Editorial: With living conditions in war-afflicted Ukraine desperate, and diplomatic progress towards peace stalled, this week’s talks in Geneva will prove crucial
More than 1,000 ICE agents have left Minnesota after the Trump administration's controversial immigration enforcement operation that led to mass detentions, protests and the deaths of two US citizens.
The allegations had been limited to Canadian curlers, who represent one of the world's most fervent fan bases
Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, made the remark amid calls for a probe into whether the King's brother passed on secret information via his role as UK trade envoy.
Ofelia Torres, 16, spotlighted her dad Ruben’s illegal detention last fall during Trump’s crackdown in ChicagoA teenager, whose father was detained by authorities while she navigated cancer, died on Friday, a family spokesperson said.Ofelia Torres, a 16-year-old in Chicago, had been undergoing treatment for an aggressive and rare form of cancer since late 2024. As she and her family struggled with the medical procedures, her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was detained by immigration authorities while at a Home Depot in October, leading to a contentious and public case that highlighted the human effects of the ’s aggressive .
Barack Obama has responded to a racist video shared by Donald Trump's social media that depicted him and his wife, Michelle Obama, as apes.
Secretary of state says Washington will 'not fight' European partners on their findings as UK considers new sanctions.
Adam Eliaz, who appeared on Lord Sugar's Young Apprentice aged 17 in 2010, and his older brother Eddy have been accused of 'profiting' from a spate of murders.
Israel is resuming a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control
Alexei Navalny was a fierce critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin
Exclusive: images and testimony from the January uprising, when Iranian security forces are believed to have killed thousands of men, women and children who had flocked on to the streetsAfter imposing a nationwide internet blackout, the Iranian regime appears to have largely obscured the . However, a photographer in Tehran has managed to share their documentation of what happened, along with the testimony of those who joined in and survived the protests.
For one of Britain's sleepiest police forces is at the centre of a real life thriller - and the lurid tale's twists and turns are set to be played out in court.
Labour Together, which helped the prime minister’s election to become party leader, reportedly paid £36,000 for the probe
The Trump administration has been drip-releasing millions of emails, photos and documents relating to the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump, Netanyahu agree to sanction Iranian oil; analysts say Israel is pushing for war to cover West Bank annexation.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, last week found himself cancelled for saying what a lot of people increasingly feel: that the UK is being 'colonised by immigrants'.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was named as one of the 'six wealthy, powerful men' whose identities were initially redacted in the documents released by the US Department of Justice.
After her death, police dropped a case examining Katie Madden’s former partner, despite evidence he had repeatedly told her to kill herselfHours before Katie Madden took her own life, she had a tense phone call with her former partner Jonathon Russell. Russell was on bail after allegedly assaulting Madden – he was banned from contacting her – but the conversation took place nevertheless.There was a witness to the call who gave evidence to the inquest into Madden’s death. Mason Jones, a friend of Madden’s, said Russell was “vile” and “abusive”. Although Jones said he could not remember the exact words Russell used, he said: “I recall Jon saying at least once that he was in control of the town and would end her life if she didn’t do it herself.”
Exclusive: Research suggests official statistics could track as few as 10% of the true number of casesThe number of women who are driven to suicide by domestic abusers is being under-reported, and their cases overlooked by police, in what has been described by experts as a “national scandal”.Domestic violence suicides are already growing at such a rate that a woman in an abusive relationship is now more likely to take her own life than be killed by a partner.
Gaza families seek closure as they search for loved ones among bodies returned by Israel under 'ceasefire' deal.
Berlin film festival Sophie Heldman’s drama about two teachers accused of lesbianism by a pupil is exhilaratingly candidLillian Hellman’s stage play The Children’s Hour – filmed by William Wyler in 1961 with Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn – is the well-known, earnest story of two women teaching at a private girls’ school whose lives are ruined by a pupil’s malicious accusation of homosexuality: it’s one of the earliest Hollywood movies to tiptoe around the existence of gay people, albeit clearly permitted to exist on the understanding that the people involved are really not gay.But until this moment I knew nothing about the real-life libel case from 19th-century Scotland on which it was based, which in 2013 was the subject of a study by LGBT scholar Lillian Faderman entitled Scotch Verdict: The Real-Life Story That Inspired The Children’s Hour.
IAN GARVEY decided to get a new puppy after his beloved dog died last year aged 16. The new puppy he bought was dead within 24 hours.
Cash-hungry Silicon Valley firms are scrambling for revenue. Regulate them now before the tech becomes too big to failHardly a month passes without an AI grandee cautioning that the technology poses an existential threat to humanity. Many of these warnings might be hazy or naive. Others may be self-interested. Calm, level-headed scrutiny is needed. Some warnings, though, are worth taking seriously.Last week, some notable ground-level AI safety researchers quit, that firms chasing profits are sidelining safety and pushing risky products. In the near term, this suggests a rapid “enshittification” in pursuit of short-term . Without regulation, public purpose gives way to profit. Surely AI’s expanding role in government and daily life – as well as billionaire owners’ desire for profits – demand accountability.
AI is advancing in rapid and unpredictable ways but there is no joint framework to keep it in check, experts say.
Top barrister Mark Dennis SC, 60, took his own life at his Leichhardt home on Monday, just weeks after he was arrested after stepping off a flight from Cambodia in Sydney.
