US and Israel vote against resolution for Gaza ceasefire while UK abstained on the measure See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage Reports are coming in from the Reuters news agency that three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday during an Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin – […]
Artistic director of the Kiln theatre will take over from Rufus Norris in spring 2025 Indhu Rubasingham has been announced as the next director of the National Theatre, marking the first time that a woman and a person of colour has taken on the biggest role in British theatre. Rubasingham, […]
Gaynor Lord was last seen on Friday afternoon after leaving work early in Norwich A missing woman whose possessions were found in a riverside park in Norfolk last Friday is most likely to have “entered the water”, police said. Gaynor Lord, a mother of three, was last seen in the […]
Prime minister will host emergency breakfast at No 10 after frenetic day in Westminster reminiscent of Brexit fights Rishi Sunak is engaged in a desperate lobbying push to persuade Conservative MPs to back his Rwanda bill as he hopes to avoid a defeat that could fatally undermine his authority. The […]
Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says umbrella group of countries is united in saying draft agreement is too weak A group of countries including Australia, the US, the UK, Canada and Japan have said they will “not be a co-signatory” to “death certificates” for small island states, and have […]
Second pause may rely upon Israel proving it has captured or killed some of Hamas’s senior operatives Diplomats at the annual Doha Forum conference in Qatar have said they are not expecting any reopening of Gaza ceasefire talks for some weeks and say their resumption may turn on Israel being […]
Faruk Koca hits Halil Umut Meler in face after Rizespor equaliser Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemns attack A Turkish Super Lig game erupted in chaos on Monday night when the match referee was punched in the head by the president of one of the teams before being kicked in […]
Lords report says there is too much learning by rote and many key Tory changes should be reversed A major parliamentary report has called for an urgent overhaul of secondary education in England that would reverse many of the Conservatives’ key education changes of the past decade. The House of […]
Government’s underestimation of inflation has eroded teaching resources, according to thinktank University students in England are seeing less spent on their education than at any time since their tuition fees were tripled in 2012, according to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. According to the IFS, students are […]
Estate agent Hamptons estimates rise of 10.2% year-on-year means people paid record £85bn in rent this year Tenants in Britain last month were hit by the highest increase in rents for any November in at least a decade. Rents on new tenancies rose 10.2% year-on-year, according to the estate agent […]