It was supposed to be a quiet time of year for the people who oversee Britain’s energy network. Instead, a surprise heatwave, geopolitical turmoil and sheer bad luck have exposed the cracks in the country’s power system.
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.
Caitlin Clark is being branded the 'great white hope' - and it is fueling WNBA aggression against the Indiana Fever star. 'Jealousy and racism play a huge part in all this,' an insider told the Daily Mail.
Egypt and Iran are two of the most repressive places in the world for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, but they coincidentally will play each other in the World Cup's 'Pride Match'.
Tensions are evident in a rare display among the Supreme Court justices at the end of the term
A cargo vessel had been struck by a projectile near Oman, as Iran says all ships must pass with its permission.
The announcement comes as both countries accelerate efforts to build drone capabilities, shaped by lessons from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East
The world’s largest encyclopedia was overrun by bias and censorship—and pushed me out when I tried to fix it.
Political violence today is often fed by ideas from well-established anti-Western institutions, especially radical academia.
Rainbow flags - a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride, diversity, and social inclusion - will be flown inside the Seattle Stadium Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei says he will not address "things that do not exist" as his team prepares to play Egypt in the Pride Match in Seattle. Local organisers have designated the game as a Pride Match because it falls on the Friday before Pride Weekend, which celebrates diversity and the LGBTQ+ community.
Newly released footage shows Digwa pretending to be unaware of Mr Nowak’s injuries and repeatedly accusing him of a racist attack
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government is giving priority to strengthening the world's first laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms
Sources say former Today show star panicked after interview with UK far-right figure was rebuked by managementGet our , or Journalists at Nine were “really angry” with the content of Karl Stefanovic’s independent podcast well before his embrace of far-right activist Tommy Robinson led to a rebuke from management which saw the Today host “panic”, sources say.Guardian Australia understands there has been “huge disquiet” about Stefanovic’s roster of anti-immigration guests since he launched the Karl Stefanovic Show in February; and widespread confusion about why Nine’s biggest star was given so much latitude by management.
Australian Labor party president says authoritarian trends must not be ‘normalised’ in AustraliaGet our , or Labor must not allow increasingly authoritarian trends in Australian politics to become “normalised”, ALP president Wayne Swan has warned, likening Pauline Hanson’s and journalists to Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of American civic life.“A toxic seed blooms into a garden of noxious weeds when we stop gardening,” the former treasurer said on Friday.
The lack of a breakthrough in the abduction of a famous TV anchor's mother is puzzling given the huge publicity.
House Speaker Mike Johnson headed to the White House a day after the president canceled a signing ceremony for a housing bill, using it as leverage for elections legislation he deems urgent.
The justices lean toward uniform national standards for regulating business.
Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support for an initiative that commits them to centrist principles.
Sarah Ferguson visited Jeffrey Epstein twice at his office for a bogus firm he set up while imprisoned on a child sex offence. The former Duchess of York met the convicted paedophile on two occasions at the Palm Beach office of the fake company he invented to secure work release while in jail.
Worst incident of its kind in country for more than 125 years leaves many searching for multiple family members – and pleading for international helpNearly all of Ligia Level’s family lived in a trio of apartment blocks along Hotel Avenue, a seafront sweep of palm-specked resorts and high-rise condos along Venezuela’s Caribbean coast.When a powerful “doublet” of earthquakes jolted the region on Wednesday afternoon, those buildings and the lives within them came crashing down.
A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high cholesterol to a rare muscular disorder.
From the New York Democratic primaries to the America First right, antisemitic obsessions are now an organizing principle of American political life.
Disney-owned ABC launched awareness campaign about two FCC investigations it faces, urging viewers to write inBrendan Carr, the Trump-aligned chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has accused of running a “campaign of misinformation” as the media group defends itself against investigations the regulator has initiated.Disney-owned ABC launched a public awareness campaign earlier this week to encourage viewers to back the network as it faces two separate investigations before the US media regulator.
Energy-importing states and shipping companies using the Strait of Hormuz will be asked to pay a voluntary fee rather than transit tolls under an Omani proposal to unlock the waterway. Muscat is suggesting a compromise plan that would give Oman and Iran access to a new multibillion-dollar revenue stream while remaining within international maritime law.
Even though the King has made his tax bill public, much is still unknown about his personal fortune
International criminal law defines genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes and recognises that these offences may be committed against children and produce child specific harms
In a drab office block in Manhattan’s Chinatown, sandwiched between a ramen bar and a supermarket, the long arm of the Chinese state had been hiding in plain sight. A banner on one of its wall identified it as “The Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station”.
