White House believes Moscow has amassed at least 70% of firepower needed for mid-February invasion Russia has enough troops in place to seize Kyiv or another Ukrainian city but not yet sufficient numbers for a full takeover and occupation of the country, Ukraine’s former defence minister has said, as Washington […]
Police chief describes situation as a ‘siege’ as thousands of protesters join demonstrations against Covid restrictions The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency Sunday and a former US ambassador to Canada said groups in the US must stop interfering in the domestic affairs of America’s neighbour as […]
Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi said the move was ‘an opportunity to reimagine a more meaningful and fulfilling partnership’ The Māori party of New Zealand has called for a “divorce” from the crown and removal of the British royal family as New Zealand’s head of state. The call came on the […]
More MPs set to submit resignation demands as No 10 rejigs team Boris Johnson’s desperate efforts to save his premiership were undermined on Saturday as one of his most loyal backbench supporters said it was now “inevitable” that Tory MPs would remove him from office over the “partygate” scandal. In […]
Controversial telecoms mogul Mohamed Amersi takes on Conservative party over exclusion from elite gatherings and auction prizes never received A major Tory party supporter is demanding the repayment of £200,000 in donations after complaining that he was excluded from elite political events and was never given auction prizes he had […]
Monarch expresses ‘sincere wish’ in candid message marking 70th anniversary of her accession The Queen has expressed her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall becomes Queen Consort when Charles becomes king. In a candid message marking the 70th anniversary of her accession, the monarch made clear her desire, unambiguously […]
King hails efforts to rescue Rayan Awram, aged five, who was trapped for four days after falling into the well in his village of Ighara A five-year-old boy in Morocco who was trapped for four days in a deep well, and whose plight captivated residents of the north African kingdom, […]
BP, like its competitors, looks like becoming a ‘cash machine’ again this week as it surfs the wave of soaring gas prices Millions of British homes are preparing for a cost of living crisis prompted by the global gas supply crunch, but the high market prices mean big revenues for […]
Sajid Javid has joined Rishi Sunak in rejecting slur on Keir Starmer as two more MPs call for PM to go Boris Johnson’s attempts to rally his dilapidated top team floundered on Friday after a second cabinet minister distanced himself from the prime minister and two more Conservative MPs called […]
Government forced to publish messages between disgraced Tory MP and then health secretary The government has been forced to publish documents that reveal how the disgraced former Conservative MP Owen Paterson directly lobbied a senior minister for a healthcare firm that was paying him to be a consultant. Paterson contacted […]