Keir Starmer to update House of Commons on latest Mandelson revelations
The Foreign Office has been blamed for clearing the peer in January 2025 to begin as US ambassador.
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Latest north-west London arson attack probed as antisemitic hate crime
Members of the Jewish community have been urged to ‘remain calm’ as counter-terror police investigate this and a series of similar incidents.
Africa’s incredible new £199m bridge – 2 miles long and East Africa’s longest
The bridge is now the longest in East Africa and the sixth-longest on the African continent.
‘I was locked up and raped by stepfather for 28 years and had 6 children’
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Lydia Gouardo, 62, has spoken out about the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepfather, who sexually assaulted her and forced her to have six children with him
‘I survived a plane hijacking and it was the most terrifying nightmare ever’
It’s the real-life story of two brave flight attendants who negotiated with an armed hijacker for eight hours as he held them hostage on a plane that was about to take off.
Standoff escalates after Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over US blockade
The strait is closed until the US blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said on Saturday night.
Australian soldier charged with war crimes vows to clear his name
Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, is accused of being complicit in a string of unlawful killings between 2009 and 2012 in Afghanistan.
Former Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith denies committing war crimes in Afghanistan: ‘Proud of my service’
Ben Roberts-Smith, freed this week on bail, is charged with five counts of war crimes over the alleged murder of five unarmed Afghan civilians between 2009 and 2012
New Zealand’s capital begins clean-up of ‘hardest hit areas’ after flash floods triggered by heavy rain
Nation’s weather forecaster predicted more thunderstorms, accompanied by very heavy rain, for parts of North Island including Wellington on Sunday
Trump believed coming across as ‘unstable and insulting’ in controversial posts could ‘bring the Iranians to the table,’ report says
The president reportedly thought appearing off-kilter and dangerous would make Iranians hasten to end the war, a new report says