Ben Wallace, the former UK defence secretary, has said Donald Trump’s decision to suspend US intelligence sharing with Kyiv is “suffocating” Ukrainian hope of holding out against Russian aggression. Last Friday, the US president, along with the vice-president, JD Vance, berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office in full view of the media, telling the … Read more
Emergency services have cordoned off the area surrounding Big Ben after a man scaled one of the buildings in the Palace of Westminster. Video on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge holding a Palestinian flag several metres up Elizabeth Tower, which houses the Westminster clock and its world-famous bell. At least … Read more
Rupert Lowe has compared dealing with the Reform party leadership to smashing his head against a brick wall amid a public war of words that has revealed deep tensions at the heart of the rightwing party. Lowe posted a statement on X asking the party leader, Nigel Farage, to have dinner with him less than … Read more
As measles cases continue to grow in Texas and New Mexico, with a second death, an unvaccinated adult, reported on Thursday, some Texas cities are seeing shortages amid soaring demand for the highly effective vaccine and as the top US health official, Robert F Kennedy Jr, sows disinformation and mistrust about vaccines. Ann and Paul … Read more
Europe’s rightwing populist parties are split over how far to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine, with some fearing unflinching solidarity with the US president’s brand of nationalism will damage their efforts to widen their domestic support. Broadly, unease over Trump’s treatment of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the ominous encroach of authoritarianism … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A tank at Russia’s Kirishi oil refinery – one of the country’s largest – was damaged by falling debris during a major Ukrainian drone attack, the governor of the north-western Leningrad region said on Saturday. Surgutneftegaz’s Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) refinery is one … Read more
In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave herself an ambitious goal after obtaining her first passport: to visit up to 16 countries every year. Then Covid-19 triggered a global lockdown, curtailing her dreams. Since restrictions were lifted, she has visited more than 30 countries and founded a travel agency, Kaijego. On 15 … Read more
London councils and housing companies they own have spent more than £140m buying up homes to relocate homeless people out of the city. More than a dozen councils in the capital have collectively spent millions buying up more than 850 properties in towns and cities across England since 2017, Guardian analysis of property ownership data … Read more
A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have been killed after a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the government has said. The UN said Friday’s incident, which could deal a blow to an already fragile peace process, was “utterly abhorrent” and a possible … Read more
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe. He said there was a need for an army of 500,000 soldiers, which would include reservists. “We will try to have a model … Read more