Up to 31 people have died after a ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire in the southern Philippines. The Coast Guard Commodore Rejard...
Pope Francis will need to spend “a few days” in hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection, the Vatican says. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said the 86-year-old...
Local Tory councils have threatened to take legal action against the government over its plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases in their areas....
Rishi Sunak’s wife is a shareholder in a childcare agency that will benefit from a major new policy announced in the spring budget. The prime minister...
Tory MP Julian Knight has been cleared by the police after an allegation of serious sexual assault. Mr Knight, who had been the chair of the...
Scotland’s new First Minister Humza Yousaf has unveiled his cabinet appointments. New Deputy First Minister Shona Robison has replaced Kate Forbes as finance secretary. Michael Matheson...
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has vowed to steal votes from Labour and the Conservatives at the local elections – as he launched his campaign...
Rishi Sunak described Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the only female Speaker of the House of Commons, as “remarkable” as he joined Sir Keir Starmer at her funeral....
Humza Yousaf has been legally sworn in as Scotland’s sixth first minister. The 37-year-old is now Keeper of the Scottish Seal after taking the oath of...
Humza Yousaf has been legally sworn in as Scotland’s sixth first minister. The 37-year-old is now Keeper of the Scottish Seal after taking the oath of...
Kate Forbes has rejected a job offer from Scotland’s new first minister Humza Yousaf and will return to the backbenches after serving in government for almost...
US President Joe Biden has openly criticised Israel’s controversial judicial reforms and told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “walk away” from them. Speaking to reporters in...
The government has announced that “thousands” of asylum seekers will be housed in four military bases, including one in the prime minister’s own constituency. Immigration minister...
The government has presided over a “lost decade” and risks exposing the UK to a host of climate threats because of “lacklustre planning and preparation”, its...
US President Joe Biden has openly criticised Israel’s controversial judicial reforms and told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “walk away” from them. Speaking to reporters in...
Star Wars star Mark Hamill is lending his voice to an air raid alert app to warn Ukrainians of incoming Russian bombardments. “Attention. Air raid alert,”...
The boulevards of central Paris were once again choking up with the fog of tear gas. But even through the haze it’s clear this is becoming...
Graphic video has been released of the moment the Nashville school attacker was shot dead by police. Audrey Hale, who identified as a transgender male and...
There are few greater displays of US military might than its aircraft carriers – when they move, the world pays attention. They are huge floating cities...
Images of four victims of a shooting at a school in Nashville have been released. Six people, including three children, were all shot dead by Audrey...