Sir Keir Starmer could consider standing down as Prime Minister if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, ministers believe. Loyalists who have discussed the leadership stand-off with Sir Keir in recent days say he is much less defiant privately than in public and “all options” are being considered.
Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.
When 18 American passengers who were onboard the MV Hondius were potentially exposed to Hantavirus, the Trump administration dispatched Dr Brian Christine to temper growing fears about another possible pandemic. For a doctor who specialised in penile implants and surgical treatments for erectile dysfunction, the deadly outbreak is perhaps his most difficult public health challenge to date.
Lebanon and Israel have extended their fragile US-brokered ceasefire for 45 days, despite violent flare-ups between the two countries. After a third round of “highly productive” negotiations in Washington, the April truce would be prolonged “to enable further progress”, the US state department said.
Trump’s softer approach towards China is one that experts say will likely trickle down to the wider MAGA base.
The move comes amid heightened tensions as President Donald Trump threatens possible military action against Cuba
Trump believes Chinese leader Xi Jinping is seriously considering freeing a church pastor detained in China, but is less hopeful over the plight of Mr Lai
Rep. Steve Cohen criticized the redistricting effort as a maneuver “for Donald Trump to get one more vote.”
Israel's prime minister says he has ordered legal action over an article which alleged Israeli security officials raped Palestinian detainees.
Boro's bombshell statement, released on Friday, says kicking Saints out is the 'only appropriate response' over an issue that 'goes to the heart of sporting integrity and fair competition'.
Fifteen people deported from the U.S. to Congo under the Trump administration's policy face difficult conditions
Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa wanted for alleged role as top enforcer of ex-president Duterte's deadly drug war.
Exclusive: DHS made social media posts out of a protester’s arrest at gunpoint. Christian Cerna speaks out about the lengthy prosecution that derailed his lifeChristian Cerna, 28, was driving with his partner and their two young children through , when two vehicles rammed his car and a group of men jumped out and trained their guns on them.It was 11 June 2025, and as Cerna exited his vehicle with his hands raised, he realized the masked men weren’t street criminals as he initially feared. They were (ICE) agents.
The jury resigned and dozens of artists have withdrawn, but the Russian pavilion is still slinging vodka The post first appeared on .
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CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells beforehand could make it even more effective
Matti Friedman and Dan Senor on how Nicholas Kristof’s ‘New York Times’ column reflects a press corps that increasingly sees activism as its core mission.
The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening "traditional Russian values".
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for the man accused of killing his wife and son in a case that fascinated the US.
Boycotts and protests against Israel competing in the Eurovision Song Contest are putting Jewish people in Europe in danger, senior rabbis have claimed. Before Saturday’s 70th-anniversary grand final in Vienna, Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the president of the Conference of European Rabbis, said of people protesting against the Israeli contestant: “This isn’t activism.
For many Jews, the media landscape has become a relentless stream of errors, retractions, and narratives that outlast the facts. The latest column from the 'Times' is only the most recent example.
Her death has sparked outrage across Australia and intense debate about disparities in society.
Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting shipsOman has been caught in geopolitical crossfire after Iran said it was coordinating with the Gulf state over the future management of the strait of Hormuz, including Tehran’s plans to impose fees on commercial shipping.The Omani exclave of Musandam lies to the south of the contested waterway, which normally carries a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil traffic but has been blockaded for 10 weeks since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February.
Elon Musk's social media platform X is pledging to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain
A Russian airstrike on a Kyiv apartment complex that killed at least 24 people and a Ukrainian strike on residential buildings and an oil refinery in Ryazan, Russia, suggested no end is in sight to the war.
HSBC has slammed the brakes on its $4bn (£3bn) shadow banking drive amid fears of a crisis in the unregulated sector. The bank said in early June last year that it would invest billions into its own asset manager’s range of private credit funds.
The Trump administration and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton say the nation's largest children's hospital has agreed to a legal settlement over gender-affirming care for transgender minors that includes a $10 million payment to the state
Officers said to be granted extra powers as marches through capital set for same day as FA Cup finalBritish police are preparing to mount one of their largest scale operations in recent memory with more than 100,000 protesters set to march through the streets of London on the same day as the FA Cup final in Wembley.The Guardian understands that officers in vast swathes of central London will be granted extra powers in order to police the far-right Unite the Kingdom march organised by Stephen Yaxley Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.
The gift shop on a quiet street in Jerusalem’s Old City stocks Jewish items amongst its religious souvenirs. But that did nothing to deter a mob of about 30 Israeli teenagers and children smashing it to pieces, leaving the interior little more than a bomb site and its Palestinian owner shaking with anger and fear.
For years, America's intelligence chiefs have issued dire warnings that Chinese agents were quietly penetrating US institutions, cultivating influence from the inside.
The largest children’s hospital in the US has been ordered to create the world’s first designated “detransition clinic”. Texas Children’s Hospital will offer free services to reverse the effects of gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth to settle a years-long investigation by the state.
