Tehran authorities ‘shaken to core’ as demonstrations grow and death toll mounts The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl, Nika Shakarami, who died during protests that continue to sweep the country, has rejected official claims that her death was caused by falling from a building and insisted she was beaten […]
MP asked by Liz Truss to step down as trade minister and has party whip removed Follow the latest developments A senior Conservative minister, Conor Burns, has been sacked from the government after an allegation of “serious misconduct” relating to his behaviour at this week’s party conference. Truss asked him […]
Predictions handed to chancellor expected to paint gloomy picture for UK economy amid sweeping tax cuts Kwasi Kwarteng has been handed independent forecasts on the state of the UK finances that are expected to show a hole of more than £60bn left by his sweeping tax cuts and a sharply […]
Up to 30 people hurt, with some airlifted from scene in Creeslough in Donegal, while search for survivors continues Irish police have confirmed there have been three fatalities in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal, as the emergency search operation continues at the site of the blast. […]
City beat 19 others to host 67th contest after Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed staging event in Mariupol was not possible The Eurovision song contest will be hosted by Liverpool next year after it beat 19 other cites to stage the event on behalf of war-torn Ukraine. The annual extravaganza will be […]
Chancellor must top up budgets or face industrial action and further recruitment issues, thinktank warns More than 100,000 public sector workers would lose their jobs this year if the government refuses to fund higher than expected pay awards for nurses, doctors, teachers and care workers, according to the Institute for […]
Exclusive: Free Market Forum suggests scrapping free childcare hours and abolishing corporation tax A free-market thinktank with close links to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng has drawn up a blueprint of “slash and burn” ideas that could form the basis of the government’s supply-side reform programme to be set out […]
In his starkest assessment yet, US president says world is the closest it has come to nuclear catastrophe in sixty years Follow our coverage of the Ukraine war Joe Biden has warned the world could face “Armageddon” if Vladimir Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon to try to win the […]
Energy companies urged to prioritise at-risk consumers, including those on dialysis, as National Grid warns of rolling blackouts Rolling power cuts enforced this winter if gas supplies run extremely low could endanger thousands of people who use life-saving machines at home, health leaders have warned. They spoke out after National […]
Nika Shahkarami, 16, disappeared on her way to anti-hijab protests sparked by death of Mahsa Amini The mother of an Iranian teenager who died after joining protests over Mahsa Amini’s death has accused the authorities of murdering her daughter and pressuring her into saying that her death was a suicide, […]