The US president has unveiled a plan for the US to take long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip. Here are are the key points from the press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu Middle East crisis – live updates Full report: Trump makes shock Gaza announcement Donald Trump and Israel’s prime minister, […]
Public Accounts Committee examined series of site purchases and found ‘troubling culture that repeatedly wastes public money’ The Home Office’s plans to house asylum seekers reveal a “dysfunctional culture of repeated mistakes and weak internal challenge” that wasted nearly £100m, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded. A Public Accounts Committee report […]
Review looked into mental health care Calocane received before killing three people in a violent rampage through Nottingham in June 2023 Valdo Calocane, the triple murderer who went on a violent rampage in Nottingham, was not forced to take injectable antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, a report […]
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says he had ‘good call’ with US president and that tariffs will be postponed for at least a month South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected Donald Trump’s claim that the country is confiscating land. AFP reports that Ramaphosa said he was ready to explain his […]
Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments Keir Starmer is facing a growing internal backlash over the potential approval of a giant new oilfield, after Treasury sources indicated Rachel Reeves was likely to give it her backing. MPs described a […]
If successful, the scheme could speed up testing and reduce radiologists’ workload by around half The NHS is launching the world’s biggest trial of artificial intelligence to detect breast cancer, which could lead to faster diagnosis of the disease. AI will be deployed to analyse two-thirds of at least 700,000 […]
Exclusive: Armour was supposed to be replaced in 2023 but that was delayed by four years under previous government Ministers have issued an emergency recall of 120,000 body armour plates used by the British military, amid accusations from Labour that the Conservatives failed to safely renew basic protection for troops […]
Research shows need for further studies into air pollution and other causal factors, expert says The proportion of people being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked is increasing, with air pollution an “important factor”, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency has said. Lung cancer in people who have […]
Unions as well as school leaders say proposed changes to replace four-grade approach in England are ‘demoralising’ Moves to overhaul the way schools are inspected in England have been criticised by headteachers and teaching unions as “demoralising” and worse than the system they are aiming to replace. The changes by […]
Schools shut as precautionary measure and people told to avoid shoreline after hundreds of seismic tremors Greek authorities have dispatched special forces, rescue teams, tents and drones to the island of Santorini after hundreds of seismic tremors were recorded in the area. Amid fears of a bigger earthquake that could […]