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Residents in several states suffer power outages and heavy flooding as officials warn of ‘very dangerous environment’ Helene left a dizzying path of destruction as it raged across the south-east United States on Friday, killing at least 40 people across four states, causing dangerous flooding and leaving millions without power. […]
Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022 Climate activists have thrown tomato soup over two Sunflowers paintings by Vincent van Gogh, just an hour after two others were jailed for a similar protest action in 2022. […]
Israeli airstrikes killed 92 people in Lebanon on Thursday; John Kirby says White House had believed Israel was ‘on board’ with ceasefire proposal Middle East crisis live – latest updates Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel “will not stop” its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon despite calls from the US, France […]
PM will meet Republican candidate on Thursday evening but was not able to schedule meeting with Kamala Harris Keir Starmer has met Donald Trump for a two-hour dinner in New York, as he sought to establish a good relationship with the Republican presidential candidate. The prime minister was accompanied by […]
Democratic nominee calls Republican plan to end war between Ukraine and Russia ‘dangerous and unacceptable’ Kamala Harris, the US vice-president, has indirectly denounced the Trump campaign’s policy on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine as “proposals of surrender” as the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington to present his own “victory […]
England’s chief medical officer also tells inquiry that UK’s low level of intensive care provision is a political decision Another pandemic as big as the Covid crisis that killed 7 million people worldwide is “a certainty”, Prof Sir Chris Whitty has warned, as he said that the UK’s lack of […]
PM says the public can make their own judgments about gifts and maintains no rules have been broken Keir Starmer has said the row over him borrowing Labour donor Waheed Alli’s luxury flat for filming was “farcical” and that the public would come to their own judgments about his reasons […]
Fresh initiative comes amid tensions between US and Europe on how to press Israel to end offensive on Hezbollah See all our Middle East coverage The US and France have called for a 21-day temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah to make way for broader negotiations, as the UN secretary […]
Comments are strongest yet against allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missiles into Russian territory Zelenskyy warns of Russia threat at UN as Putin steps up nuclear rhetoric Vladimir Putin has escalated his nuclear rhetoric, telling a group of senior officials that Russia would consider using nuclear weapons if it was […]