Four female news presenters have reached a settlement with the BBC over claims they were the victims of a “rigged” recruitment process. Martine Croxall, Annita McVeigh, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera claimed they lost their positions on the BBC News channel as a result of the recruitment exercise, with their claims involving sex and age … Read more
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is condemning Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, for caving to Republican demands on a government funding bill, saying the move has created a “deep sense of outrage and betrayal” among Democrats. Speaking to reporters in Leesburg, Virginia, where House Democrats were gathered for their annual policy retreat, Ocasio-Cortez said she was mobilizing … Read more
No 10 has been warned it could face frontbench resignations if it follows through with plans to freeze some disability benefits – a move that would require a vote in parliament. Labour MPs have been particularly alarmed by a refusal, both in private and in public, by the prime minister and others in cabinet to … Read more
Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister, capping a sudden rise to power for the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. Less than a week ago, Carney beat the former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, the former government house leader Karina Gould and the former member … Read more
Donald Trump has said the US had “very good and productive discussions” with Vladimir Putin and that “thousands of Ukrainian troops” were surrounded by the Russian army, a claim refuted by the Ukrainian military and independent analysts. In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump added that there was a “very good chance” the … Read more
Rodrigo Duterte has become the first Asian former leader to appear before the international criminal court, where he stands accused of committing crimes against humanity during his notorious “war on drugs” which is estimated to have killed as many as 30,000 people. The ex-president of the Philippines, who was in office from 2016 to 2022, … Read more
Germany’s conservative chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has said he has secured the support of the Green party for his radical plan to increase spending on defence and infrastructure after marathon talks that went through the night, paving the way for its approval in parliament. “Germany is back,” Merz said in Berlin on Friday. “Germany is making … Read more
A far-right group that claimed credit for the arrest of a Palestinian activist and permanent US resident who the Trump administration is seeking to deport claims it has submitted “thousands of names” for similar treatment. Betar US is one of a number of rightwing, pro-Israel groups that are supporting the administration’s efforts to deport international … Read more
The House of Lords watchdog has started an official investigation into revelations that a peer offered to secure meetings with ministers for a potential commercial client who wanted to lobby the government. The investigation into Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, was announced on Friday. He is the second peer now facing … Read more
A civil servant held multiple full-time jobs at different government departments at the same time, according to a Cabinet Office investigation. A report by the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) – a data-matching exercise carried out every two years by the Cabinet Office that helps prevent and detect fraud – made the discovery in 2022-23 when … Read more