Geidt said: ‘I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post’ after questions over whether PM broke ministerial code Boris Johnson’s attempt to relaunch his premiership suffered a fresh blow on Wednesday night when his ethics adviser, Lord Geidt, dramatically quit after conceding the prime minister […]
Ukraine war, China lockdowns and Brexit help push up inflation, with products that rely on wheat worst hit Food price rises in the UK could hit 15% this summer – the highest level in more than 20 years – with inflation lasting into the middle of next year, according to […]
The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys argued on Wednesday that the disgraced British socialite should be sentenced to “well below” the 20 years imprisonment that probation authorities have recommended in her New York […]
First flight to Rwanda grounded after lawyers make successful emergency application Boris Johnson’s plan to send an inaugural flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda has been abandoned after a dramatic 11th-hour ruling by the European court of human rights. Up to seven people who had come to the UK seeking […]
Due to the climate crisis, within 30 years these coastal properties will not be salvageable, researchers say Sea level rise will force the abandonment of about 200,000 coastal properties in England within 30 years, new data suggests, as the climate crisis takes hold. These are the homes that cannot be […]
Suspect is brother of first person held by police over disappearance of the British journalist and indigenous activist Police in Brazil say they have arrested a second man in connection with “the alleged murder” of the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira. Oseney da Costa […]
State’s highest court rules against ex-president, clearing way for deposition next month in investigation into his business practices New York’s highest court has rejected Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to avoid testifying in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices, clearing the way for his deposition next month. […]
Zelenskiy says outcome of battle for Donbas will determine course of the war; Russia calls on Ukrainian forces in Sievierodonetsk to lay down arms Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the outcome of the battle for the Donbas region will determine the course of the war, adding […]
US investors fret about possible recession as S&P 500 plummets into bear territory and global markets feel aftershocks Fears about a possible recession have pounded stock markets around the world amid reports that US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates by as much as 0.75% this week – its biggest […]
Strategy described as ‘missed opportunity’ as final wording merely commits to ‘considering’ animal welfare Animal welfare campaigners, food policy experts and farmers have reacted with fury after the government watered down post-Brexit trade deal standards in its food strategy, released on Monday. In a version of the strategy leaked to […]