A senior Tory has accused the government of looking “like libertarian jihadists” and treating the country as “laboratory mice” over the past few weeks. Robert Halfon,...
If this was a “normal” party congress then the speech by President Xi Jinping would have been his swansong. But this is not a normal party congress....
China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan, President Xi Jinping has declared at the opening of a major party meeting. China views...
Four prisoners are dead and 61 injured after a huge fire at Iran’s notorious Evin jail – where political prisoners and anti-government activists are held, as...
Jeremy Hunt has admitted the government went “too far, too fast” and that he will have to take some “very difficult decisions” on spending and tax...
A huge fire has broken out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison – where political prisoners and anti-government activists are held. Gunshots are reported to have been...
Two men opened fire on troops at a Russian military shooting range near Ukraine, killing 11 and wounding 15 others, the Russian defence ministry has said....
A man has drowned and a woman is missing after their car was washed away by flash floods on Crete. The 50-year-old man was found in...
The body of a 12-year-old girl has been found inside a suitcase in Paris, according to reports. Her father became concerned after she failed to arrive...
Human rights groups have warned of Iranian security forces’ escalating response to demonstrations in the western province of Kurdistan. Clips from the regional capital Sanandaj appear...
At least 41 people have been killed in a coal mine explosion in Turkey – with dozens more still trapped inside. The state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese...
To provide a living for his family, Kashiram Belbase joined the thousands leaving Nepal to build Qatar’s infrastructure to host the World Cup. “We needed to...
The youngest victim of the explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal has been described as “a radiant beacon of light, happiness and joy”. Five-year-old...
The new chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said there “were mistakes” in Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. Speaking to Sky News on Saturday, Mr Hunt said:...
Be in absolutely no doubt, the prime minister is in deep trouble. She has sacked her chancellor, committed a second major U-turn on her mini-budget, and...
So farewell, then, Trussonomics. The demise of the country’s second shortest-lived chancellor also brings with it the demise of the country’s shortest-lived economic movement. Liz Truss...
Jeremy Hunt, one of the faces of the One Nation Conservative camp within the Tory party, is the new chancellor under Liz Truss’s government. Ideologically they...
Tory MPs appear to be divided over the future of Liz Truss as prime minister following her major U-turn announcement. Ms Truss reversed a key policy...
Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor three weeks after his mini-budget unleashed chaos on the economy and Jeremy Hunt appointed in his place. Mr Kwarteng...
Kwasi Kwarteng has become the second shortest-serving chancellor in UK history. Just behind Conservative Ian Macleod, who died of a heart attack 30 days after he...