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Doubts grow over Trump-backed Graham in South Carolina runoff
Darline Graham’s bid to permanently succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham, in the US Senate ended with a South Carolina runoff against Congressman Ralph Norman that many Republicans privately doubted she could win. She had been appointed to the seat temporarily after her brother’s sudden death, but her limited political experience became a central issue,…
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A66 Crash Tribute Sparks Political Row as Minister Defends Honouring All Seven Victims
A Home Office minister has attracted criticism from senior Conservatives following her decision to pay public tribute to all seven people killed in an A66 collision, including five young men whose vehicle struck and kill
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Government under fire as Russia threatens UK factories and gold hits five-month high
Burnham signals more tax rises are possible before October’s Budget as Russia warns of strikes on British drone factories over Ukraine support; Carney readies fresh tariffs against the US, and Druckenmiller attacks Bessent over bond yields.
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Trump Threatens Lake Ontario Renaming as Canada-US Trade Dispute Escalates
A trade dispute between the United States and Canada escalated sharply after negotiations between the two countries broke down, prompting Washington to impose 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, including hockey equipment and alcohol, while threatening a further 50% levy on cars, car parts and steel from 1 January. President Donald Trump…
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Home Office minister accused of putting A66 joyriders ‘on a par’ with dead police officers in crash tribute – but claims local force told her to do so
A Home Office minister, Anna Turley, has come under fire from a senior Conservative MP after she paid tribute to all seven people killed in a crash on the A66, including the five young men whose vehicle struck and killed two police officers. Nick Timothy, the Shadow Justice Secretary, accused the Labour MP for Redcar…
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Cross-border tensions flare as Canada-US trade talks collapse and Kremlin warns Burnham on drones
Carney rejects Trump’s tariff “attack” as trade war looms, a Kremlin adviser threatens British drone factories, and Murdoch family feuding is exposed in newly unsealed court papers.
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Danish PM rejects plastic surgeon’s offer to ‘fix’ her nose as she shares screengrabs of his message and declares: ‘I’m happy with my body’
Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has publicly rejected an unsolicited offer from a male plastic surgeon who messaged her on Instagram offering to “fix” a mark on her nose. She shared a screenshot of the exchange, telling him she was happy with her body and did not need a male plastic surgeon’s opinion on her…
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Parents will be paid £40,000 per child to encourage families in Singapore
Singapore’s government has unveiled a major overhaul of family benefits, offering nearly S$70,000 (around £40,000) per child from birth to age 17, as it battles a record-low birth rate and rapid population ageing. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the package, calling it a “fundamental shift” in how the state supports families, though he acknowledged that…
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Does Burnham stick to anything he says? Now PM waters down pledge to spend £39bn on council housing – as he keeps Starmer’s plan instead
Andy Burnham has scaled back an earlier pledge that the government’s entire £39billion social and affordable homes programme would go on council housing, after the first funding allocations followed Sir Keir Starmer’s original approach rather than the fully council-led model Burnham had described. The Government confirmed initial allocations to build more than 70,000 homes across…