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…
Zelenskiy’s skilful UK ‘state visit’ is key move in keeping Ukraine on west’s mind
Few world leaders arrive for an effective state visit to the UK wearing battle fatigues, but even fewer leaders come to the UK with a mission to remind their hosts of their…
First case in DeSantis voter fraud crackdown ends with split verdict
A Florida man on Tuesday was acquitted on charges of illegally voting but convicted of lying on his voter registration application in a closely watched voter fraud case. The split verdict in…
Archie Battersbee’s death was an accident, coroner concludes
Archie Battersbee, whose parents fought a lengthy battle to prevent his life support being switched off, died as a result of a prank or experiment gone wrong, a coroner has concluded. After…
Kenosha off-duty officer sued for kneeling on 12-year-old girl’s neck
A white Wisconsin police officer, working as a school security guard while off duty, is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 12-year-old Black girl after he held his knee on…
Iranian prosecutors concealed rape by Revolutionary Guards, document shows
Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards raped two women in an attack covered up by state prosecutors, according to an internal judicial document seen by the Guardian. The document, originally leaked to Iran…
Jared O’Mara: ex-Labour MP found guilty of six counts of expenses fraud
The former Labour MP Jared O’Mara has been found guilty of making fraudulent expense claims to fund a “galloping” cocaine habit. O’Mara, 41, was an MP between 2017 and 2019 and was…
Alec Baldwin lawyers bid to disqualify special prosecutor in Rust death case
Defense attorneys for actor Alec Baldwin are seeking to disqualify the special prosecutor in the criminal case against him stemming from the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film…