US president whose subsequent decades of tireless humanitarian work brought him the Nobel peace prize The former US president Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100, achieved a far more favourable reputation after leaving the White House than he ever secured during his single term of office. Following his electoral […]

Plains, Georgia, may seem an unlikely place from which to launch a global campaign of moral influence – but Carter did so Jimmy Carter dies aged 100 – latest updates The Founders never planned for a post-Presidency. Or if they did, they thought of Cincinnatus returning to the plow, his […]

Cost of maintenance backlog has increased dramatically since 2015 and health service lost 600 days of clinical time to related incidents in the past year A decade-long failure to address urgent repairs in hospitals across England has led to a dramatic rise in issues posing a “high risk” to patients […]

Kremlin says Russian president has spoken to Azerbaijan counterpart after crash in which 38 people died Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has apologised for a “tragic incident” in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christmas Day, but stopped short of admitting Russia was responsible. The Kremlin […]

Underinvestment has led to crumbling infrastructure in schools, hospitals and courts, Guardian study shows ‘Our school has been homeless for two years’ More than 1.5 million children are studying in dilapidated school buildings, a Guardian investigation has found, with years of underinvestment leaving England’s public infrastructure in a crumbling state. […]