The veteran Pink Floyd rocker, Roger Waters, has addressed the UN security council at Russia’s invitation, and called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. But he was denounced by the Ukrainian ambassador…
MPs should not influence church on same-sex marriage, says Justin Welby
The archbishop of Canterbury has warned MPs that he will ignore threats of parliamentary intervention to force the Church of England to allow same-sex couples to marry in church. Speaking at the…
Australia politics live: Greens in disarray over voice, Sydney Opera House to be lit up for Turkey and Syria
Key events Welcome Martin Farrer Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the day in Australian news. I’m Martin Farrer and before my colleague Amy Remeikis fires up our live…
Biden enjoys State of the Union reviews as Republicans stoke culture-war fire
Joe Biden was basking in positive reviews of his State of the Union address on Wednesday after a night that exposed the gulf between Democrats and Republicans heading into the 2024 race…
Two children killed after city bus drives into Montreal daycare center
Two children have died and six others were injured when a city bus ran into a daycare center in the Montreal suburb of Laval. The bus driver, a 51-year-old employee of the…
EU urged to use frozen Russian assets to ‘cover costs of aggression’ in Ukraine
Poland and the Baltic states have urged the EU to work on seizing frozen Russian state assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine “as soon as possible”, raising pressure to act on a…
Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll near 11,500 as Erdoğan defends response
Turkey’s president has rejected growing criticism of the authorities’ response to Monday’s huge earthquakes, as the death toll rose to nearly 12,000 across Turkey and Syria and rescuers continued to pull survivors…
Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes appeal for jets in address to British parliament
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made a powerful appeal to the UK to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, in a speech in Westminster that electrified parliamentarians and helped to spark a review of government…
Treasury reins in levelling up spending amid Gove’s plan for more grants
Michael Gove’s government department has been banned from spending money on new capital projects without Treasury approval amid concerns about how well public money is being managed. Insiders had signalled that Gove’s…
Refugees protest against plan to move them from London to Bedfordshire
Dozens of asylum seekers have staged a protest inside a Greenwich hotel where they have been for 18 months, after being given just a few hours’ notice that they were due to…