A Treasury minister has declined to say when the UK will spend 2.5% of its GDP on defence, as he also warned the pledge could come with public sector trade-offs. Darren Jones refused to say on Sunday ...

Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people in Lebanon and the northern Gaza Strip, where the military has been waging a major offensive for more than a month which aid groups say has further ...

An Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip has killed at least 17 people, according to local hospital officials. Dr Fadel Naim, director of the Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza City, said nine women are ...

The lookalike event in central London was inspired by similar events in New York and Dublin celebrating Timothee Chalamet and ...

Stormont’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has participated in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Belfast City Hall – the first time a senior Sinn Fein figure has taken part in such an event in ...

Donald Trump is projected to win the swing state of Arizona, returning the state and its 11 electoral votes to the Republican column after Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

Firefighters in southern California have gained ground on a wildfire that has ravaged more than 100 structures as gusty winds subsided. Evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings for residents ...

An application to build a detached house in Wemyss Way has been given the go-ahead by planners for a second time. The site comprises garden ground and covers the southern-eastern portion of the ...

Tim Martin, Wetherspoon’s chairman, has warned over price rises after the autumn Budget, as he said the pub chain’s tax bill will jump by two thirds next year. Mr Martin said he believes “all ...

The nation’s war dead have been commemorated by the King as the country fell silent in remembrance of the servicemen and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Charles laid the first wreath at the ...

Russian forces suffered an average of around 1,500 dead and injured per day in Ukraine during October, according to the UK’s chief of defence staff. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin told the BBC that the ...

A group of nurses has urged MPs to embrace a “historic opportunity” to change the law on assisted dying, but opposition campaigners have claimed a new Bill is “being rushed with indecent haste”. The ...