Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as foreign secretary announces new Russia sanctions Keir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by insisting that Ukraine must be “at the heart of any negotiations” on […]
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Macron says knife attack is ‘without any doubt an act of Islamist terrorism’ A 69-year-old man who intervened when a suspected terrorist attacked police officers with a knife shouting “Allahu Akbar” has died in eastern France. Two police officers were also seriously injured in the suspected Islamist terrorist act, which […]
Pontiff in hospital for complex lung infection and has received high flows of oxygen and blood transfusions Pope Francis was in critical condition on Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being treated for pneumonia and a complex lung infection, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pope, who […]
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately Analysis: Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts? Interviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made it Artists, directors and actors have raised the […]
German police have arrested a suspect after attack on Spanish tourist and say they have not yet found a motive German police have arrested a man suspected in a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial that left a Spanish tourist seriously injured. There was no immediate indication of a motive […]
UK prime minister aiming to cool escalating transatlantic row over war in Ukraine Keir Starmer will not risk riling Donald Trump by challenging him over his attack on Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, when the pair finally meet next week, as the prime minister seeks to cool an escalating transatlantic row. […]
National Rally’s Jordan Barella calls off address as Anti-Defamation League says it is concerned but ‘not surprised’ The French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday morning cancelled a scheduled speech at the US Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, after Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon flashed a […]
Rapper is a vocal supporter of Palestine but has received criticism over restaurant’s links to Israeli military Stormzy has denied that he “compromised beliefs for commercial gain”, after his advertising partnership with McDonald’s was criticised over the company’s ties to Israel. In a new campaign, the rapper appears in filmed […]
Foreign secretary’s speech comes as UK continues to tread fine diplomatic line between supporting Ukraine and not offending Trump The west should not be “fooled” by Vladimir Putin’s attempts to dress up imperialism as pragmatism in advance of any talks over the future of Ukraine, David Lammy has warned. Speaking […]
Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, saying ‘you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally’ Nigel Farage has contradicted his ally Donald Trump, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy “is not a dictator” after the US president’s attack on the Ukrainian leader this week. Farage, who became one of the last UK […]