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Family of girl left brain-damaged at birth accept £28m NHS payout
Mother demands overhaul of maternity care after settling case over birth at Queen’s hospital in Romford in 2019The family of a girl left brain-damaged at birth have agreed to acce…
Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns storms out of meeting after discussion of Henry Nowak murder
Exclusive: Greater Lincolnshire mayor walks out on cabinet minister after row over social media role in community tensionsAndrea Jenkyns walked out of a meeting with a cabinet min…
‘It is unsustainable’: Reform’s billionaire donors inspire panic in Westminster
While huge donations are nothing new in UK politics, some fear electoral finance is distorting democracy itselfKeir Starmer may be relaxed about allowing millions from cryptocurre…
Two brothers jailed for killing 16-year-old boy with car in Sheffield
Zulkernain Ahmed was in pursuit of a group on bikes when he hit Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb, who was walking on pavementTwo brothers have been jailed for killing a 16-year-old b…
Original Abba members celebrate expansion of London education programme
Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad appeared at performance of Abba Voyage for schoolchildrenAbba Voyage concerts can be deafening enough. But when the real-life Benny Andersso…
Mexico’s ex-president accuses US of plotting to weaken governing party
Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Washington is using investigations into governors and propaganda to boost rivalsMexico’s former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has accuse…
Canada endorses embattled marine park’s plan to relocate 30 beluga whales
Beluga whales, which Marineland threatened to euthanize in 2025, will be moved to sanctuaries in Spain or across USCanada and an embattled marine park have reached a tentative dea…
Business secretary attacks ‘entitlement’ of Starmer leadership rivals
Peter Kyle says British politics fails to reward political accomplishment and Labour risks aping Tory instabilityThe Labour party has not learned the right lessons from the Conser…
Trump to use wartime powers to dole out $700m to coal industry
US president accused of ‘putting polluters first’ by invoking Defense Production Act to prop up coal outputDonald Trump is to use a wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to…
Former student arrested after man shot with crossbow at University of Surrey
Saudi national, 21, held on suspicion of attempted murder over incident at Manor Park student village in GuildfordA former University of Surrey student has been arrested on suspic…
Nowak murder: force accused of ‘anti-white bias’ five times more likely to stop black people
The Hampshire force whose officers responded to the murder of Henry Nowak have a higher than average racial disparityThe police force accused of anti-white racism following the mu…
Republicans urge investigation into two men accused of abuse by Epstein assistant
Hair stylist Frédéric Fekkai and ex-Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine accused in new testimony, lawmakers revealRepublican lawmakers have asked the Department of Justice to investig…
On the byelection campaign trail with Andy Burnham – podcast
With three weeks to go until the Makerfield byelection, where an Andy Burnham victory could change the direction of the Labour party, Pippa Crerar joins him on the campaign trail …
Outrage in Argentina after two teen girls murdered as femicide crisis endures
Country is shaken by the brutal murders of two girls, aged 14 and 17, whose bodies were discovered just days apartArgentina has reacted with fury after the bodies of two murdered …
Theatregoers to face phone ‘ban’ when Broadway’s Liberation comes to London
New York audiences were asked to put phones in sealed pouches, and producer says she hopes to do the same in UKWhen a Pulitzer prize-winning play about a feminist activist opened …
Jamaican police officer charged with murder after woman shot during protest
Andrew Wilson appears in court over killing of Latoya Bulgin at protest over a police shooting days earlierAuthorities in Jamaica have taken the rare step of charging a police off…
Uproar in France as it emerges suspect in case of missing girl had rape allegations dismissed
Interior minister announces review into handling of the cases after body reportedly found in search for 11-year-oldOutrage has erupted in France after it emerged the main suspect …
Trump’s Iran war messaging is not winning over Americans – or their representatives
Trump, still negotiating to conclude the war, claims it’s already over. Some Republican lawmakers have had enoughDonald Trump has two things to say about his war with Iran. The fi…
California and New York weaken climate rules as red states ramp up green energy
Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leaderDemocratic-led states are eroding their climate policies, as red states …
Missing Sherpa guide found alive on Everest after funeral rites had begun
Climbing support team rescue Hillary Dawa Sherpa almost a week on from when he was last seenA Nepali Sherpa guide who was believed to have died on Mount Everest has been found cra…
Trump claims without proof Democrats are ‘trying to steal’ California primaries
US president alleges there is ‘big cheating’ in elections for governor and Los Angeles mayor as results are pendingDonald Trump has alleged without evidence that Democrats are che…
US supreme court backs FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines
Justices uphold FCC authority to impose in-house penalties, rejecting AT&T and Verizon jury trial claimsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US supreme court b…
Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it
Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to ‘undermine an agency that’s helped people’The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau delete…
‘That’s a bad combination’: why Australia may be in for a slushy snow season
Snow arrives in time for the start of ski season, but climate change and El Niño mean it may not stick around for long, experts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily n…
Nauru issues rare statement after whistleblower alleges violent threats against Australia’s non-citizens
Nauran government says its citizens are ‘friendly’ after MP spoke of serious threats allegedly made against former Australian detaineesGet our breaking news email, free app or dai…
John Bolton will reportedly plead guilty over mishandling classified documents
Justice department filed charges against Trump’s former adviser in 2025 as part of onslaught against president’s criticsUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking N…
SpaceX targets biggest ever stock market debut, putting Musk on course to be trillionaire
IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.77tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealthElon Musk’s SpaceX is looking to raise $75bn (£55bn) from its blockbu…
Eight alleged US thieves indicted for stealing $5m worth of cheese, beef and cigarettes
‘Retail theft ring’ stole goods from logistics sites in Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey and sold them in New York, officials sayEight people were indicted this week in New Y…
Jesse Calhoun pleads not guilty to fifth murder charge in Oregon court
Prosecutors say they intend to try all five killings together next year after brief arraignment in PortlandSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailAn accused serial kille…
Failure to win seat on UN security council prompts German soul-searching
Criticism comes from across political spectrum after blow to Friedrich Merz’s governmentGermany’s unprecedented failure to win one of the rotating seats on the UN security council…