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Turkey has been hit by powerful thunderstorms and a fatal tornado this week with more heavy rain expected Heavy rain and strong winds will continue to affect parts of south-eastern Europe and Turkey over the next few days, as an area of low pressure in the region has allowed for the formation of powerful thunderstorms. During a particularly intense thunderstorm in Antalya, a coastal city in the s…

Housing secretary says Labour wants to reverse fortunes of towns plagued by boarded-up shops and rogue businesses Angela Rayner has said voters will begin to see a difference in their high street before the next general election as Labour prioritises investment in struggling local communities. The housing secretary said the government had made it a top priority before the country goes to the poll…

Ex-energy secretary Ed Miliband’s agenda appears undermined as money is diverted from renewables to defence Britain is unlikely to hit its targets on green heating after the cuts announced by John Healey this week, experts have warned, as critics of Ed Miliband claim the former energy secretary’s green agenda is being dismantled. The chancellor unveiled more than £3bn worth of cuts to the energy …

Endorsement not always full-throated but party backing marks major turn after bitter split over nomination Facing a barrage of extreme attacks from Donald Trump and his allies, the Democratic establishment is finally rallying around progressive Abdul El-Sayed, the party’s candidate in the closely-watched US Senate election in Michigan. But the endorsement is not always full-throated, and often ev…

It’s been a particularly brutal cycle for attack ads, but voters are responding with humanity. Plus: on the campaign trail with a Democrat in Kansas This was originally published in the Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your inbox There’s a campaign moment I can’t stop thinking about. It happened shortly after the campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republic…

Force says ‘inquiries ongoing’ into visit to royal estate in Scotland, when Ghislaine Maxwell was also present Police Scotland has received “information” and has “active inquiries ongoing” regarding time spent by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Balmoral, the king’s private estate in Scotland, the force has said. More details soon … Continue reading...

Independent outlet, whose former editor won Nobel peace prize, says Russian authorities have forced it to shut Europe live – latest updates The Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has announced it is closing, citing pressure from authorities who recently searched the home of its senior editor and earlier this year detained one of its journalists. “Novaya Gazeta is ceasing to exist,” the e…

Oxygen, food and water supplies running low and massacres taking place, says Nabil Shamsan The Houthis are trying to send the city of Taiz back to the stone age, the city’s governor said in a briefing designed to urge the international community to do more to lift the month-long siege. Nabil Shamsan said massacres were taking place in Yemen’s third city, that oxygen and water supplies were runnin…

Prime minister in Glasgow to meet with Scottish and Welsh leaders to talk about ‘next stage of devolution’ Andy Burnham has admitted his first budget as prime minister was not as radical as he would have liked because of the economic uncertainty facing the country, Kiran Stacey reports. Good morning. Andy Burnham is in Glasgow today for a meeting with the leaders from Scotland and Wales and he sa…

Sluggish growth of 0.5% in October comes as higher borrowing costs put break on market UK house prices grew by an annual rate of just 0.5% in October, the slowest pace in more than two years, as higher mortgage rates put off potential buyers. The average price for a property in the UK stood at £273,566 in October, flat on the previous month and down from 0.8% in the year to September, according t…

The full investigation is likely to take at least weeks to conclude Spain continues investigating Wednesday’s deadly train crash in Toledo province, which killed 69 people, and left many more injured. An initial interim report by the independent body investigating the crash confirms the high-speed Ave train was travelling at between 160 and 200km/h when it collided with the stationary train ahead…

Voters who backed the US president in the last election are saying they can’t vote for him today: ‘This is an abomination’ Outside the Ukrainian educational and cultural center in a quiet Pennsylvania suburb of Jenkintown, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, a banner expressed unqualified gratitude: “Thank you USA for supporting Ukraine.” Inside, however, the sentiment was altogether different. Ire…

In today’s newsletter: Benjamin Netanyahu has been left without a majority, now it is up to the coalition to find out whether the desire for change will prove to be a defining political moment Good morning. It was described by many Israelis as the most consequential election in their country’s history. And, as the final votes were tallied, it has delivered a result that presents Israel with a sig…

Next month’s poll no longer the contest it was, as Pedro Sánchez finds himself forced to defend government’s safety record One of the most dependable cliches of contemporary Spanish politics is that it never pays to bet against Pedro Sánchez . Time and time again – as leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) and as prime minister – Sánchez has shown an almost preternatural ability to…

There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffective Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in 1991. But as the price of gold has soared, so too has activity in the abandoned mine shafts that mark the area. In late September, doze…