Some MPs are delighted Donald Trump will be America’s president again. “I’m emphatic the world is a safer place now that we have Donald Trump in the White House,” Suella Braverman, the former Conservative home secretary, told the BBC. Others are pleased, but most, from all parties, offer a rather more fruitily negative view about […]
The UK will sign new agreements with western Balkan countries to tackle people-smuggling gangs, as part of efforts to bring down small boat crossings. The deals will increase intelligence sharing and cooperation with Serbia, North Macedonia and Kosovo to intercept and arrest the gangs, with the aim of breaking their business models at source. The […]
Germany’s governing coalition is in crisis after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired a key minister and said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year. Scholz said he had no trust in Finance Minister Christian Lindner, who leads a rival party that has been part of the coalition along with Scholz’s […]
PA Actor Billy Porter and Earthshot ambassadors Robert Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha joined the Prince of Wales on stage The Prince of Wales has said he wants his environmental Earthshot prize to “change the world for good” over the next decade as he celebrated this year’s winners. Prince William closed the awards ceremony in Cape […]
The body of pop star Liam Payne is to be flown back to the UK on Wednesday, the public prosecutor in charge of his case has confirmed to the BBC. The singer died three weeks ago after falling from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An autopsy confirmed the 31-year-old had […]
BBC John Cannan was jailed in 1989 A man convicted of killing a woman and suspected of murdering missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh has died in prison. John Cannan, 70, was jailed in 1989 for the abduction and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks from Bristol. He was later implicated in the murder of 25-year-old Ms […]
More than 50 migrants were rescued after a boat got into difficulty trying to cross the English Channel. The boat’s engine failed off the coast of Audresselles in northern France overnight on Monday into Tuesday, the French coastguard said. A rescue boat took 51 people to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were met by emergency services. Meanwhile, […]
Brian Lawless/PA Wire Conor McGregor denies sexually assaulting Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel room A woman who has accused Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor of raping her has told a court he choked her three times and she thought she was going to die. Nikita Hand has taken civil action against Mr McGregor […]
Reuters Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has tightened the rules on ministers accepting gifts and hospitality, after a row over senior Labour figures receiving freebies. Ministers will not be banned from accepting gifts but the ministerial code has been updated to require them to consider the “need to maintain the public’s confidence in the standards […]
Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden has apologised after being reproached for drinking milk from a carton in the House of Commons last week. Mr Witherden, who was newly elected for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr in July, was gently reminded of the strict no food or drink rules when in the Chamber. In a statement, a spokesperson […]