Director of public prosecutions says he is confident police would examine any evidence of potential misconduct The UK’s top prosecutor has said “nobody is above the law” amid growing pressure on police to fully investigate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links with Jeffrey Epstein.Thames Valley police they were in discussion with the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations of misconduct in public office against the former prince.
MP who fell out with Nigel Farage and has backing of Elon Musk launches anti-immigration party in Great YarmouthOn a cold night in a dilapidated theatre tucked away at the end of Great Yarmouth’s Britannia Pier, Rupert Lowe was launching a far-right revolution. “Millions will have to go,” the MP said, pledging a policy of mass deportations, to rapturous applause and foot stamping from hundreds gathered for what had been billed as the launch of a local “Great Yarmouth First” party.But after introducing five councillors who will stand at the next Norfolk county council elections under that banner, the former Reform UK figure went further by announcing that his Restore Britain movement would become a national party.
He will mark his 66th birthday on February 19, but unlike previous lavish celebrations, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will mark the occasion in exile.
As the Spaniards on the street come out of their apartments to go to work, they take one look at the Algerian contingent - the few women among them in hijabs - shake their heads and roll their eyes.
The president’s destructive policies enrich fossil fuel billionaires, while Beijing has bet big on the green transitionDevastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the US which cost more than a billion dollars last year – at an estimated . The last three years have shattered previous records for such events. Last Wednesday, scientists said that we are after which global heating cannot be stopped.Just one day later, Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, of the Obama-era endangerment finding which underpins federal climate regulations. Scrapping it is just one part of Mr Trump’s assault on environmental controls and promotion of fossil fuels. But it may be his most consequential. Any fragment of hope may lie in the fact that a president who has called global heating a “hoax” framed this primarily as about deregulation – perhaps because the science is now so widely accepted .
‘I wish time stood still because the more years that go by, the further away she feels from me,’ said sister Payzee Mahmod
The aspiring chef, 26, who is estranged from his parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham , took to Instagram on Sunday with a heartfelt message to his wife.
For those living on Prince of Wales Terrace - where homes are worth millions - opening their blinds and spotting a drug user next door no longer phases them.
US President Donald Trump says that the first meeting of his newly created 'Board of Peace' will take place on Thursday.
The former prince's alleged actions were "totally unacceptable", the ex-business secretary says.
Stephen Parkinson said he has ‘total confidence’ that the police will be independent as officers examine claims Andrew shared confidential reports while acting as the UK’s trade envoy
In a six-page letter to members of Congress, the DOJ said it has released ‘all’ documents related to the required disclosures and listed a series of high-profile names – including those of Marilyn Monroe and Janis Joplin
A senior adviser to Nigel Farage who was jailed for offering to use the dark web to launder money for drug dealers has written a 'how to' book - on money laundering.
Hard-partying, loose-lipped and with helicopters on speed dial, the finance bros are preparing to make their move.
Insiders say this rift within the family is just a continuation of a long-running feud between the two branches of the clan
North Korea and Myanmar are other two countries on global financial blacklist as Tehran promises countermeasures.
Another round of US-brokered peace talks will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva
As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom goingTech billionaires are leveraging tens of millions of dollars to influence California politics in a marked uptick from their previous participation in affairs at the state capitol. Behemoths such as Google and Meta are getting involved in campaigns for November’s elections, as are venture capitalists, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and Palantir’s co-founders. The industry’s goals run the gamut – from fighting a billionaire tax to supporting a techie gubernatorial candidate to firing up new, influential super political action committees (Pacs).The phenomenon squarely fits the moment for the state’s politics – with 2026 being the year that Politico has“the big tech flex”.
High court said the then home secretary had not followed her own policies when bringing in the ban last summerShadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, said she was “appalled” by the high court’s ruling on Friday that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful and supports the government’s intention to appeal against the decision (see post at for more details).Speaking to Sky News this morning, Patel, a former home secretary between July 2019 and Septmeber 2022, said:I’m pretty appalled by that ruling, and clearly it’s now going to be subject to a legal appeal. And I think it’s right that it should be appealed …It is right that they feel the full force of our laws, including the proscription that has been put in place. They are on par with how terrorist organisations conduct themselves, and they plan their attacks.Four directors of communicationsTwo chiefs of staffTwo cabinet secretariesUS ambassador
Texas Republicans bet on continuing to win over Latino voters. Then Trump began his aggressive deportation campaign.
Critics have warned that the US president has taken an increasingly transactional approach to granting clemency.
The former Duchess of York who was evicted from her Windsor home this month, has, along with her former husband Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, become a pariah across the west.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a China-based Nigerian businessman, Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue, and two Angolan citizens: Mbandu Martins Makiadi and Ngoma Wilson Fernando. The NDLEA disclosed that the suspects excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine following the arrests at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano […]
The early noughties saw dozens of reality shows air that pushed the boundaries in order to draw in big viewer numbers.
It was the reality show that aimed to disrupt the fashion industry but, as a shocking Netflix docuseries details, it also became part of the problemEven for those who didn’t watch the show religiously, there’s a scene in America’s Next Top Model that has broken through from reality TV infamy to hall-of-fame virality.It’s when Tyra Banks, model-turned-TV-mogul, at contest Tiffany Richardson, after misunderstanding her post-elimination response as something to be read as ungrateful. “I have never in my life yelled at a girl like this!” she screams. “When my mother yells like this, it’s because she loves me. I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you, how dare you!”