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Fires blaze through 8,500 hectares, forcing 50,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to extinguish flames Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile have killed at least 15 people, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed scores of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heatwave. Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, declared a state of ca…

Veteran MP says ‘time to put country before party’ citing Conservative position on Chagos Islands The Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell has joined Reform UK, the party has announced. Rosindell, the MP for Romford since 2001, said on X that he had joined the Conservative party at the age of 14, inspired by the principles advocated by Margaret Thatcher but that “the time has come to put country befo…

New gun control measures set to pass with Greens support after PM agreed to split draft laws. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Governments have reacted cautiously to Donald Trump’s invitation to join his ‘board of peace’ initiative aimed at resolving conflicts globally, a plan that diplomats said could harm the work of the UN. Only Hungary, who…

UK prime minister holds phone call with US president as European leaders scramble to protect Danish territory Keir Starmer has told Donald Trump he is wrong to threaten tariffs against Nato allies to try to secure Greenland, as part of a flurry of diplomatic calls intended to tackle the crisis. The UK prime minister spoke to the US president on Sunday, as well as to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish …

US demand to own Greenland leaves little scope for compromise, and forcing the issue would entail end of Nato Greenland, with a population of fewer than 57,000, might not seem to be the territory on which the future of the relationship between Europe and the US, the viability of Nato as the world’s most successful defence alliance, or even the fractured relations between the UK and Europe would b…

Trump’s support of Letlow comes after Louisiana senator voted to convict president in second impeachment trial Donald Trump has sought to deliver a staggering blow to the re-election chances of Senator Bill Cassidy – the president’s fellow Republican with whom he has politically feuded – by giving his “complete and total endorsement” to a potential primary opponent. Trump’s endorsement of US Hous…

Next few weeks will show if Trump has finally pushed too far with Greenland levies, as calls grow for bloc to take tougher action Europe live – latest updates As the sun set over the port of Limassol in Cyprus, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, last Thursday used a tried and tested formula to describe the United States – calling it one of “our allies, our partners”. Only …

Iran’s president makes comment in response to speculation Donald Trump is planning to assassinate or remove Iran’s supreme leader Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would mean a declaration of war. In an apparent response to speculation that Donald Trump is considering an attempt to assassinate or remove K…

Balwant Singh calls for regulatory intervention after Halima Begum was forced out as chief executive An Oxfam trustee has resigned from the charity’s board over claims of governance failures and “cruel and inhumane” treatment of the organisation’s former boss. Dr Balwant Singh said he had “lost confidence in the board’s governance, integrity, transparency and accountability” a month after Halima …

Establishment will give training in AI and other skills, more than a decade after David Cameron axed previous school Ministers will bring in a new “school of government” for senior civil servants to train them in AI and other skills – more than a decade after David Cameron axed the previous college for Whitehall. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, will announce the new body …

Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Pence and others say action could hurt US economy and strain Nato alliance Donald Trump ’s escalating calls for the United States to seize or otherwise obtain Greenland has ignited fresh criticism from the president’s own Republican party, with some saying it could hurt the US economically or strain the Nato military alliance. Such Republicans included US senator…

Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over repression of opposition and internet blackout Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term in office at 81, said on Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn the election results. Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with…

Proposed change relating to spies was criticised by campaigners and MPs as allowing an opt-out for senior officials The government has pulled an amendment to its proposed Hillsborough law amid concerns from campaigners and MPs that the legislation was being watered down. The public office (accountability) bill aims to force public officials and contractors to tell the truth after disasters. Conti…

Emily Thornberry says risk posed to British democracy by bot farms and biased algorithms requires action Online disinformation campaigns, including Iranian bot farms promoting Scottish nationalism and biased algorithms depicting London as “an overwhelmingly dangerous” city, are seeking to undermine British democracy, a senior Labour MP has warned. Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign…

Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without edits Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”. Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is o…