UK Greens challenge Burnham over Sainsbury’s youth placements
Greens have challenged Andy Burnham’s backing for a Sainsbury’s youth scheme whose published terms leave pay and expenses unclear.
US seeks stake in Venezuelan oil fields holding 65bn barrels
Washington says it has secured control rights over Venezuelan oil fields, but the agreement governing…
UK Workers face risk from AI market bets, Bank chief warns
Andrew Bailey says leveraged AI investments and dependence on major tech firms could magnify a market…
Economy Burnham excludes more offences from early prison release plan
New exclusions from early-release changes expose a prison system already running close to its limits.
UK Burnham drops political donations cap he promised to voters
Burnham told a campaigner in May he'd cap political donations. Days before the vote, and weeks after declaring £350,000…
UK Insolvency law blocks Thames Water takeover
Thames Water customers face bills up to 44% higher while an insolvency law loophole, not political will, keeps the…
UK Burnham hands Ukraine missile tech on £3bn war bill
Burnham's first trip abroad hands MBDA a bigger Ukraine order book, on top of a war bill already running at £3bn a year.
United States Iran sanctions hit patients, not Tehran
A US threat to punish any country trading with Iran falls hardest on Iranian patients and Gulf-region workers, as…
United States AIPAC’s $100m spend fails twice
AIPAC spent a record $30.6m trying to beat one Senate candidate in Michigan. He won anyway, and so did the next target…
United States Trump threatens to bomb Oman
Trump threatened to bomb Oman, the Gulf state that brokered the ceasefire ending the Iran war, over a shipping deal…
United States US government spied on anti-ICE protesters, unions, records show
DHS records unsealed in a Minneapolis court show agents infiltrated union meetings and Signal chats of people never…
Middle East Israeli militias committed war crimes against Gazans, testimony shows
An Israeli officer's testimony on militias sent to commit war crimes in Gaza is documentary evidence, but Ahmed…
Middle East Israeli think tank funds anti-UN lobbying
Misgav Institute paid Mercury Public Affairs to push Congress and the White House toward full US withdrawal from the UN…
Middle East Israeli general wants Gaza ruined forever
A former Israeli general says Gaza should stay ruined for generations, as displaced families behind the Yellow Line…
Middle East Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan his government secretly pursues
Netanyahu says Israel rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, but for Gaza's population the war and the hunger continue…
Economy Bills hit £1,723 as energy secretary claims she’s powerless over war
Ofgem's 4% price cap rise pushes bills to £1,723 as the energy secretary calls the war 'impossible to control', Britain…
Economy Energy price cap rises to £1,723
Ofgem's 4% cap rise pushes typical bills to £1,723 as arrears head for £7bn and Labour's £300 pledge quietly dies.
World Suffolk drone workers face Russia threat after Kremlin warning
Suffolk's Ukrainian drone factory was named on a Russian target list months before a Kremlin adviser raised the…
Economy Bond market sets Healey’s £10bn Budget ceiling
Fund managers have set Healey's Budget ceiling at £10bn, weeks before he names a single cut.