A Polish woman is facing enforced separation from her son in the UK and has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office because her application form to stay was accidentally filled in online instead of on paper. Elzbieta Olszewska, 80, has been living alone in her flat in Warsaw. Her only child, Michal Olszewski, … Read more
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for president in 2027 after a court found her guilty of a vast system of embezzlement of European parliament funds and banned her from running for public office with immediate effect. The decision was a political earthquake for Le Pen, who had hoped … Read more
Good morning, and welcome to our US politics blog amid news that Donald Trump is “not joking” about a possible third term. The comments on Sunday are the clearest indication yet he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of … Read more
Videos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the country’s antiquities. Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June … Read more
Intimidating behaviour from drivers, poor infrastructure and fears over safety are deterring more women in the UK from cycling compared with men, research has found, while bike sales continue to fall after the “Covid boom”. The barriers to cycling have widened between men and women “across every measure in the past seven years”, according to … Read more
Good morning. Keir Starmer is opening a big international summit in London this morning which shows, according to Downing Street, that Britian is “spearheading the toughest ever international crackdown on organised immigration crime”. Here is the news release from No 10 and here is Kiran Stacey’s overnight preview story. To coincide with the event, Starmer … Read more
(From left) Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Rajat Patidar, CEO of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk, Rescuer search for survivors amid the rubble, Yashwant Varma, Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Bhim Sen Tuti pays tribute to the mortal remains of Head Constable Jagbir Singh. | Photo Credit: AP/PTI/Reuters (1) Myanmar earthquake: Death toll rises to over 1,700 The … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Israel orders Rafah evacuation The Israeli military issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. Earlier this month, Israel ended a ceasefire and renewed its air and ground war against … Read more
A Canadian anti-trans activist is testing the Australian online regulator’s power to censor an X post allegedly bullying a trans man, arguing the removal notice issued to Elon Musk’s platform was overreach on a political statement. In March last year, eSafety sent a notice to X requesting that a tweet by a prominent anti-trans user, … Read more
Thames Water has picked the US investment firm KKR to take a stake in the business, as the embattled water company fights to stave off nationalisation. The UK’s biggest water supplier, which is struggling under a debt pile of close to £20bn, said it had selected KKR as a “preferred partner” as it seeks to … Read more