Police look for suspect who shot and killed Brian Thompson, 50, outside Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan Healthcare boss’s fatal shooting: what we know so far The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the US’s largest health insurers, was shot dead on Wednesday in midtown Manhattan, police confirmed in a press […]
People Power party says it will vote against impeachment bill brought by opposition amid outrage over Yoon’s attempt to declare martial law South Korea’s ruling party says it will rally behind the beleaguered president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to block a move by the opposition to impeach him over his botched […]
US says current climate rules are satisfactory, prompting condemnation from activists and vulnerable countries Climate justice campaigners have condemned the US after the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter argued against countries being legally obliged to combat the climate crisis. The US intervention came on Wednesday as part of the […]
Yoon completes dramatic U-turn by lifting martial law hours after announcing it, after unanimous vote from MPs against the measure and widespread outcry The White House has said it is “closely” monitoring the situation in South Korea. “The administration is in contact with the ROK government and is monitoring the […]
Police confirm serial killer nurse is being interviewed about cases at a second centre, Liverpool Women’s hospital Cheshire police have interviewed Lucy Letby in prison under caution over the alleged murders of more babies she cared for. Letby, a former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester hospital was convicted […]
Audience member who was at BBC live show claims MasterChef presenter was ‘disrespectful’ to interpreter Gregg Wallace asked a British Sign Language interpreter to sign “big boobs” and “sexy bum” in front of a live audience at the BBC Good Food show, an attender has told the Guardian. A MasterChef […]
The competition’s youngest contestant scoops the award for animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community Jasleen Kaur has won the 2024 Turner prize for her work animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community. Kaur, 38, the youngest artist on this year’s shortlist, […]
EPI blames patchy data for uncertainty over numbers and calls for national register to track those out of school Incomplete records and patchy data mean there could be up to 300,000 children missing out on education in England, according to a thinktank that wants a national register to track those […]
New head of National Cyber Security Centre to warn of risk to infrastructure in first major speech How Britain is preparing for cyberwar The UK is underestimating the severity of the online threat it faces from hostile states and criminal gangs, the country’s cybersecurity chief will warn. Richard Horne, the […]
At lord mayor’s banquet in London, British PM says ‘national interest demands that we work with both’ Keir Starmer has “utterly rejected” the idea that the UK must choose between the United States and Europe when Donald Trump comes to power, arguing that it is in the national interest to […]