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Inquiry into British Army Training Unit in Kenya by Kenyan parliament says it faced ‘institutional resistance and non-cooperation’ A report by the Kenyan parliament into the conduct of troops stationed at a British military base close to the town of Nanyuki in Kenya has alleged human rights violations, environmental destruction and sexual abuse by British soldiers. The inquiry into the British Ar…

From Cyclone Alfred to Charlie Kirk, the results show Australians are tuned in to major events. But there are some surprise inclusions Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast We may, indeed, be living in the end of times, with natural disasters, death and politics dominating Google searches in Australia in 2025. Cyclone Alfred was the number one overall Google search term by …

Vincent Chan, 45, pleads guilty to 26 offences from 2022 to 2024 including attacks on four young girls Warning: this article contains descriptions of offences readers may find distressing The families of toddlers at a nursery where a paedophile attacked sleeping children have demanded to know how he was able to abuse “innocent victims who could not fight back”. They said they were sickened by the…

More than third of party’s Senedd members write to PM, in move seen as further evidence of Labour decline in Wales More than a third of Labour members of the Welsh parliament have launched an extraordinary attack on Keir Starmer’s government, accusing it of rolling back devolution. Eleven Labour Senedd members (MSs) wrote to the prime minister and Labour leader claiming his administration had bee…

Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty Leaked report shows culture of bullying at NHS hospital The findings of the report into Blackpool Victoria hospital are as shocking as they are damning: a culture of bullying, racial discrimination and harassment that has contributed to a staff exodus with a direct impact on patients. The treatment of chronic dise…

Anne Owers highlights delays in escalation after crash in August 2019, after which Anne Sacoolas flew to US Foreign Office failures led to opportunities being missed to achieve justice for the family of Harry Dunn, killed in August 2019 in a motorcycle crash outside a US airbase, an independent review commissioned by the Labour government has found. Dame Anne Owers, who led the review, said: “Min…

Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu A Reform UK council leader has been accused of racism after allegedly describing Sadiq Khan as a “narcissistic Pakistani” and saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”. Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, is also said to have attacked the just…

Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber Keir Starmer is putting the finishing touches to a list of dozens of new peerages aimed at strengthening Labour’s hand in the Lords, with Rachel Reeves’s outgoing chief of staff expected to be among them. The prime minister is planning to publish his list before Christmas, with a number of other f…

Images and videos taken in 2020, a year after he died in jail, show the late sex offender’s home US politics – live updates House Democrats released a handful of photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island on Wednesday, offering a rare glimpse into a secretive place where Epstein is alleged to have trafficked young girls. The new images and videos show Epstein’s home, includ…

Vladimir Putin has stalled progress on a peace plan for Ukraine being brokered by Donald Trump’s US and has said he is ‘ready for war’ with Europe ‘if it starts one’. Luke Harding speaks to Lucy Hough Continue reading...

Democrat-led city has been bracing for arrival of federal agents for weeks, with some businesses closing their doors Federal agents are preparing to descend on New Orleans on Wednesday, making Louisiana’s most populous city the latest front in the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigrant communities. Tricia McLaughlin, homeland security department assistant secretary, said in a stat…

Pause, including Afghanistan and Somalia, indicates plan to tie US security to increased focus on legal immigration Immigration applications from 19 countries subjected to a travel ban by the Trump administration earlier this year have been paused indefinitely because of national security concerns, the US government agency that processes visas and green cards has said. A policy memo posted Tuesda…

As Russia intensifies its military pressure and diplomatic manoeuvring, European leaders find themselves increasingly at odds with Washington over how to pursue peace Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here For days, officials across Europe scrambled to hastily planned meetings, hashing out details on frantic calls and hours-long negotiations. But after a tumultuous few wee…

What are the legal implications, and why does Belgium fear being left alone with the bill? The European Commission has proposed providing Ukraine with €90bn in funding over two years, which it says will meet two-thirds of Kyiv’s financing needs for 2026 and 2027 and allow it to engage in peace talks “from a position of strength”. There are two options for generating the money. It could be a “repa…

Gustavo Petro responded to intimations by US president of military strikes on Colombian soil to fight drug trafficking Colombia ’s president has warned Donald Trump that he risked “waking the jaguar” after the US leader suggested that any country he believed was making illegal drugs destined for the US was liable to a military attack. During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the US president said tha…