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Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances Restoring the deteriorating health of the UK’s population to the level of 2014 would boost GDP by 2% and generate a £72bn dividend for the public finances, research suggests. A pap...

Fresh attack comes after Iran’s supreme leader warned Washington would pay for ‘seeking to escalate’ the conflict Two US troops killed and one missing in Jordan after Iranian attacks The US military said it launched new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard...

New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect children Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Social media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification,...

At least one death with authorities reporting fires and damage to offices and homes, while Ukraine’s forces earlier hit logistics warehouses in Russia Russia has carried out one of its biggest ever ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, launching a five-hour raid that left at least one person dead an...

The fatal shootings of two men, both killed in their vehicles by ICE agents, have rekindled anger over the US’s militarized deportation push Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to work with his brother and two other passengers in Houston, Texas , when immigration agents began tailing his car....

Campaigners hope move will force commercial banks to rethink holding assets linked to the fossil fuel Climate campaigners have declared a victory after the Bank of England said it would no longer accept bonds linked to one of the most polluting industries on the planet for key loan arrangements. ...

Incumbent Carlos Vila Nova hopes to defeat his former party and secure second term as independent Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to burnish its democratic credentials. According to the Nationa...

Car chase began in Queensland after report of armed man on Gold Coast late on Saturday, police say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police have declared a “critical incident” after a man died follow...

UK to seek extradition over sexual exploitation, ‘extreme pornography’ and assault and indecent images of a child Andrew and Tristan Tate, brothers who are social media influencers, were arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service said. The charges against the pair ...

Nationals senator echoes comments by Pauline Hanson as Labor criticises One Nation leader’s divisive stance Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The National party’s Senate leader, Bridget McKenzie, has used an appeara...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage compares One Nation leader’s polling rise to Donald Trump’s victory in the US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Pauline Hanson has told a political conference in London that Australia i...

Follow the latest updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Rising fuel prices could force interest rate rise Shane Oliver , chief economist at AMP, said fuel prices could rise another 10 cents as the rebound in oil prices had not yet fully flowed through, in a not...

Tamás Sulyok signed the constitutional amendment that cited ‘serious loss of confidence’ in him as leader Hungary’s president Tamás Sulyok has agreed to step down after signing a constitutional amendment passed by prime minister Péter Magyar’s ruling Tisza party. The amendment will end Sulyok’s t...

Taylor Farms does not specify where products were served or sold, as US braces for weeks more of outbreak Taylor Farms recalled potentially contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce in 27 states on Friday, including lettuce distributed as recently as Thursday, as cases of cyclosporiasis continue risi...

Australia risks ‘shipping’ intellectual capability overseas if educational rigour not restored, experts warn Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An academic at the Australian National University has accused it of a “hysterical” response to students using AI to cheat, as t...

Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards in a “reset of priorities” when he enters Downing Street on Monday. The new Labour leader plans to redirect the resource...

Congressman to run for seat despite Donald Trump backing Graham’s sister Darline, should she choose to run Republican representative Ralph Norman, ⁠of South Carolina, has announced he will join the race to succeed the late senator Lindsey Graham, despite Donald Trump backing Graham’s sister, Darl...

Poor air quality from wildfires continues to plague New York City as neighborhoods hit by thunderstorms Saturday is delivering a double dose of dangerous weather across the north-eastern US, with smoky skies from Canadian wildfires giving way to severe thunderstorms that have already triggered a ...

Kuwait says civilian sites and infrastructure targeted, Jordan downs missiles and sirens sound in Bahrain as Iran responds to US strikes Iran launched a wave of attacks against US allies in the Middle East, as the renewal of US strikes on Iran entered a second week and fighting escalated over the...

Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison uncovered the truth after Bylin received an at-home DNA test as Christmas gift A DNA discovery has led two families to accuse a North Dakota hospital of changing the course of their lives after learning two newborns were allegedly switched at birth nearly four decad...

Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers aged 30 and older in the US military will be screened for low testosterone The US defense secretary, ⁠Pete Hegseth, this week ordered annual testosterone-deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members aged 30 and older, which he says will hel...

DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments Scores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be c...

Jens Spahn had criticised ‘rented wombs’ and his party is strongly opposed to surrogacy, which is banned in Germany A senior German politician and key ally of chancellor Friedrich Merz has resigned as chair of the Christian Democrat (CDU) party after he and his husband used a surrogate mother to ...

Rain could alleviate conditions in mid-Atlantic and north-east, with World Cup final expected to go ahead on Sunday Warnings of dangerous conditions are expected to remain in place on Saturday across swathes of the US, amid uncertainty about where the heavy wildfire smoke swirling from the Canadi...

MPs and industry experts warn incoming PM reorganisation would waste time at a critical moment for AI and economic growth Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap the government’s technology department has triggered an angry backlash from MPs, Whitehall officials and tech experts. The incoming prime minister...

