Trump’s embattled secretary of defence nominee expresses contentious views on gay service members in latest book Policies allowing out gay people to serve in the US military have been denounced as part of a “Marxist” agenda aimed at prioritising social justice above combat-readiness by Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled defence […]

Exclusive: Sources say there is belief that service has become too big after growing during Brexit and pandemic years Ministers are planning to cut more than 10,000 civil service jobs as Whitehall departments battle to stay within spending limits under a new government efficiency drive, the Guardian has learned. Multiple […]

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says HTS group will ask countries to hand over Assad regime officials who flee The Islamist rebel commander responsible for the downfall of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has said that those responsible for torture and killing in Syria’s notorious prison system will not evade justice, after […]

Israel plans to create ‘sterile defensive zone’ inside southern border, and Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in north Syria Middle East crisis – live updates Syria’s leading rebel group has named a new prime minister to head the country’s transitional government as outside powers move to shore up their interests in […]

Exclusive: Records obtained via FoI request relate to critic of Saudi royal family living in UK under asylum protection Mohammed bin Salman personally lobbied David Cameron earlier this year to intervene in the legal case of a London-based dissident who is suing the Saudi government, amid threats by its officials […]