Exclusive: Lawyers to target assets of Russian state, military contractors and affiliated business figures across globe Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates A consortium of Ukrainian and international lawyers is preparing to launch a mass civil legal action against the Russian state, as well as private military contractors and businesspeople backing the […]
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Even people who take sugar seem at lower risk, say experts, but results may be due to coffee drinkers being more affluent People who drink coffee – whether with or without sugar – appear to have a lower risk of an early death, although experts caution the finding may not […]
Agreement to provide contingency travel services terminated over layoffs of nearly 800 seafarers Ministers have cancelled a contract with P&O Ferries after it sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice in March. The Home Office announced that the agreement with the Border Force agency would come to an end with “immediate […]
People told to look out for ‘new spots, ulcers or blisters on any part of their body’ as UK cases reach 179 Another 71 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in England, according to the UK’s public health body. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the latest cases, as […]
Several Tory MPs believe the 54-letter threshold has been reached and that a challenge to PM could be mounted as soon as next week Boris Johnson’s lurch to the right after Partygate is fuelling even more anger among rebel Tory MPs, with momentum now building for a leadership challenge next […]
EDF Energy tells staff reactors will be shut down in summer despite concerns of blackouts later this year The owner of one of the UK’s six nuclear power plants has said it will not extend its life beyond a planned shutdown in summer, despite officials raising concerns over the danger […]
Former president intensifies attacks on Liz Cheney at Wyoming rally and endorses her Republican primary challenger in midterm elections As the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol by extremist supporters of Donald Trump prepares to start public hearings next week, the former president called the insurrection on […]
Gathering was said to have taken place on PM’s birthday but not included in Sue Gray’s report Labour has called for an investigation into leaked text messages suggesting there was a second gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat during lockdown, held by his wife, Carrie, on his birthday. The […]
Russian forces are hitting largest city in Donbas still held by Ukraine ‘200 times an hour’, causing huge damage Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Officials in eastern Ukraine say Russian shelling of Sievierodonetsk has been so intense that it has not been possible to assess casualties and damage, as Moscow closes […]
Exclusive: legislation has been designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to leaked government paper The racist laws that led to the Windrush scandal The origins of the Windrush scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to a leaked […]