JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade
Leaked audio from a private event has reportedly captured the US vice-president, JD Vance, mocking Canada for apparently capitulating in a trade deal and taunting the prime minister, Mark Carney, for trying to “out-tough” Donald Trump.
Arsenal transfer news: England defender Ezri Konsa leaves Aston Villa in £55m deal
Ezri Konsa says he is proud to play for "one of the best teams in the world" as he completed his £55m move to Arsenal.
The 28-year-old England defender joins the Premier League champions from Aston Villa on a four-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year.
Russian expert warns of impending social crisis as Ukraine death toll rises
Russian ballistic missile attacks have begun to cause record civilian deaths in Ukrainian cities without any Patriot interceptors to stop them, but Ukraine’s long-range strikes have destroyed Russian fuel supplies.
How will El Niño affect the weather in the UK?
Stormy autumn, cold winter - how might El Niño affect the UK weather?
Ebola outbreak ‘growing faster, wider’ as DRC death toll passes 2,500: UN
Epidemic in DR Congo remains out of control amid conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities.
The Ebola virus continues spreading “exponentially” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations has warned.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s family accuses gov’t of defying hospital order
Islamabad, Pakistan — Uzma Khanum had not seen her brother in nearly a year. When she finally did, in a borrowed office in the government-run PIMS hospital in the Pakistani capital past midnight on Friday, he stood up in shock and told the doctors around him, “This is my sister, I’m meeting her after 10 months.”
How a Swedish Palestinian minister raised controversy with Star of David
Simona Mohamsson, Sweden’s minister for education and integration, wore a Star of David necklace during a televised political debate this week, seeking to spread awareness about the rise of anti-Semitism in Sweden, she said.
Rise in migrant deaths as 19 bodies found along Arizona border last month
According to newly released data from the medical examiner’s office in Pima county, Arizona, the remains of 19 migrants, including children, were recovered along the Arizona-Mexico border last month.
The figure accounts for the highest number of monthly deaths in that area since 2024 and brings the number of total remains found to 73 this year, 14 more than the same time period last year.
Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street library
A book about the life of Sir Keir Starmer has become the newest addition to the Downing Street library, after being donated by Sir Keir himself.
Keir Starmer: The Biography, written by journalist and former Labour adviser Tom Baldwin, has now joined the collection of more than 400 books, some of which are kept in two bookcases in Downing Street's Cabinet Room.
Australia charges man for passing Ukrainian military intel to Russia
Police allege Australian-Russian citizen joined Ukrainian military seeking to send information to Russian intelligence.
Australian police have charged a dual Russian-Australian citizen for trying to pass Ukrainian military information to people he believed were linked to Russian intelligence.