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Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegations A Bangladesh court has sentenced British MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail, in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land. Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, had denied the allegations and the trial was conducted in he…

Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030 In Mozambique, a teenage rape victim sought care at a health clinic only to find it closed. In Zimbabwe, Aids-related deaths have risen for the first time in five years. In Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), patients with suspected HIV we…

Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them The dome of the al-Aqsa mosque gleamed in the late afternoon autumnal sun as Zohair Rajabi looked out from his balcony towards the skyline of Jerusalem’s Old City. Christian pilgrims spilled out of buses, while observant Jewish worshippers gathered outside …

Data comes as KPMG highlights soft consumer spending as one factor likely to hold back growth in 2026 Shoppers held back from visiting high streets over Black Friday, data shows, amid fears weak consumer spending will put the brakes on economic growth in 2026. Visitors to all UK shopping destinations were down 2% on Friday and 7.2% compared with the equivalent days last year, according to the mon…

Refugee Council says Home Office figures show safe and legal pathways are ‘disappearing when most needed’ The number of refugees allowed to settle in the UK under UN-facilitated schemes has dropped by more than a quarter in a year, according to figures released by the Home Office . Just 7,271 people were granted protection through refugee resettlement programmes in the year ending September 2025,…

Separate weather systems brought torrential rainfall to Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide Sri Lanka and Indonesia have deployed military personnel to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries in Asia in recen…

Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and ‘Tree of Wisdom’ appeared in now-deleted video from singer Keli Holiday The Wiggles want to make one thing very clear: they do not condone the use of MDMA. After two of its members appeared in a controversial TikTok video, the group – who has entertained children around the world for decades – issued a statement on the weekend to deny any suggestion they support the …

TGA also issues separate warning around Mounjaro and potential reduced effectiveness of contraception The medicines regulator has added two new safety warnings around mental health and contraception for people taking high profile diabetes and weight loss drugs. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) says because suicidal behaviour and ideation have been reported with these relatively new GLP-…

Ukraine will top agenda, but meeting comes as positive sentiment towards Germany in Poland hits near record lows When the Polish and German governments meet on Monday for annual political talks in Berlin – the first since Friedrich Merz became chancellor – the headlines are likely to be dominated by Ukraine. Amid growing US pressure for a peace deal with Russia , Warsaw and Berlin will want to se…

Country seen as champion of equal rights faces reckoning after senior politician says she felt compelled to quit Increasing hate, threats and harassment against female politicians are scaring women away from public life and forcing them to censor themselves, the Swedish government’s equality agency has said, warning that this poses a “big threat to democracy.” Women’s safety in politics has come …

Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding Wood-burning stoves are likely to face tighter restrictions in England under new pollution targets set as part of an updated environmental plan released by ministers on Monday. Speaking to the Guardian before the publication of the updated environmental improvement plan (EIP), the environm…

Advocacy group tells education secretary ‘working smarter’ can protect staff wellbeing and help students Campaigners have urged the government to pilot four-day working weeks in schools in England and Wales saying it would boost teacher wellbeing, retention and recruitment rates. The 4 Day Week Foundation has written to the education secretary calling for greater autonomy for schools to pilot sho…

Trump remained tight-lipped on details of call with Venezuelan president as tensions rise between countries Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro , but he did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed. “I don’t want to comment on it. The answer is yes,” the US president said when asked if he had spoken with Maduro. He was speaking…

Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised The former director of UK special forces and other senior military officers tried to cover up concerns that SAS units were carrying out unlawful killings in Afghanistan, an inquiry has heard. A senior special forces whistleblower said the chain of command failed to stop extraj…

President plans to honor Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally shot, as well as Andrew Wolfe, who is in critical condition Donald Trump said on Sunday that he invited the family of a national guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, adding that he spoke to her parents and they were “devastated”. US army specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in a shooting on Wednesday in Washington …