Getty Images Ian Murray said he was “100%” confident the prime minister would be in his job come the next election The UK’s welfare system will “explode” and become unaffordable if it is not reformed, Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has said. Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been forced into a series of climbdowns on its […]
Washington, DC – The Pentagon has announced that United States military strikes against Iran set back the country’s nuclear programme by one to two years, an assessment that follows President Donald Trump’s claims that the programme was “obliterated”. Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Wednesday that the three Iranian nuclear facilities targeted by Washington […]
BBC Kaylie Bailey contracted botulism after being given illegal Botox An aesthetic beautician left one woman fighting for her life and several others seriously ill in hospital after injecting them with Toxpia, an illegal Botox-type anti-wrinkle treatment. As the BBC names the woman behind the jabs, two of her victims share their stories. The patch […]
The CBS logo is seen on a building in Chicago. The network’s parent company, Paramount Global, has agreed to pay $16 million for President Trump’s future presidential library to settle a lawsuit he filed over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris during last fall’s elections. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty […]
Liverpool John Moores University. Nature Tests on the skull could give new insights into ancient history A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. An analysis of his skeleton shows he was 60 years old […]
Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Getty Images Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report. Describing drought […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, joined from left by, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks after Senate passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Millions are estimated to lose health care if the bill becomes law. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle […]
The United States Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill on Tuesday, following intense negotiations and a marathon voting session on amendments. The bill, which still faces a challenging path to final approval in the House of Representatives, would impose deep cuts to popular health and nutrition programmes, among other measures, […]
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images A woman fans herself during the June heatwave in Madrid Spain and England have recorded their hottest June ever, as scorching temperatures continue to grip Europe. Spain’s weather service Aemet said the “extremely hot” June – with an average temperature of 23.6C (74.5F) – “has pulverised records”, surpassing the […]
Getty Images Babies born to fathers over the age of 60 went up by 14.2% in 2024 compared to the year before, official figures show. Of 594,677 live births in England and Wales last year, 1,076 babies had dads over 60, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Total births in England in 2024 […]