Group of MPs and peers in effect accuse government of failing to comply with parliament’s will over release of filesA powerful parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing files relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador has revealed that the government is withholding his vetting file despite not having the authority to do so.In an extraordinary intervention, the intelligence and security committee (ISC) has criticised the government over its handling of the release of Mandelson-related papers and in effect accused ministers failing to comply with parliament’s will.
Palestinians in Gaza marked the anniversary of the 1948 mass displacement, saying the ongoing war has deepened their suffering and devastations.
Authorities had attempted to arrest a senator accused of crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs crackdown.
The 31-article regulation outlines rules governing the dissolution of marriages under a wide range of religious and legal conditions.
Timeline: How One Palestinian West Bank Community Was ErasedAbby Seitz12.05.2026 | 22:22Share in TwitterGift this article SaveSave article to reading listSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Share in FacebookShare in Twitter Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Go to comments4 Print article SaveSave article to reading list Zen ReadShare in TwitterGift this article SaveSave article to reading listSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Share in FacebookShare in Twitter Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Go to comments4 Print article SaveSave article to reading list Zen ReadAbby SeitzMay 12, 2026 | 22:22Get email notification for articles from Abby Seitz FollowMay 12, 2026 | 22:22Abby SeitzMay 12, 2026 | 22:22Get email notification for articles from Abby Seitz FollowMay 12, 2026 | 22:22On the day that the last families fled Ras Ein al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, only four of the village's roughly 200 schoolkids went to school. They were all Deif Jahalin's kids.
Displacement and violence haunt Palestinian Bedouins, forced from their homes repeatedly since the Nakba of 1948.
Hate speech against religious minorities in India rose last year. Experts say far-right RSS is doing 'damage control'.
Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, caught on tape asking banker for millionsFlávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s leading rightwing presidential hopeful, has been caught on tape asking a banker accused of corruption for $26.8m (£20m) to fund a film about his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro.The leaked voice memos and text messages were on Wednesday by the Intercept Brasil, and later acknowledged by Flávio Bolsonaro, a far-right senator who is tied in polls with president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of October’s election.
A Russian drone has appeared to deliberately target a marked United Nations aid convoy in the Kherson region of Ukraine, severely damaging one of the vehicles. A video released by the UN, taken from one of the cars, showed the moment the first person view (FPV) drone hit the road between two vehicles, just inches away from the second car’s bonnet, causing an explosion that damaged the back of the car in front.
A larger multinational security force will have broader authority to combat rising gang violence than its predecessor but could face similar funding challenges.
Forty-six nations in Europe and beyond have approved new approaches for handling irregular migration
The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands
The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013
The jury's decision will come as three of the world's biggest AI companies - xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic - all move towards listing on the stock market.
Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager, was murdered on the orders of the American mafia, Reggie Kray claimed in a newly unearthed interview. Epstein was found dead at his home in Belgravia, London, in 1967, with a pathologist ruling that the music manager accidentally overdosed on a drug prescribed for his insomnia.
Jake Campbell is relaxing in the sun with his pint on the beer terrace outside Preston pub the Grey Friar. The air is thick with sweet-smelling, fruity vape smoke.
The head of the CIA made a rare visit to Cuba to warn its government that it has limited time to engage with the Trump administration. John Ratcliffe met Cuban officials on Thursday as the island grappled with riots in Havana earlier this week over fuel shortages.
Site provides little in the way of actual support for pregnant women – but does direct them to deceptive pregnancy centersOn the website’s landing page, a photo of a heavily pregnant white woman is cropped below the head, so that she is faceless, anonymous, cradling her massive belly underneath the skirt of her yellow dress. She appears to be standing in a field of tall grass, the kind you can get ticks in. The photo is flanked on either side by chubby infant footprints – one pair in pink, another in blue – a clear nod to the anti-abortion movement’s of what they call “”. A banner at the top declares that the site, “”, which was , offers “Resources, Information, and Help for New and Expecting Mothers”, and advertises that it is “addressing the needs of mothers and fathers who face difficult or unexpected pregnancies” – that is, those who would often seek abortions. In fact, the site does little besides link to Option Line, a referral network of Christian anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers run by the anti-abortion group Heartbeat International.The launch of Moms.gov was accompanied by an uncomfortable Oval Office press conference on Monday, in which members of the Trump administration and some of the more aggressively anti-choice Republican members of Congress gathered to tout the new website and cheer on the Trump administration’s pronatalist stance. Dr Mehmet Oz, the wellness influencer and one-time television personality who now holds a position in the Trump health department as the administrator for Medicare and Medicaid, lamented that Americans are, in his creepy personal parlance, “under-babied”. “One in three Americans are under-babied,” . “That means that you either don’t have any children or you have less children than you would normally want to have.” Oz asserted that the fertility rate has fallen below 1.5 (a indicates that it is in fact a bit higher, and that the US population is not shrinking) and predicted a coming wave of “Trump babies”.
Few Democrats acknowledge what most Americans believe: Tolerance should be far lower for crimes committed by people who entered the country illegally.