Fans, players and coaches have voiced their indignation at the way the game is massively altered by the four-quarter structureWith 22 minutes gone on Tuesday night at Boston Stadium, and an injury delay in train, a clutch of England and Ghana players wandered to the side of the pitch and began taking drinks. This was the signal for a sudden spurt of refereeing indignation, the officials sprinting across in a state of apparently genuine outrage, appalled by the spectacle of unofficial hydration.The first drinks break, Hydro-Quart-One, was only a minute away. Here we had players basically stealing hydration. Not to mention messing with the most vital part of the show – the advert timings. Guys, the director has not cued the break. David Beckham has the ice-cold faux beer halfway to his lips. Will Ferrell is making hyena-like vocal warm-up noises at the wheel of his crisp delivery lorry. We’re professionals. Hit your marks people.
Russian-installed authorities have declared a state of emergency in Crimea after Ukrainian strikes shut petrol stations and caused power cuts across the peninsula. Ukrainian aerial attacks on logistics chains and oil facilities have crippled Crimea in recent weeks, forcing local authorities to suspend tourism and children’s summer camps until September.
Haitian immigrants with Temporary Protected Status fear broken families and threats of deportation to a country they fled, Alex Woodward reports
Hamas has launched a brutal crackdown before planned protests across the Gaza Strip on Friday to call for an end to the terror group’s rule. Large numbers of Gazans are expected to take to the streets in a demonstration that has been described as “the June 26 revolution” in an effort to end the Gaza war.
John Swinney was accused of being in denial by whistleblowers after rejecting claims they were bullied by Nicola Sturgeon and other senior SNP figures.
Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of responsibility for decades of violence in eastern Congo
Billed as a 'bold social experiment', MAFS sees single contestants matched up by relationship experts to their perfect match before 'marrying' their total strangers after meeting for the first time.
Despite ceasefires and shifting military fronts, Israel’s wars continue, with no clear end or lasting security gains.
Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump to strip away protections for immigrantsLawmakers and immigration advocacy groups on Thursday sharply denounced two US supreme court rulings that allowed the Trump administration to severely strip certain immigration protections and fundamentally reshape the asylum system.Dozens of groups, advocates and members of Congress called the court’s decisions “disastrous” and “cruel”, while the Trump administration, Republican lawmakers and anti-immigrant groups celebrated the decisions.
Inspectors also found staff at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust also failed to check wristbands - increasing the risk of the wrong bodies being released to families.
Ex-police sergeant Paul Street, 41, committed the offences while working at Cambridge Constabulary, the Old Bailey heard.
Bridget Phillipson claims she's proud to be branded 'a spiteful class warrior' by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
Brooke George, 23, a former John Lewis shop assistant from Gravesend, could face a firing squad if convicted after prosecutors said she stabbed a 26-year-old British man with a kitchen knife.
Where is Chief Justice John Roberts? And why isn’t he putting limits on this administration?
Undoing HistoryAs the World Watched Gaza, Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentScroll down18 settlements and 8 army bases cut deep inside Palestinian areas.
Israel has continued to clash with Hezbollah despite Donald Trump urging Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war
There was some surprise yesterday that Mike Tapp, the immigration minister, was not fired from the Government, despite losing the confidence of his boss, the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood. At the time of writing the Dover MP remains a minister, despite having broken collective ministerial responsibility to advocate a policy which is contrary to the Home Secretary’s – and therefore the Government’s – position.
A rabbi from London was refused a holiday rental in France after the owners demanded that he condemn Israel before being allowed to stay at the property. Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum was told he could only stay if he confirmed that he was “a member of a progressive, liberal Jewish movement”.
A Saudi doctor has been convicted of charges including murder over the car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg in 2024 that left six people dead
The US alleges Gasabo Gold Refinery smuggled at least 60kg of gold in early 2026.
Neonatal problems highlighted in the Nottingham hospitals inquiry are a “blow-by-blow” account of what went wrong in Lucy Letby’s hospital, it has been claimed. Earlier this week, midwife Donna Ockenden released a report outlining the problems that led to stillbirths, neonatal deaths, brain injuries and maternal deaths within Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The mercenary-in-chief on facing public anger — and the role that private contractors will play in the future of war
It’s hard to tell exactly what the impact of these cuts will be, given the intelligence community’s opacity.