Pakistan’s military has accused neighbouring India of sponsoring militant groups in the south-west of the country as survivors recounted their ordeal from an unprecedented attack that killed 26 passengers on a hijacked train. The scope of the attack in Balochistan province underscores the struggles that Pakistan faces to rein in militant groups. In the attack … Read more
Agents from the Department of Homeland Security conducted searches in two Columbia University students’ rooms on Thursday night, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on some American universities. The university’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, addressed the school community in a statement, saying she was “heartbroken” to inform them that “there were federal … Read more
The jobs cull from the government’s radical restructuring of the NHS will be at least twice as big as previously thought, with other parts of the health service now being downsized too. The staff shakeout caused by NHS England’s abolition and unprecedented cost-cutting elsewhere will mean the number of lost posts will soar from the … Read more
An actor who was said to have been groped by Noel Clarke has told the high court that the incident never happened. In a witness statement for Guardian News and Media (GNM), which is being sued for libel by Clarke, his former creative partner Davie Fairbanks said he saw the former Doctor Who star inappropriately … Read more
For nearly 160 years, the blue plaque has marked sites of historic importance. Now one English institution has found its own way of signifying a flagship moment while interrogating its past – a blue dress. The new artwork, at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorates the occasion when the African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond made a … Read more
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