Tit-for-tat attacks present Sunni monarchies with complicated choices over region’s future Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel had, by the end of this week, become one of the most interpreted events in recent modern history. Then, in the early hours of Friday, came reports of Israel’s riposte. As in […]
Delays mean just £404m of the money donated by nine countries has been committed or spent More than half of a £900m military fund for Ukraine run by the British Ministry of Defence has not been used because of bureaucratic delays in handing out contracts. The UK-led International Fund for […]
Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would have allowed young Britons to live, study and work in EU Rishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post-Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study or work in the bloc for up to four years. The […]
Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai divert around western Iran early on Friday after Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reports explosions in central city of Isfahan Follow all our Middle East crisis coverage Here is a map of Iran – you can see Tehran and its proximity to Isfahan. Iran has […]
Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions Rishi Sunak will today claim Britain is suffering from a “sicknote culture”, as he warns there is a risk of “over-medicalising” normal worries by diagnosing them as mental health conditions. In a speech on how […]
Husband of Nicola Sturgeon was rearrested ‘in connection with the embezzlement of funds’ from party, say police Peter Murrell, the husband of the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been charged in connection with embezzlement after being arrested for a second time by police investigating allegations regarding the funding and […]
Press Awards recognise newspaper’s cross-platform Cotton Capital series amid wins for several Guardian reporters The Guardian has won a diversity award at the prestigious Press Awards after its exposé on its founders’ links to transatlantic slavery, as one of its reporters took home the award for news reporter of the […]
First phase in world’s largest democratic exercise begins, with 969 million people eligible to vote over six-week period Voting has begun in India’s mammoth general election, as Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party hopes to increase its parliamentary majority amid allegations that the country’s democracy has been undermined since it came […]
Some shortages are so serious they are imperilling the health and even lives of patients with serious illnesses, pharmacy bosses say Drug shortages are a “new normal” in the UK and are being exacerbated by Brexit, a report by the Nuffield Trust health thinktank has warned. A dramatic recent spike […]
Mark Menzies allegedly spent £14,000 of campaign funds on medical costs and demanded £6,500 from aide to escape captors A Conservative MP has lost the party whip after an investigation was launched following claims that he misused campaign funds. Mark Menzies, 52, also faced allegations that he made a late-night […]