Illegal working in UK was unbearable, migrant says

Starmer to target ‘cottage industry of blockers’ in overhaul of regulators

UK prime minister will also talk up potential of AI to increase productivity across the state

Financial Times - 1d

Industrial strategy turns from green to battleship grey

Trump’s hard line on Ukraine and Nato poses difficult choices for the UK’s defence industry

Financial Times - 1d

How to see the 'Blood moon' partial lunar eclipse

UK skywatchers will see a partial but still hopefully spectacular eclipse before dawn on Friday.

BBC News - 21h

Tate cuts almost a tenth of staff as it tackles deficit

UK arts institution tries to break even ahead of fundraising rounds designed to drive growth

Financial Times - 4h

Exclusive: Every McDonald’s in Britain warned of crackdown over staff sexual abuse

The warning from the UK's equality watchdog comes after the "extremely serious" allegations uncovered by the BBC.

BBC News - 13m

Texas bill would charge transgender people with 'fraud'

Transgender Texans could be charged with fraud under state legislation filed this month that seeks to make publicly identifying as trans illegal. House Bill 3817, introduced last week by ...

The Hill - 2d

Three more ski jumpers suspended as cheating scandal engulfs sport

Athletes alleged to have used illegal suits Similar bans were handed down earlier this week Three more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has ...

The Guardian - 17h

The pope is no longer in imminent danger, doctors say

Pope Francis woke up Tuesday to good news from his doctors: They upgraded his prognosis and say he is no longer in imminent danger of death from pneumonia.

NBC News - 3d

Orbán says Hungary will poll citizens on Ukraine's EU membership

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says Hungary will poll its citizens on Ukraine’s potential future membership in the European Union

ABC News - 6d

AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance

Jim Sanborn’s inbox is flooded with amateur cryptographers who say they’ve cracked the code with chatbots like Grok 3.

Wired - 6d

Powell Says the Fed Is in No Hurry to Adjust Rates Amid Trump Policy Uncertainty

Jerome H. Powell says the Fed is focused on separating “signal from the noise,” as the president whipsaws on tariffs.

The New York Times - 6d

Shooting at Toronto pub wounds at least 12 people, police say

Canadian police say a dozen people were injured in a shooting at a pub in eastern Toronto

ABC News - 6d

Next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan says

The Irish actor says he hopes Amazon "handles the character with dignity and imagination and respect".

BBC News - 5d

Secret Service shoot man they say was waving gun near White House

The Secret Service shot a man who it says was waving a gun near the White House. His condition was not known as of Sunday night.

CBS News - 4d

Australia cops say apparent antisemitic terror wave was a "criminal con"

Australian police say a wave of seemingly antisemitic attacks and threats was really a "fabricated terrorist plot, essentially a criminal con job."

CBS News - 3d

Syria says operation against Assad loyalists over after deadly violence

A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday.

BBC News - 3d

Ukraine will need to make territorial concessions for peace deal, Rubio says

Top US diplomat says Kyiv will find it ‘very difficult’ to push Russia back to 2014 borders

Financial Times - 3d

Whole families dead in recent Syria violence, says UN

The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far higher.

BBC News - 2d

Give new dads the same job rights as mums, MP says

Campaigners say the Employment Rights Bill is a big opportunity to improve job security for new dads.

BBC News - 1d

US tariffs could extend Germany's recession, says bank

Germany's central bank president says US tariffs and retaliation to them could tip Europe's largest economy into recession again.

BBC News - 1d

New law needed for Southport-type attacks, says terror watchdog

It says the government should create a new offence of preparing a non-terrorist mass casualty attack.

BBC News - 1d

Peace talks are in parallel universe, say Ukraine front-line troops

Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield say they don't expect to see the war end any time soon.

BBC News - 18h

‘Zero conversations’ about London IPO valuation, says Shein boss

Donald Tang says management of fast-fashion retailer has yet to discuss price tag ahead of long-planned flotation

Financial Times - 9h

Taliban insist Afghan women's rights are protected as UN says bans cannot be ignored

The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protected

ABC News - 6d

'He strangled me without asking' - experts say choking during sex now normal for many

Experts say it is increasingly filtering into real life as a result of frequent depiction in porn.

BBC News - 1d

UK foreign secretary vows to unlock £2.3bn of frozen funds from Chelsea sale

Proceeds of deal by Roman Abramovich have been sitting in a fund for more than two years

Financial Times - 5d

Canada's new PM: The 'anti-Trump' numbers man who may force the UK to take a side

The incoming Canadian PM has made standing up to his US counterpart a big part of his campaign.

BBC News - 4d

UK government vows to clean up Lake Windermere after beauty spot clogged with sewage

The U.K. government is pledging to clean up Lake Windermere, a sewage-clogged beauty spot that has come to symbolize the filthy state of Britain’s waterways

ABC News - 3d

Retailers risk multibillion-pound bill as UK equal pay claims gain momentum

Decades after a key campaign by women at Ford’s Dagenham plant, recent rulings have been going against employers

Financial Times - 3d

UK reggae pioneers Steel Pulse: ‘We told punk fans – you can pogo, but please don’t spit at us’

They won a Grammy, risked being shot in the US and were adored by Bob Marley. As they go on tour, the band look back on half a century of being a voice for the voiceless. In the late 1970s, ...

The Guardian - 2d

Crossbow killer who murdered 3 women is sentenced to a whole-life order in UK prison

A former British soldier who pleaded guilty to the murder of three women at their family home north of London has been sentenced to a whole-life order, meaning that he would never be released from ...

ABC News - 2d

Art of a deal: how UK and France led dogged effort to repair US-Ukraine ties – for now

Over 11 days of breakneck diplomacy, Kyiv was convinced of need to pacify Trump, but reconciliation may be all too brief. Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates The 11 days of ...

The Guardian - 1d

Mark Pope needs to shut down Lamont Butler for rest of SEC Tournament to give UK NCAA hope

Mark Pope's Kentucky basketball team dispatched Oklahoma without Lamont Butler. If Pope wants Cats to thrive in NCAA tourney, he needs to rest guard.

Yahoo Sports - 4h

Half say Trump policies making economy worse: Poll

Half of Americans in a new poll say President Trump’s policies have made the U.S. economy worse in his first seven weeks in office. In a CNN poll released Thursday, 51 percent of respondents say ...

The Hill - 21h