Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he […]

At least 45 people, including many women and children, killed in assault that prompts international outcry An Israeli airstrike that caused a huge blaze at a tented area for displaced people in Rafah has killed 45 people, medics have said, with images of charred and dismembered children prompting an outcry […]

Bishops say pontiff made remark during closed-door debate on admitting homosexual men into seminaries Pope Francis allegedly used an offensive slur during a discussion with bishops over admitting homosexual men into seminaries, several Italian newspapers have reported. The pontiff, 87, is alleged to have made the remark during a closed-door […]

Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, says the funding will improve Kyiv’s air defences, just days after Russia killed 18 people in Kharkiv Spain will provide Ukraine with €1bn in military aid this year after the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, met in Madrid to sign […]

Labour will strike balance between workers’ needs and business interests, shadow chancellor to tell bosses Rachel Reeves will pledge on Tuesday to lead the most “pro-growth” Treasury in UK history if Labour wins the general election. Addressing business leaders, the shadow chancellor is poised to claim her party would “return […]