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Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes
Group blames expected £30m loss in first half of year on weakening market and lower consumer confidenceVistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has warned it will mak…
More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency
Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figuresUK politics live – latest updatesA host of transactions i…
US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food
Environmental protection agency and independent studies have found food biggest source of chemical exposureThe US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demand…
Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress
Climate crisis prompts calls for workplace temperature limits and rights to heat breaks and adjusted working hoursAs Europe’s sweltering summer continues, trades unions are mounti…
Trump declares ceasefire with Iran over during angry broadside at Nato summit
President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens SpainMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesEurope live – latest upd…
UK waters hit with extreme heatwave as global sea temperatures reach record levels
Experts warn that some marine species are at risk of ‘mass mortality events’ in ever-warming oceansUK waters are being hit with an “extreme” marine heatwave, the Met Office has sa…
Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned
Exclusive: victims commissioner and domestic abuse commissioner call for pause on planned releasesA failure to put in place safeguards ahead of a change to the law that will resul…
Republican leaders seek to quell Mitch McConnell speculation as rebellion grows
John Thune says he spoke to McConnell on phone as secrecy over 84-year-old’s health prompts Maga backlashRepublican leaders have moved to quash speculation about Mitch McConnell, …
European countries top ‘scorecard’ on climate progress while US slips to 27th
Estonia, Luxembourg and UK are the top three in biennial Yale University index in tackling pollution and other issuesMuch of the world has made encouraging strides in reducing tox…
Trump’s policy mayhem is making even the Maga faithful consider walking away
Even voters who identify as foot soldiers of his political army are increasingly willing to blame Trump for their economic troublesThe political consequences of Donald Trump’s pol…
Succession fight under way as Bernie Sanders calls for Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race – US politics live
Vermont senator is latest figure to call for Democratic nominee to step down after sexual assault allegationsHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The fight to replace Gr…
Summer holiday bookings bounce back amid fragile Middle East ceasefire, Jet2 says
Holiday operator says market in good shape, with strong recent recovery in bookings across all destinations as customers take the plungeBusiness live – latest updatesSummer holida…
Women and university graduates in Australia most at risk of losing jobs to AI, report finds
Those with high levels of vocational training, including tradespeople, are least exposed to AI displacement, according to government reviewGet our breaking news email, free app or…
Booyakasha! Sacha Baron Cohen has completed a new Ali G movie
Report says new film has finished filming – although title and release date not yet confirmedTwenty-four years after Staines’s foremost political interlocutor was last seen on the…
Port of Dover faces ‘utter chaos’ under struggling EU entry system, MPs warn
UK government urged to apply pressure on France to fix system or suspend checks by next weekCross-Channel ferry passengers and the port of Dover face “utter chaos and miles of tai…
Report to National Crime Agency of £5m Farage gift is ‘deeply serious’
Labour party chair says Reform UK leader must cooperate with authorities instead of trying to distract public with byelection• UK politics live – latest updatesThe revelation that…
Arthur Fery: the Wimbledon wildcard carrying Britain’s hopes
The fearless 23-year-old is determined to keep a level head as he prepares to face Flavio Cobolli on WednesdayA week ago, very few people knew who Arthur Fery was. But he has been…
Anika Wells ridicules Angus Taylor and Barnaby Joyce for linking Telstra outages with China
Kristy McBain criticises shadow communications minister Sarah Henderson for ‘testing’ Triple-zero system during major network blackout The communications minister, Anika Wells, ha…
Nato leaders meet in Turkey for summit after Trump renews calls for US to take over Greenland – Europe live
Meeting begins this morning after president threatens to pull American troops out of Europe as he arrived in Ankara yesterdayTrump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he …
Health risk fears for storks in Europe over ‘junk food’ from landfill
Rubbish dumps can expose birds to contaminants, raising questions over whether landfill foraging helps or harmsStorks are gaining weight from a diet of literal junk, according to …
Virgin Media hit with record £28m fine for stopping customers cancelling contracts
Ofcom levies largest-ever consumer protection fine after finding firm deliberately mishandled millions of phone callsVirgin Media has been fined £28m by the UK telecoms watchdog f…
High-profile Melbourne man called rapist and punched in face shortly after he raped former employee, court hears
The man, who cannot be named, faces two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in Victoria’s county court. He has pleaded not guiltyFollow our Australia news live blog for…
Labour calls on Farage to ‘come clean’ over £5m gift and work with crime agency over money laundering concerns - UK politics live
Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelectionRevealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money lau…
The Telstra outage is a stark reminder of the widespread effects of single system failures
The network disruption – which brought trains, traffic lights and Eftpos payments to a halt – raises questions about the resilience of servicesFollow our Australia news live blog …
Britons to buy 8m mini fans this year – but almost half will end up in landfill
Shoppers urged to seek quality products or alternatives as data shows demand surpassing least year’s totalBritons are expected to buy nearly 8m mini fans this year as they are “su…
Search under way after Boeing 737 cargo plane goes missing off Pakistan coast
Early flight data showed the K2 Airways plane with five crew on board possibly crashed into the sea southwest of KarachiA Pakistan-registered Boeing 737 cargo plane with five cre…
Farage is likely to win in Clacton but can his credibility survive? | Peter Walker
While the Reform leader casts himself as the victim questions about his finances are unlikely to disappearFarage quits as an MP amid scrutiny of his financesFor Nigel Farage, a ye…
Almost no progress made on UK regional household income divide in 30 years, report finds
Despite promises of successive governments, gap between richest and poorest areas consistent since 1997Britain’s deep regional income divide has barely changed in 30 years despite…
Disability benefits in England and Wales not fit for purpose, Timms review to find
Exclusive: Landmark review by disability minister will call for ‘dehumanising’ assessment system to be redrawnWhat is the Timms review into Pip and what is it likely to conclude?D…
Asylum seeker in UK as part of ‘one in, one out’ scheme says it is unfair on those deported
Man flown from France as part of legal entry programme decries effect on others ‘who may have a similar case’An asylum seeker brought to the UK by the Home Office has said it feel…