More than twenty English councils have requested permission to delay their local elections scheduled for May, affecting over 2.5 million voters. The proposed postponements are linked to the government’s wide-ranging…
Keir Starmer has said that Elon Musk’s social media platform X is acting to ensure compliance with UK law, following outrage over its AI tool, Grok, being used to generate…
In an unexpected move, as the House of Lords was considering the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a motion was introduced calling for additional time to scrutinise the…
South East Water is under investigation by regulator Ofwat after repeated outages since November left tens of thousands of households and businesses across Kent and Sussex without drinking water. Some…
On a visit to the UK, Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s president, has warned that Europe faces an increasingly dangerous security environment and believes only Donald Trump can restrain Russia’s ambitions. He…
US senators have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at safeguarding NATO unity amid rising tensions over Greenland. The bill would prevent US government funds from being used to seize, occupy or…
New data from European and American scientists shows the planet endured its third-warmest year on record in 2025, with little expectation of cooling ahead. According to them, global temperatures averaged…
Donald Trump has stepped back, at least temporarily, from threats of US military action against Iran, saying he has been assured that the killing of protesters has stopped and that…
Syria’s army has moved reinforcements to areas east of Aleppo after ordering Kurdish forces to withdraw, following deadly clashes which have killed over 100 and displaced as many as 150,000.…
On 15 January Uganda headed into a tense election as Yoweri Museveni sought a seventh term as president after nearly four decades in power. The final days of campaigning have…