Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows↗
Opposition lawmakers joined forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-old Rightwing lawmakers in Spain have joined forces to reject emergency measures put forward to tackle the country’s housing…
England school inspections to be overhauled again after barrage of complaints↗
Exclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise serious concerns about new system School inspections in England will be overhauled for the second time in a year, after a barrage of complaints that the…
G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves↗
Leaders agree a coordinated drawdown within four months as rising prices put pressure on households and economies Leaders of G7 nations are to release up to 100m barrels of their emergency diesel and crude oil stockpiles after coming under…
Bosses of three firms that supply trains to UK railways made £3.5m last year↗
Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expense The chief executives of three firms that rent out trains to Britain’s railways were paid a combined £3.5m last year as…
Aviation security back in spotlight after nightmare on flydubai flight to Israel↗
Questions raised over cockpit locks and screening of pilots as UAE investigates details and motives of near disaster At around 9.30 on Wednesday morning local time, Tali Manes was taking her six-year-old daughter Nina to the toilet on the…
US Coast Guard says it intercepted ship carrying fuel to Cuba↗
US says ship thought to be using common ‘dark fleet’ tactics was boarded and taken to Mexico as embargo continues The US Coast Guard has announced that it intercepted a large cargo ship carrying fuel bound for Cuba , as the Trump…
Welsh first minister calls on Burnham to deliver ‘new deal’ on devolution↗
Rhun ap Iorwerth tells Plaid Cymru conference he asked PM to ‘put Wales on equal footing with Scotland as bare minimum’ The Welsh first minister has formally called on Andy Burnham to deliver a “new deal” in his first address to a Plaid…
Brimful of personality: the rise of fashion’s ‘silly little hats’↗
From pillboxes and boaters to bicornes and buckets, characterful hats are making their way from the catwalk to the high street “Here goes – an order for a million hats,” wrote Jackie Kennedy to Bergdorf Goodman before moving into the White…
OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers↗
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government faces…
‘The enemy is tearing our city apart’: terror in Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks↗
Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridge Europe live – latest updates Valeriya Tkachenko was dropping her son off at school in central Kyiv when the air raid…
India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll↗
Thousands gather in Mumbai with heavy police presence as concerns mount that millions will be denied voting rights India’s youth-led Cockroach movement kicked off more nationwide protests on Friday as thousands of people gathered in…
Palestine Action crowdfunder for UK supreme court challenge blocked due to US sanctions↗
Exclusive: CrowdJustice platform says US firm Stripe, its payment processor, ‘cannot support accounts or transactions’ linked to group An online crowdfunder to raise money for the UK supreme court challenge to the ban on Palestine Action…
Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse↗
Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse Tesco has become the first supermarket to introduce paid “safe leave” for victims of domestic abuse, giving staff dedicated time…
Reform UK-run council boycotts reporter after row over potholes↗
Derbyshire county council accused of ‘worst kind of double speak’ as it denies banning local democracy journalist but says it will ignore his inquiries Rows over potholes and a viral story about a garden gate have led to Reform UK’s latest…
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City↗
Burnham should also declare City hospitality, party says PM said he would be concerned if owners forced to sell Andy Burnham is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners,…
Fires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protests↗
Government struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations Europe live – latest updates As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance…
Gordon Ramsay’s UK restaurants stay in red despite sales topping £100m↗
Celebrity chef has 34 British outlets including the Savoy Grill, Pétrus and several Lucky Cat restaurants Business live – latest updates The UK arm of Gordon Ramsay ’s restaurants empire remained in the red last year despite sales topping…
Polanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader↗
Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position UK politics live – latest updates Zack Polanski has said his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales…
UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre↗
Motorists and small businesses struggle with costs as Iran war drives up cost of oil worldwide ‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car’ Business live – latest updates British motorists face more pressure at the pumps after the average…
Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84↗
Baird, father of former NSW premier Mike Baird and journalist Julia Baird, helped win the Olympics for Sydney Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Bruce Baird, a former federal Liberal MP and deputy leader of the…
OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia↗
Attack accessing historical data on bushfires occurred in June but not disclosed by the tech company until Thursday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has disclosed another…
Kinky dating app Feeld’s founders share in record £3.8m dividend after sales jump↗
Platform ‘for the curious’ says users outside the UK account for nearly 90% of its revenues Business live – latest updates Feeld, a UK-based dating app aimed at non-monogamous, queer and kinky users, has reported strong sales growth and…
Drumcree talks break up without agreement on fifth day of standoff↗
Dispute over march will go to legal appeal on Monday after talks hosted by Northern Ireland secretary end Talks aimed at resolving the Drumcree parade dispute have broken up without agreement, with the Northern Ireland secretary, Chris…
UK is not facing diesel shortage despite fears of Trump export ban, minister says↗
In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’ Business live – latest updates The government has moved to avert panic at the pumps, insisting that the UK is not facing a diesel…
Eastern Spain braces for torrential rain and flooding↗
Up to 300mm of rain could fall in places, while extreme downpours bring deadly landslides to Nepal Torrential rain and potentially damaging flooding are forecast in eastern Spain over the coming days, as cold upper air moves over the warm,…
Badenoch claims Labour is preparing for a general election in May 2027 – UK politics live↗
Speculation about an early election continue to persist even as Andy Burnham ruled it out Zack Polanski is expected to call for a triple lock-style guarantee for private renters at his party’s annual conference in Brighton today, to ease…
Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM↗
Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament A recent lobbyist for the controversial $450bn US tech company Palantir played a senior role in helping Andy Burnham become…
‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack↗
Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up then ‘passengers would lose their lives’ The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight has described how he fought…
Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo↗
Under new WA laws anyone who defies an exclusion order could face a maximum $36,000 fine and three years in prison Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Activists and a Greens MP have threatened legal action after…
400 French schools closed on Friday as protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ – Europe live↗
Dozens of schools have been damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers have been detained since the start of the tensions The prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône in southern France told BFMTV that the situation on the ground was “incomparable” to the…