being charged over ‘allegations of a historical nature’, party says Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party after being charged with sexual offences, throwing Northern Irish politics into turmoil. At an emergency meeting, the party suspended the membership of Donaldson […]
Labour party analysis of figures since 2010 shows raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours last year Waterborne diseases such as dysentery and Weil’s disease have risen by 60% since 2010 in England, new figures reveal. Analysis of NHS hospital admissions by the Labour party has found that […]