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How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions
Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do listUK politics live – latest updatesWildfires cast a pall of smoke t…
Trump’s Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme
Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli electionsThe Gaza recovery plan being pursued by Donald Trump’s…
Hal Williams, actor best known for Sanford and Son and 227, dies at 91
The actor, who also appeared in The Waltons and Private Benjamin, died at his home in CaliforniaHal Williams, actor best known for TV roles in Sanford & Son and 227, has died …
Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government
JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a babyTeenagers should be offered a vaccine on the NHS to protect agains…
UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers
Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard AgencyUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have U-turned on plans to strip volunteer coastguar…
MI5 lied about relations with neo-Nazi informant, watchdog says
Review of case criticises handling of agent X, who exploited role with agency to violently threaten his girlfriendMI5 has been reprimanded by a watchdog for lying about its relati…
Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from a life of crime
Wives and children offered new identities to try to stop gangsters recruiting down the generationsChildren and young adults raised in mafia families will be given a chance to brea…
US gas prices edge up again as US-Iran tensions heighten over strait of Hormuz
Diesel tops $5 a gallon as regular gas reaches almost $4, nearly a dollar and a quarter more than a year agoMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe average price of diesel fue…
Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner
Spokesperson says islands ‘definitely’ belong to the UK‘PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain’Keir Starmer supports the idea of Fifa investigating Argentina pl…
Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him
Roger Rogoff’s was selected by panel of judges for top prosecutor job after interim US attorney’s term endedUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump fired the new top federal…
How Trump’s ‘original oil guy’ boosted US-Israel ties and played down risks of Iran war
Fracking billionaire Harold Hamm is co-chair of a non-profit that has aggressively pushed for US energy dominanceTycoon Harold Hamm is one of the US’s most successful oilmen, the …
US intensifies attacks on Iran as Tehran hits back at Gulf states
Sixth day of fighting threatens to turn into all-out war and casts serious doubt on peace deal struck last monthChaos and confusion bring US no closer to resolution on strait of H…
Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged
Country begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to rise in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the CongoUganda has started lobbying…
‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home
Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiativesCritics say the Trump administration acted under th…
Democrats allege Trump administration stalled US-Canada bridge opening as a favor to billionaire donor
Delay seen as move to protect interests of Matthew Moroun, the owner of nearby Ambassador Bridge and a Trump donorThe Trump administration for months blocked a $4.7bn publicly own…
‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39mThe data of millions of commuters was stolen, …
Trump to meet Darline Graham at the White House today – US politics live
President will meet new Republican senator who has taken over the seat following the death of her brother Lindsey GrahamSign up for the Breaking News US emailFriedrich Merz has wa…
First Thing: US attacks tanker in continuing Iran conflict as Tehran releases US citizen
US renews blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran attacks sites in Bahrain and Kuwait. Plus, legendary director John Waters on 60 years of screen carnageGood morning. The US has fir…
Uber to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero in $14.8bn global deal
Uber will offer taxi services and food delivery in 58 markets after deal completes, up from 34Business live – latest updatesUber has reached an agreement to take over the German t…
Demise of Timmy the whale inspires satirical play exploring German identity
Timmy: Hope Dies Last elevates stranded humpback into Jesus-like figure, igniting hope and grief When people in Germany organised a daring rescue mission for a humpback whale stra…
‘People think you’ve got 10,000 cats’: the support group for hoarders
Many hoarders are scared to seek help but one UK housing association is taking a more empathetic approachAt one end of the table sits Tony*, who showers at his local leisure centr…
Ocado chief says he won’t be a ‘puppet master’ amid apparent succession row
Tim Steiner speaks as shares in the online grocer slide nearly 15% on plunge in pre-tax profits to £17mBusiness live – latest updatesThe co-founder and boss of Ocado has insisted …
Starmer nationalises British Steel and visits Ukraine on last full day as Labour leader – UK politics live
Outgoing PM moves to cements his legacy before his replacement by Andy Burnham as party leader tomorrowReform UK is taking some credit for the British Steel nationalisation, becau…
UK investigation to determine if TikTok fails to protect children from harmful content
Ofcom concerned platform’s age verification is ineffective, leaving some at risk of seeing posts about self-harm and suicideTikTok is under formal investigation over concerns it h…
Keir Starmer arrives in Kyiv for farewell visit as British PM – Europe live
Arrival of outgoing British leader in Ukraine comes as Zelenskyy faces outrage after removing popular defence ministerand Artem Mazhulin in KyivFedorov’s six months in office coin…
US strikes expand to northern Iran as Tehran fires on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan – Middle East crisis live
Iran reports explosions in several cities including capital while US military says it also hit and disabled tanker in strait of Hormuz US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as…
British Steel is taken into public ownership to save UK supply
Scunthorpe factory is expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensationBritish Steel has formally been taken into public ownership 15 months …
Snake in a chain: lucky escape for Australian woman after bite from deadly reptile caught in bike chain
Woman in her 60s was riding on popular cycling trail in northern NSW when she ran over the two-metre-long eastern brown snake, one of the world’s most venomousA woman in her 60s i…
UK economy grew by 0.1% in May despite impact of Iran war
Rise in GDP follows a 0.1% decline in April, figures from the Office for National Statistics showThe UK economy grew by 0.1% in May, despite the impact of the Iran war on energy c…
British girl, 15, stranded in Rome for six weeks due to new passport rules
The dual national, who missed six weeks of school, is latest of several children affected by recent Home Office policyA British girl was prevented from returning to her school in …