Philippe Lazzarini says summary dismissal of nine employees was ‘reverse due process’ after Israel’s claims they aided Hamas attack Middle East crisis – live updates The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said he followed “reverse due process” in sacking nine staff members accused by Israel of […]
Low capital gains rate and US location of funds mean tax bill of £508,000 much less than under top income rate of 45% Rishi Sunak paid more than half a million pounds in tax in 2023 after making a £1.8m profit on his holding in a US investment fund, a […]
Met police say no body found but Ezedi has not been seen since assault on woman and her daughters in London Police hunting the Clapham chemical attack suspect, Abdul Ezedi, say they believe he is dead after going into the River Thames at Chelsea Bridge four hours after he left […]
Other failures listed in damning official report include blaming children for ‘making poor choices’ Metropolitan police officers tried to put off children from making complaints about alleged sexual abuse and privately blamed young people for crimes suffered, a damning official report has revealed. Most investigations into child exploitation were rated […]
Russian president’s rambling, two-hour talk with commentator is his first interview with western media since the Ukraine invasion Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin were in the spotlight on Thursday night, as the divisive, Trump-supporting rightwing commentator interviewed the reclusive Russian autocrat. The rambling, two-hour interview, filmed in Moscow, was Putin’s […]
Keir Starmer announces party will now spend less than £15bn on green projects a year if it wins election UK politics live – latest updates Labour has cut its green investment plans by half, ending weeks of speculation and confirming the biggest and most controversial U-turn of Keir Starmer’s leadership. […]
Valerii Zaluzhnyi to be replaced by land forces commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in ‘renewal’ of armed forces Volodymyr Zelenskiy has fired his top army commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, in Ukraine’s biggest military shake-up since Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly two years ago. The two men met on Thursday, after which Zelenskiy posted […]
President says ‘my memory is fine’ after report on classified documents case calls him ‘elderly man with poor memory’ Read the special counsel report in full Joe Biden made a short last-minute speech on Thursday after a report from the justice department questioned his ability to remember key events and […]
Official cites Ukraine war and China threat and raises concern over turnover of top government ministers British defence intelligence officials say the UK is closer to a large-scale conflict than at any recent point, as the Middle East crisis intensifies while Russia pursues an expansionist agenda and China develops advanced […]
Peter Spooner describes comment made in an exchange at prime minister’s questions as ‘absolutely dehumanising’ The father of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has demanded Rishi Sunak apologise after the prime minister made a jibe at the expense of transgender people just after being told Brianna’s mother was watching him […]