Quebec minister described ‘unprecedented’ situation amid warnings that country must be prepared in future • Wildfires latest news – live Wildfire crews in Canada continue to battle hundreds of blazes across the country as air quality in major cities remains poor and other regions brace for intense heat. And as […]
Home Office will no longer distinguish between people arriving by irregular means and other asylum seekers Rishi Sunak has quietly dropped a key plank of last year’s asylum law that introduced a two-tier refugee system and made lives tougher for tens of thousands of people who arrived in the UK […]
Bank removes all its ‘new business’ residential and buy-to-let products after surge in demand HSBC has temporarily withdrawn mortgage deals for new borrowers due to a surge in demand ahead of expected rate rises. The bank said on Thursday it would remove all its “new business” residential and buy-to-let products, […]
Andy Cooke says trust in police ‘hanging by a thread’ and forces failing to act on recommendations The head of the police inspectorate in England and Wales has demanded sweeping new powers to compel police forces to tackle what he described as the worst crisis in law and order in […]
Exclusive: friend ‘helped the couple plan their wedding’ in May 2021 when restrictions on indoor gatherings in place Boris and Carrie Johnson hosted a close friend, who helped plan their wedding, overnight at Chequers when a number of Covid restrictions were in place, the Guardian has been told. Dixie Maloney, […]
PM uses Washington visit to push Britain as global centre for technology and seek US involvement in safety summit Rishi Sunak has used a trip to Washington to push the UK as a global centre for artificial intelligence regulation, insisting its record in the sector will make others listen to […]
Security guarantees and membership path needed at Nato summit to avoid escalation, says Anders Rasmussen Russia-Ukraine war live A group of Nato countries may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine if member states including the US do not provide tangible security guarantees to Kyiv at the […]
City-state is to close its only turf club in order to redevelop 120-hectare site for public housing amid declining popularity of the sport More than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes its only race course to […]
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPs Britain has announced the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as part of plans to address concerns they could be used for spying by […]
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths tells security council flooding from Nova Kakhovka dam collapse will have ‘grave and far-reaching consequences’; follow breaking news today Nova Kakhovka dam – everything you need to know Russia-Ukraine war at a glance People in Ukraine: do you live near the Nova Kakhovka dam? Neither […]