Exclusive: The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news Syria live – latest updates The celebrations in Damascus were interrupted by a whisper. On the outskirts of the city, a door had been found. Beyond it […]
PM defends ties between two countries and says he will be able to raise concerns about Saudi government’s human rights record Keir Starmer has defended his trip to Saudi Arabia, saying it was needed to fulfil his “number one mission” of growing the UK economy. Speaking during a visit to […]
Media mogul’s three adult children will retain control despite attempt to give his son Lachlan complete control Rupert Murdoch’s three adult children will retain control over their father’s media empire upon his death, a Nevada court has ruled after Murdoch launched a campaign to wrest away their power and give […]
Citizens dream of a better future but some are wary of Islamist groups claiming to represent them The people of Syria have celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad and dared to dream of a better future after five decades of dynastic rule came to a sudden and unexpected end with […]
Men, women and children, many jailed for speaking out against regime, reunite with their families Syria live – latest updates As Syrian rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured city after city on the road to Damascus, forcing Bashar al-Assad to flee the country, they also […]
Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different from his father but proved to be as repressive Middle East crisis – live updates On the face of it at least, the Bashar al-Assad of 2002 presented a starkly different figure from the brutal autocrat he would become, […]
As Moscow’s top diplomat reeled in Doha, his Turkish counterpart appeared to know he had the upper hand Middle East crisis – live updates As celebratory gunfire was heard across liberated Syria, the diplomatic guns of Iran and Russia, in Doha to attend a major dialogue forum, fell silent, rendered […]
First speech by UK chancellor to eurozone finance ministers since 2020 will promise ‘business-like’ approach to relations Rachel Reeves plans to end the UK’s “fractious” post-Brexit accord with the EU, a relationship she said had been defined by “division and chaos”, by promising closer ties in the first speech by […]
Opposition says in Telegram post they have begun entering capital while video shows army forces removing uniforms in streets Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a former al-Qaida affiliate, said on Saturday it has a duty to protect governmental, international and UN offices in Syria. Meanwhile, in Doha, the UN […]
Thousands are left without power as flood warnings are issued in the wake of fierce winds and rain James Woodbine was woken up by Storm Darragh at 5am, roughly the time the power cut began. His 300-year-old cottage is at the top of a hill in Trofarth in north Wales […]