A strong winter storm in the South Pacific produced the swell which headed for the islands, bringing waves more than 20ft high Towering waves on Hawaii’s south shores crashed into homes and businesses, spilled across highways and upended weddings over the weekend. The large waves, some more than 20ft (6m) […]
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Lopez and Affleck, affectionately nicknamed Bennifer, married in a small ceremony on weekend, culminating a relationship that has stretched over two decades and two engagements Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in a Las Vegas drive-through chapel late on Saturday night, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades […]
Truss says Sunak will choke economic growth by raising taxes while he accuses her of not being conservative Rishi Sunak accused his rival Conservative leadership candidates of promoting “socialism” by promising unfunded tax cuts, as the deep divisions in the party over economic policy were exposed in a bad-tempered televised […]
Home Office has ‘worrying’ habit of announcing untested ideas to stop Channel crossings, says analysis Politics live – latest updates Headline grabbing policies such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims processed are failing to halt Channel crossings, which could double by the end of this year, […]
Network Rail says to avoid trains unless absolutely necessary, with much of country covered by extreme heat alert The UK’s first ever red warning for exceptional heat came into force at midnight, with temperatures expected to climb up to 41C (105.8F) over the next two days, breaking the country’s heat […]
SBU’s Ivan Bakanov and war crimes prosecutor Iryna Venediktova sacked after their officials found to be collaborating with Russia Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskiy has fired the head of Ukraine’s powerful domestic security agency, the SBU, and the state prosecutor general, citing dozens of cases of collaboration with Russia […]
Eyewitnesses reported in Paleochori Kavala after crash of plane Greek television says was Ukrainian, carrying eight people A large cargo aircraft has crashed and exploded in a ball of flames near Paleochori Kavalas in northern Greece. Eye-witnesses said the Antonov An-12 plane was on fire and that they had heard […]
If PM elevates Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries to Lords, byelections could be the acid test for new Tory leader Boris Johnson is threatening to set an “early test” for his successor by ensuring they have to face two early byelections as the new Tory leader, the Observer has been […]
The cabinet minister and Cop26 president could resign if the new Tory leader fails to commit to a strong green agenda The cabinet minister who led last year’s landmark Cop26 UN climate summit has made a dramatic intervention in the Tory leadership race, suggesting he could resign if the incoming […]
Protesters angry prime minister who they say propped up Rajapaksa dynasty in running to lead country Sri Lanka’s political crisis is looks likely to continue this week after the ruling party decided to nominate the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as its candidate to be the next president. After the dramatic […]