Shona Robison has taken sleight-of-hand and, frankly, deceit to an altogether higher level

The French president announced the project for a nuclear-powered successor to the Charles de Gaulle intended to reduce reliance on the US

Girlguiding faces a volunteer exodus as members resign over the ban on trans girls and young women. Members say the exclusion betrays the charity’s core ethos of inclusivity

Significant divisions exposed within party as angry backbenchers vow to force changes to hardline proposals Keir Starmer is facing another major challenge to his authority as angry Labour MPs vowed to force changes to new hardline migration measures that would bring an escalation in the deportations of children and families. The policies, which include the possibility of confiscating assets from asylum seekers to contribute to costs, have caused significant divisions within the party with some MPs accusing their colleagues of not taking seriously public anger about illegal migration and asylum. Continue reading...

Which ‘seven wars’ did Trump end? His claims fact-checked

Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

Tony Blair is relishing his second act as a prince of influence

Charlotte Tolley, a mother of three, urged patients to seek an NHS ultrasound as negligence cases from unregulated private maternity clinics increase

Three accommodation suppliers hired by Home Office have already made £383 million in profits since their contracts were signed in 2019

* Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton make the shortlist * McIlroy, Littler, Norris and Kildunne also up for award England team-mates Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton are up against one another for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on a shortlist that also includes Lando Norris, Rory McIlroy, Luke Littler and Ellie Kildunne. Kelly and Hampton were at the centre of England’s dramatic penalty shootout win over Spain in the Euro 2025 final, with Kelly scoring the winning spot-kick after Hampton had made two critical saves. For Kelly, it came after a difficult period personally, but after leaving Manchester City for Arsenal within months she was a European champion and Champions League winner. Hampton’s heroics saw the Chelsea stopper win the Yashin Trophy for the world’s best female goalkeeper at the Ballon d’Or awards. Continue reading...

Continued reports of fatal attacks across Gaza come despite Trump’s call on Israel to ‘immediately stop the bombing’ Despite Donald Trump telling Israel in a message on social media on Friday to “immediately stop the bombing”, there are continued reports of deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza. Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, is reporting that six Palestinian people have been killed since dawn in Israeli attacks. Continue reading...

Identification requirements to obtain a medical licence from the GMC were relaxed during the pandemic, but years later at least 341 physicians remain unverified

Plus: the Greens get in a muddle; French firemen go woke; short and sweet Robert Burns

Dominic Cummings: ‘Keir Starmer’s rubbish at politics’

For China, spying isn’t just a specialist job — it’s a civic duty

The US president encourages protesters to topple the regime as the estimated death toll tops 2,000

The Israel-Hamas war sparked a new kind of hyper-local consumer loyalty in the Muslim world that’s showing no signs of reversing, fragile ceasefire and all.

Prime minister will speak to police about what else can be done to protect the Jewish community and make them feel safer after the October 7 protests