NHS England will lose half its staff and a huge swathe of its senior management team as part of a brutal restructuring under its new boss. Its workforce will shrink from 13,000 to about 6,500 as entire teams are axed to save money and avoid “duplication” with officials at the Department of Health and Social … Read more
Greenland’s prime minister said voters face a “fateful choice” as the Arctic island prepares to go to the polls in a pivotal election closely watched by Europe and the US. The vote on Tuesday has attracted global attention after Donald Trump’s repeated assertions about acquiring the autonomous territory, using military and economic force if necessary. … Read more
Senior US and Ukrainian officials have arrived in Saudi Arabia for high-stakes meetings on Tuesday aimed at repairing a severely damaged relationship that has left embattled Kyiv without Washington’s support. Ukraine’s delegation, led by Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, will meet the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and other senior White House … Read more
Mike Amesbury has resigned as an MP after being given a prison sentence for punching a constituent, triggering the first byelection of Keir Starmer’s government. The Runcorn and Helsby MP was suspended by Labour and lost the party whip in October after a video of the incident on a night out was published online. He … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Competition change could boost household finances, Leigh to argue Household budgets would be bolstered and cost-of-living pressures would ease under proposed changes to the nation’s competition policy, the federal government says, Australian Associated Press reports. The assistant treasurer, Andrew Leigh, will … Read more
Universities in England should rearrange classrooms and use the Chatham House rule to help students overcome their fears of discussing controversial topics, according to the government’s lead on free speech. Arif Ahmed, the Office for Students’ director of freedom of speech and academic freedom, said there was a significant danger to academic integrity if speech … Read more
Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, has met with Justin Trudeau as the pair discuss a transfer of power after the former central banker’s landslide victory at the Liberal party’s leadership race. The meeting on Monday sets the stage for an imminent federal election and gives Canada a fresh leader to square off against the … Read more
The Trump administration has taken an axe to US foreign aid, eliminating 83% of programs run by the US Agency for International Development in a sweeping six-week purge that has done away with entire categories of development work that took decades to build up. Secretary of state Marco Rubio announced the massive cuts on Monday, … Read more
Canadian police have identified the remains of a murdered Indigenous woman at a landfill and found more remains from another person, after a months long search demanded by the families of victims targeted by a serial killer. Police said in a statement they had confirmed that human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north … Read more
A US envoy has said Hamas proposed a five-to-10-year ceasefire and a full prisoner exchange during backroom talks that have provoked angry responses from the administration of Benjamin Netanyahu and his conservative backers in Israel and the US. Adam Boehler, the US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, told Kan News, an Israeli public broadcaster, … Read more