Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of prisoners put to death by Tehran regime since 7 October The Iranian regime has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, according to human rights groups. According to data collected by Iran […]
Police arrest 26-year-old man, who was on French intelligence watchlist, after passersby attacked near Eiffel Tower One person was killed and two others injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, the French interior minister said on Saturday. Police quickly arrested the 26-year-old man, a […]
Police say the explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants Three people were killed and nine wounded when an explosion ripped through a university gymnasium during Catholic mass in the southern Philippines. The authorities are investigating the blast at Mindanao State University […]
PM attracts cross-party criticism with claim that ‘climate politics is at breaking point’ during combative summit visit Rishi Sunak has been accused of “shrinking and retreating” from global leadership as he used the Cop28 summit to claim that “climate politics is at breaking point” because of the costs of net […]
Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate southern city of Khan Younis, where it says Hamas leadership is based Israel-Hamas war – live updates Israel has signalled that it is preparing to launch a ground assault in southern Gaza in a significant escalation of the war, as it attacked the Strip on […]
Actor called critics ‘paedophiles’ after they labelled him ‘racist’ following his call for boycott of Sainsbury’s over Black History Month stance The actor and politician Laurence Fox has been accused of “insulting the intelligence of everyone present” during a libel trial at the high court over an argument on social […]
Scottish fire and rescue confirm explosion in cities south-west as police advise people to avoid the area Two people have been rescued from a home in Scotland after an explosion in residential Edinburgh. Police Scotland confirmed reports were received of an eruption at an address on Baberton Mains Avenue at […]
Ramblers criticise appointment of Robbie Douglas-Miller to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs No 10 has appointed a wealthy Scottish landowner accused by ramblers of restricting public access to his estate as a new environment minister by making him a peer. The government made the surprise announcement on Friday […]
Charities and NGOs accuse government of changing how it calculates climate spending to claim it will exceed targets Rishi Sunak has been accused of sending out the wrong signals on tackling the climate emergency as he heads to the Cop28 summit in Dubai after saying his revised net zero targets […]
One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music • Alexis Petridis on Shane MacGowan: the poet-musician of dereliction who became a mythic figure• Shane MacGowan – a life in pictures Shane MacGowan, the […]