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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: “A violent criminal doesn’t become less dangerous just because the government has run out of prison cells.” She added: “[Labour’s] answer is to let dangerous offenders out even earlier instead of building the prison spaces we need.” Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said: “The Tories are taking the public for … Read more

In Brazil’s upcoming presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is facing right-wing challenger and ally of Donald Trump, Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Washington has backed closer ties with Brazil’s right wing, while Lula da Silva has accused Bolsonaro’s camp of encouraging foreign interference. The election has raised questions about … Read more

Thousands of people are continuing protests across Spain, after Congress rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis. Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home. Abascal was evicted after she was unable to pay … Read more

A UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident at RAF Fairford has been released on bail. The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday. Searches of two properties in the same area have now finished. A major incident was declared and … Read more

Two Iranian men have appeared in court charged with terror offences over an alleged plot to target the Jewish community in Manchester with a homemade bomb. Rahman Salehi, 34, of Salford, and 36-year-old Salam Ahmadyan, from Liverpool, were accused at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another to … Read more

On Thursday, the boss of supplier EDF Energy, Simone Rossi, warned that the UK was “walking into a second energy crisis” and Vyas said that action was needed before bills jumped again. “Last-minute emergency interventions run the risk of being badly targeted and costing us all more,” she said. Energy UK is calling for government … Read more

The co-pilot of the Flydubai plane travelling to Israel attacked the pilot with a crash axe in an attempt to take control of the aircraft, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general has said. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv carrying more than 170 people plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two and a half hours … Read more

What keeps him driving on? He’s quick to answer. “What keeps me going is how I felt on that first night (his 2016 debut) against Denmark – the pride, the emotion. When you’re picked to play for your country, you never know when it’s going to be your last, so you don’t take it for … Read more

Writing on Telegram on Saturday, Klitschko said: “Hitting the North Bridge. Emergency services are on their way.” “Traffic on the bridge from the left to the right bank is currently blocked,” he added. Earlier attacks on the Southern Bridge prompted Kyiv’s defence council to hold a crisis meeting on Friday, in which Klitschko warned that … Read more

The G7 has announced 100 million barrels of oil and diesel will be released to ease supply concerns that have caused prices to skyrocket. It includes a “substantial release” of diesel within 20 days, with discussions around “additional diesel releases as necessary”, G7 leaders said in a statement. The group of advanced economies, including the … Read more

A woman convinced her former partner she had given birth to two children who most likely did not exist in what a High Court judge described as an “extraordinary” and “elaborate campaign of deceit”. The man, who has not been named but was referred to as John during the hearing, applied to the Family Court … Read more

Motion sickness is caused by “a mismatch in sensory cues,” Hac says. Our bodies rely on three main sensory inputs to show that we’re moving, which come from what we see, what our inner ear’s balance system perceives, and what fibres in our body sense, he says. When one of these is in conflict with … Read more

Chihon, from Chile, and Anna Maria, from Moldova, came to Scotland to study, but the country quickly became the backdrop to their love story. The couple first met in 2018 through a dance society at the University of Edinburgh, when Anna Maria was on an Erasmus exchange and Chihon was completing his postgraduate studies. They … Read more

G7 countries have agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after an export ban threat by Donald Trump.

The players headed out to the mission, which had the usual slightly convoluted rules that took Winkleman quite a while to explain. In a nutshell, the celebrities were to be buried alive in pairs, with only one duo left above ground. Ross Kemp was pre-selected by the traitors to be protected from burial along with … Read more

Manchester City’s spending power unquestionably changed the world football transfer market – their willingness to pay higher fees and wages meant prices rose for everybody else too. And once the world knows that a club has a wedge of cash burning a hole in its pocket courtesy of City, it can be difficult to spend … Read more

The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing acts of terror including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Counter terror police said Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged on Friday with one count of preparation of terrorist acts. The charge relates to activity which is alleged to have taken place between … Read more

Two Iranian nationals have been charged with terror offences over an alleged plot to target the Jewish community in Manchester ahead of Yom Kippur, Counter Terrorism Policing has said. Rahman Salehi, 35, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, are accused of preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another to commit an act of terrorism … Read more

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator on Thursday night, after authorities failed to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers say in court filings. Pike, 50, was injected with two lethal doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday but remained alive. She was then sent to hospital in an ambulance. … Read more

Brain’s trials heard at least two members of clergy had raised concerns about him with the Diocese of Sheffield years before he was stopped. After Brain was first convicted in August 2025, the Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt Rev Dr Pete Wilcox, apologised for “institutional failures” and announced an independent safeguarding into its response. In … Read more

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said the woman at the centre of the Cornell University rape case was “failed” at “every turn”. The woman, known as Jane Doe in legal documents, alleges she was drugged and raped by several men at a fraternity house in 2024. The case was investigated at the time but … Read more

The Sindicato de Inquilinas (Tenants’ Union) activist association which has been co-ordinating protests, announced during the congressional debate that it was abandoning the tent protest in central Madrid. It said it wanted to “take the struggle to all the neighbourhoods, residential blocks and homes of Madrid, wherever there are rental increases, expulsions and abuses each … Read more

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has demanded a “new deal” for Wales from the UK government, putting the country on an equal footing with Scotland. He has called for new powers over policing, justice, rail and the Crown Estate from the UK government. In a speech at Plaid Cymru’s conference in Llandudno, the party’s leader … Read more

An internal report prepared for the Paris police department which was leaked to the media analysed the opening of the movement in Seine-Saint-Denis. It concluded that students were being “egged on by far-left elements from students unions… and political groups such as… LFI.” It said the tensions “could be part of a flame-kindling strategy… aimed … Read more

The Recording Academy announced the new category in June, saying it would recognise “artistic excellence in Asian pop music performances originating from or widely recognized within Asian markets”. The prize had been under discussion for years. It was finally introduced after Golden, from the movie K-pop Demon Hunters, became the first K-Pop song ever to … Read more