Former Brazilian football player Dani Alves has had a rape conviction against him quashed upon appeal. The top court in Spain’s Catalonia region said it overturned the original ruling in Alves’ case…
Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ of top US museums with executive order | US News
Donald Trump has targeted America’s best-known museums and charged vice president JD Vance with removing “improper ideology” from the institutions. The president has accused the Smithsonian Institution of promoting “corrosive ideology” as…
‘Uncertainty’ features 50+ times in Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) assessment of UK public finances | Money News
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has given its latest take on the economy, and it’s full of big changes to its economic projections but also plenty of red flags about the…
Trump 100 live Q&A | US correspondents answer your questions
Trump 100 live Q&A | US correspondents answer your questions
New phrase called into action at Ukraine summit but it lacked real clarity | World News
As European summits on the Ukraine war go, this one had the feel of a tempting, high-end takeaway meal. You look forward to it and it tastes great. The delivery is superb,…
‘Two-tier’ justice row: Sentencing Council rejects minister’s call for guidance rethink | Politics News
The Sentencing Council has rejected calls from the justice secretary to change guidance that recommends judges consider a criminal’s ethnicity before deciding their punishment. The body, which sets out sentencing guidance to…
Threat of Russia and America exploiting the Arctic another challenge for Europe | World News
Two events this week will give Greenland and friends in Europe a juddering sense of alarm. From the West, the US vice president JD Vance is on his way, despatched by a…
Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire deal agreed with Hezbollah | World News
Israel has carried out a strike on Beirut for the first time since it agreed a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in November. The Israeli military says the strike targeted infrastructure storing drones…
US pushes for more expansive minerals deal with Ukraine | World News
The US is reportedly pushing for a more expansive minerals deal with Ukraine. That’s according to three people familiar with the ongoing negotiations, who have spoken to the news agency, Reuters. A…
The rupture in diplomatic norms has left Ukraine and Europe reeling – as Russia’s full-scale invasion reaches three-year mark | World News
In less than a fortnight, Donald Trump has shredded long-standing security assumptions about American support for Europe, creating a new crisis for Ukraine and leaving the whole continent in greater peril than…