US backed Israel in blaming Hezbollah for strike on Golan Heights but is ‘working on a diplomatic solution’ Global leaders were engaged in intensive diplomacy on Sunday to dissuade Israel from increasing attacks on Lebanon, amid fears that a wider regional war could erupt in response to a rocket strike […]
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Exclusive: Teachers and NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of earnings limits, says ‘devastating’ study ‘DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal Teachers, NHS […]
Shadow minister, the bookies’ favourite, says if elected she will focus on renewing the party to serve the British people Kemi Badenoch, the shadow housing and communities secretary, has entered the Conservative leadership race with a pledge to get the Tories back into government by 2030. Badenoch, the bookmakers’ favourite […]
Cyclist Anna Henderson squeezes out rival to come second as divers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen make a splash Team GB was celebrating its best start to an Olympic Games in over four decades as Anna Henderson claimed silver in the women’s road race time trial and divers Yasmin […]
Pramila Jayapal, progressive Seattle representative, says of ‘undeniable’ enthusiasm: ‘I have not seen anything like this’ Kamala Harris pledged to earn the votes of young people this election, as the vice-president and newly elevated presumptive Democratic nominee rides a gen Z-powered wave of online “Kamalove” . In a virtual address […]
Israeli PM blames Hezbollah for deadly strike on football pitch amid daylong barrage from Lebanon Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah would “pay a hefty price” after a strike on a football pitch in a remote town in the occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people […]
New video apparently shows violent build-up to incident in which officer allegedly stamped on man during arrest The mayor of Greater Manchester urged people “not to rush to judgment” over the Manchester airport incident after new footage appeared to show a violent and frenetic lead-up. Protests erupted in Rochdale and […]
The deputy PM is to announce new rules to boost affordable homes as a £20bn shortfall in UK public finances is revealed • Angela Rayner: Labour’s radical housing plan will be smart, tailored and strategic A sweeping overhaul of planning rules to trigger the building of many more affordable homes […]
An armada of boats carrying athletes along the Seine, dangling dancers and parading drag queens – all under torrential rain The Paris Olympic Games opened on Friday night with a high-kitsch, riverside spectacle, as an armada of boats carried athletes along the Seine, dancers dangled from high poles, drag queens […]
Olympics opening ceremony creates sporting armada of world’s top athletes but locals bemoan lack of access “C’est Zizou!” went the cry as one of France’s most beloved sons appeared on the screen next to the Seine – and with a blaze of red white and blue, they were off. As […]