At least 81 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year, according to the UN's figures. At least 23 of those deaths have occurred in the context of settler attacks.Three…
Andy Burnham said his government would be "grounded in fiscal responsibility" as his first Prime Minister's Questions took place against a backdrop of rising UK borrowing costs.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called on Burnham to say…
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has released two photographs appearing to show him inside a United States detention centre, marking the first images of the former leader since his abduction in January.
The photographs show…
Spanish prosecutors say 23 sexual assaults, including nine against children, have been recorded in Ceuta since the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish exclave at the end of July.That number meant there was almost one case every…
Thank you to the organizers of this important event for the opportunity to be part of it.1 This conference sits at the intersection of several policy issues that are central,…
The government is spending £110m on creating more cells in existing prisons in England and Wales as part of its plans to tackle overcrowding. The money, which has been "fast-tracked from existing budgets", will be used to speed up the…
A well-known, pro-AI super political action committee is behind a new group that plans to blast voters in key battleground states with ads advocating for data centers, several outlets are reporting.
That new group, called Build…
Local cotton manufacturing moves into surgical textiles as Africa seeks import alternatives and channels more fibre into homegrown factories.
African manufacturers are increasingly turning locally grown cotton into high-value medical…
Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off.Public broadcaster RUV reported that 52.8% of the more than 225,000 people who voted had rejected the government's proposal, while…
Message discipline is being emphasised inside the Treasury too.The biggest moment for the Burnham government this autumn will come on 28 October, when Chancellor John Healey unveils the Budget.Sir Keir and his chancellor Rachel Reeves…