Deaths and damage spanned huge areas in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland The death toll from floods and tornadoes in the US north-east rose past 40 on Thursday, as authorities continued to digest the full impact of the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Ida struck Louisiana last Sunday, […]
Source suggests government will expedite manifesto-busting 1p rise before party conference season Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A manifesto-busting 1p increase in national insurance contributions for workers and employers could be used for a post-Covid boost for the NHS and to address long-term social care funding. […]
Mark Sedwill also attacks west’s withdrawal as a ‘bad policy, badly implemented’ Britain and its allies have no coherent plan to deal with the huge refugee crisis expected to follow the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former cabinet secretary has warned. Mark Sedwill, a former ambassador to Afghanistan and senior […]
Possession could be criminalised as home secretary vows to ‘take tough action’ on use of laughing gas Possession of nitrous oxide, one of the most popular drugs among 16- to 24-year-olds, could be criminalised after the home secretary ordered experts to review its effects. Priti Patel said she was ready […]
• Missiles thrown at players and reports of monkey chants• FA asks Fifa to investigate allegations of racism Gareth Southgate called for Fifa to take strong action after Hungary fans targeted Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham with monkey chants during England’s 4-0 victory in Budapest on Thursday night. Hungary have […]
Dominic Raab grilled by foreign affairs select committee over why he did not act on risk assessment The UK Foreign Office’s own risk assessment warned that the Taliban could return rapidly to power, causing cities to collapse and triggering a humanitarian crisis, less than four weeks before the fall of […]
Beheshta Arghand, now in Qatar, says militants don’t accept women as humans and started targeting them soon after takeover The Afghan television anchor Beheshta Arghand, who interviewed a Taliban official live on air after the fall of Kabul, has since fled to Qatar and told how the militants are pushing […]
Louise Richardson’s comment prompted by minister’s dismissal of experts during Brexit campaign The University of Oxford’s vice-chancellor has said she is “embarrassed” that Michael Gove studied at the institution following his infamous comments during the Brexit campaign that people have “had enough of experts”. The chancellor of the duchy of […]
Critics denounce law as unconstitutional and a threat to women’s health Top Democrats across the country are condemning the US supreme court over its silence on Texas’s latest and most extreme abortion law to date after it came into effect on Wednesday. The so-called “Heartbeat Act”, which was signed into […]
Analysis finds 9% drop in real terms for 2022-23 will be largest for over 40 years despite urgent need for post-pandemic recovery The government will spend less on school pupils in England next year than it did in 2009-10 despite a recent £7bn funding boost, according to a report warning […]