Authorities are now mandating that climbers remove their waste from the mountain using biodegradable bags It’s one of the more unedifying challenges involved in scaling to the highest point on Earth – how best to relieve oneself in the freezing, inhospitable environment of Mount Everest. That question is about to […]
EU leaders call for ‘immediate humanitarian pause’ while US expected to bring UN resolution calling for truce without delay EU leaders have overcome their differences to call for an “immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza, hours before the US is expected to bring a resolution to […]
Nearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs, it emerges, as charities accuse government of failing poorest You’ve heard stories of poverty in Britain. Now here’s the irrefutable evidence of a society failing its poorest About 300,000 more children were plunged into absolute poverty in a single year at the […]
Democratic Alliance leader must now try to form a government but has vowed not to enter any kind of agreement with far-right Chega party Portugal’s president has invited Luís Montenegro, the leader of the Democratic Alliance (AD), to try to form a minority government after a long-awaited count of overseas […]
Exclusive: Top civil servant Simon Case follows Richard Moore in announcing decision to quit male-only club Members list reveals roll-call of British establishment Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitism Legal profession’s most powerful among members The head of the civil service, Simon Case, and the MI6 chief, Richard […]
Potential move could coincide with ex-president’s Monday deadline to find $454m bond needed to cover civil fraud judgment Attorneys in the New York attorney general’s office have written to the state appeals court dealing with Donald Trump’s punishment for business fraud to say that they should disregard the former president’s […]
Waltham Forest council has not yet found suitable location for statue that was completed in 2020 The first photographs of the dormant sculpture of the Bayern Munich and England striker Harry Kane have been published, five years after it was commissioned. The statue has sat in storage because Waltham Forest […]
Peers voted for numerous amendments making it improbable the legislation will return to the Commons this side of Easter Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda deportation bill is expected to be put on hold until at least next month after the House of Lords inflicted seven defeats on Wednesday. The safety of […]
Critics say Simon Case and Richard Moore’s membership of all-male club shows poor leadership and judgment Members list reveals roll-call of British establishment Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitism Legal profession’s most powerful among members The UK’s top civil servant and the head of MI6 have been urged […]
Israel’s PM says he does not see an alternative to a ground attack on Gaza’s southern city, in a sign of widening disagreement with the US president The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he remains determined to carry out a ground invasion of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah […]