A backlash over Labour’s stance on Gaza saw the party lose control of Oldham Council amid otherwise positive local election results. Independent candidates, several of whom explicitly campaigned in ...

Countries’ plans to take carbon dioxide back out of the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with goals to limit global warming to 1.5C, research warns. Scientists have taken the UN’s approach of ...

Ms McAllan also rejected claims that Mr Swinney is “yesterday’s man”. He previously led the SNP from 2000 to 2004, stepping down after a string of poor election results. He served as Ms Sturgeon’s ...

Dror Or, a 49-year-old held captive in Gaza, has died, the Hostages Families Forum said on Friday. Mr Or marks the 38th hostage killed, the forum said. He was one of about 250 people abducted when ...

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and bailed over the fatal stabbing of teenager Mustafa Momand, Sussex Police said. Armin Mehdikhani-Sarvejahani, 16, was jailed for life at Lewes Crown Court on ...

German’s top diplomat has said that Russia will face consequences after accusing its military intelligence service of masterminding an “absolutely intolerable” cyberattack. Relations between the two ...

Concert goers have been left “really frustrated” after events at Co-op Live in Manchester were cancelled or moved to another venue at the last minute after the new arena was hit by technical problems.

The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state jumped to 29 as of Thursday night, with another 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defence agency. The ...

Insurers have raised concerns about fake and manipulated images being used in claims. Some people are using advances in technology to try to make claims for incidents that may never have happened in ...

Black Sails and Jane Eyre star Toby Stephens will join as hot-shot family lawyer Archie Moore as Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay, Ian McElhinney, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Elizabeth ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters are camping on university campuses across Australia, with some scuffling with pro-Israel protesters in Sydney – mirroring similar events in the United States. Students have ...

It came as the company, which also runs Crowne Plaza hotels, continued to expand by opening more than 6,200 rooms across 46 hotels.