The BBC has cancelled an interview with Boris Johnson after presenter Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former prime minister her briefing notes. The presenter of the BBC’s flagship Sunday political interview show said she sent Johnson the notes “in a message meant for my team”. Kuenssberg, who was the BBC’s political editor between 2015 and…
A North Korean defector living in South Korea has been detained after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarised border, in a failed attempt to return to his isolated homeland. The man – who fled to the South in 2011 – ignored warnings from soldiers to stop while…
The number of people out of work due to ill health is growing by 300,000 a year, according to fresh analysis by a leading health thinktank. People of working age who quit their job due to ill health were also three times less likely to return to employment than those in good health, adding to…
The day after the only vice-presidential debate this year, Democrat Tim Walz called his Republican challenger, JD Vance, a “slick talker” who was trying to rewrite history and gaslight people about Donald Trump’s record. During a rally in York, Pennsylvania, Walz made his first public comments on the debate, which polls show was essentially a…
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Joan E Greve and Leah Wright Rigueur discuss JD Vance and Tim Walz’s clash on the debate stage in New York City on Tuesday night. Although Walz gave a solid performance, it was described as underwhelming, while Vance attempted to reset his image and get on the front foot. Will this debate have moved the…
Revelations that Keir Starmer and his team have accepted donations of clothes, accommodation and sports tickets have focused attention on the official register of MPs’ interests, usually published every couple of weeks. Here are some highlights from the latest version, published on Wednesday. Keir Starmer Seven donations of various types (most of which have already…
A crime boss known as “the Iceman” has been jailed for 20 years for attempting to flood Scotland’s streets with £76m of cocaine and millions of etizolam “street valium” tablets. James Stevenson, 59, pleaded guilty mid-trial in Glasgow’s high court to directing a serious criminal offence of importation of cocaine and being involved in organised…
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed and a number of others wounded in three exchanges with Hezbollah in heavy fighting inside Lebanon. The largest group of soldiers, from the commando brigade and including an officer, was involved in a clash with Hezbollah in a village north of the Israeli border community of Misgav Am, while…
The UK has laid on a charter flight to evacuate Britons from Lebanon and said it is ready to commission more for the 5,000 nationals and their dependants remaining in the country. Beirut’s international airport remains open but ministers and officials are preparing contingency plans for sea and air rescues via Cyprus should the security…