As Cuba swelters under six-month oil blockade imposed by US, tempers are fraying and unrest is growing When Cuba’s national grid collapses, as it did for the third time in 10 days on Tuesday, a collective groan spreads across its cities and people wonder, again, whether the island’s antiquated el...

Outgoing PM has joked about cookery classes and cutting hedges, but does the international stage beckon? As his time in Downing Street comes to an end, Keir Starmer has been joking with friends about what he might do after he stands down as prime minister. He has teased that he might take a cooke...

White House Fifa taskforce chief defends Argentina footballers, saying US believes in free speech The White House has backed Argentina’s footballers who displayed a banner supporting their country’s claim to the Falklands Islands after their World Cup semi-final victory against England. In a frac...

Labour leader examining proposals to overhaul gas standing charges and make heat pumps cheaper to run than boilers Andy Burnham is considering radical plans that could cut household energy bills by £130 a year and make running a heat pump cheaper than a gas boiler. In his speech on Friday as he b...

Demonstrations planned across the US this weekend will focus on three issues likely to define the midterm elections Thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets this weekend in mass protests around issues likely to define the midterm elections: widespread violence from US Immigratio...

Fire crew in Gilbert to honor Royal Cothrun, 14, for helping elderly woman who became disoriented amid heatwave An Arizona fire department is formally honoring a 14-year-old boy who recently helped save an elderly woman with dementia after she wandered miles off course amid potentially lethal tem...

Government’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocks The government’s planned poultry sector growth plan is a risk to national security, campaigners have warned. Earlier this month, the environment secretary, Emma Reynolds , told the Gro...

Less than a month after hailing a ceasefire, Trump resumed strikes on Iran, a move experts warn could prolong the war and hurt Republicans ahead of midterms For half a century, Donald Trump has performed a public high-wire act based on high-stakes risks and shattering time-honored norms to get wh...

Incoming PM must seize chance to stop race discourse deflecting from class inequalities, says David Weaver Andy Burnham has a historic opportunity to shift the national mood on racism, the chair of Operation Black Vote has said. In an interview marking the 30th anniversary of the influential nonp...

CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’ Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage spills, it has emerged. Ruth Jefferson rec...

Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect public A London Underground worker who was unfairly sacked after whistleblowing about his concerns over exposure to asbestos and other toxic dust has said he wants all tube passen...

‘Strong confrontation’ comes at fragile moment for Reform’s relations with rightwing media as coverage turns negative Nigel Farage is no stranger to expressing his ire at what he regards as the liberal establishment, but even figures close to him were surprised at the tirade of anger he unleashed...

Defence minister seeks three ‘Naha’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal Israel’s defence and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and more than $400m (£300m) in funding to expand constructio...

As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fight César Alcaraz had only just become a firefighter in the late 1990s when he found himself ambushed by a fast-moving blaze. Barely ab...

Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefu...

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley join rally to support Justin Pearson’s bid for a seat in Congress More than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Task For...

Tondra Madruga named as second victim in deadly capsizing as police continue search for two missing people Police on Friday discovered the wreckage of a boat that sank this week in the San Francisco Bay after recovering the body of a missing person the day before. The body was identified as Tondr...

Husband of Nancy Pelosi has traffic infractions in California stretching back at least to 2011, according to public records Paul Pelosi, husband of US congresswoman and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge after he allegedly crashed into a parked vehicle a...

Officials haven’t released additional information about the person’s identity, age or details on when and how they fell ill A legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City has claimed its first life, health officials said Friday. Officials didn’t release addit...

Lawmakers press for review of hiring practices amid a spate of ICE-related deaths within the same week Democratic lawmakers are pressing for a review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) hiring practices and continuing calls for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the ki...

Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protections US Republicans are threatening to sanction Canada and Canadian government officials after smoke from devastating wildfires has drifted across huge swathes of the US, creating hazy conditions...

Whereabouts of artist imprisoned after 2021 protests had been unknown following end of his prison term in July Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent Cuban dissident artist whose whereabouts remained unknown after his prison sentence ended last week, has been given permission to travel to the U...

Woman has non-life threatening injuries after Brandon Booth shot her with pistol outside ICE facility and drove off An employee of a company that runs an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Colorado is under arrest after shooting and injuring a woman on Thursday evening. The inc...

Two men arrested after taking federal employees hostage in Shasta-Trinity national forest Two US Forest Service employees were released early Friday morning after being held hostage for more than 12 hours, authorities in far northern California said. Law enforcement arrested two men for the alleg...

Fears of light charges in case of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles and four other travellers confirmed by Laos court The distillery owner linked to the deaths of Australian backpackers Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles could serve just three months in jail after a court in Laos announced c...