Sir Keir Starmer has defended his leadership as he confirmed the government will push ahead with a vote on welfare reforms, in spite of a large number of Labour MPs opposing the measures. Despite efforts to stop a growing rebellion, more than 120 Labour backbenchers have signed an amendment calling for the proposals to be...
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “press ahead” with the government’s planned welfare changes, despite a growing rebellion from Labour backbench MPs. More than 120 Labour MPs have signed up to an effort to block plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits payments to save £5bn a year by 2030. The threatened rebellion is enough...
If Israel’s recent claims are confirmed, the assassinations of Saeed Izadi and Behnam Shahryari represent a major blow to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the elite Quds Force, its overseas operations arm which has ties with armed groups in the region. Izadi, a senior Quds Force commander responsible for coordination with Hamas and...
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Roblox Shooting, chasing, exploring – hit video games tend to have themes that set the pulse racing. One of the world’s most popular new titles, however, is about something considerably more sedate – gardening. Grow a Garden involves players slowly developing a little patch of virtual land. It’s something that, earlier...
Another major aspect of their strategy is around pricing. Traditionally women’s football clubs would sometimes give away tickets to boost attendances – but then some of the recipients wouldn’t bother turning up. Slot was adamant from the moment she joined that Arsenal would not be giving away tickets. “It’s a really important positioning for the...
Opposition to a bill which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales is growing among MPs, the BBC has found. The Assisted Dying Bill was supported by 330 MPs last year, passing its first major vote in the House of Commons with a majority of 55 MPs from a wide range of political parties....
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent BBC Aya al-Skafi’s daughter, Jenan, died aged four months after doctors could not find her the special formula she needed Amid a deadly war in Gaza, new lives begin. But newborn babies and those still in the womb are among the worst hit by the harsh conditions. With acute shortages...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter House of Commons Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing rebellion by Labour MPs over planned welfare cuts some have warned are “impossible to support” without a “change of direction”. In a letter to The Guardian, 42 MPs said proposed welfare savings worth £5bn a year by 2030 had...
Question: You’re known for your phenomenal speed, did you ever get close to doing athletics? Answer: I was very close to doing athletics but it just came to a point in the career in Sheffield that they said pick or choose between football and running. I did run for Sheffield – I did the 100m...
Five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic caught our health care system unawares, nurses and other health care workers say we are no more prepared for the next threat. “It’s scary,” says Tatiana Mukhtar, a nurse in New Orleans. The exposure during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic “was horrific, for patients...
BBC/Little Venice Studios Chantelle (left) features in Stacey Dooley’s new documentary Growing Up Gypsy, which follows three Romany women as they navigate everyday life “Are they going to think I’m going to steal stuff from here?” That’s the question Chantelle remembers asking herself after starting a new job and wondering whether or not to share...
Andrew Rogers and Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Bella Ramsey reprises her role of Ellie in season two of The Last of Us “I made a real decision when I was, like, 11 that I wasn’t gonna be like a typical teenager,” says Bella Ramsey. Talk about an understatement. By the time Bella was...
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Getty Images Trump’s tariffs are a blow for countries like Vietnam that rely heavily on exports US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs targeting most of the world are now in effect – and outside China, no other region has been hit as hard as South East Asia. Near the...
The status of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine leads in Tuesday’s Metro, under the headline “Putin’s brutal peace offering”, as air strikes directed by the Kremlinb continue. The paper cites Ukrainian reports that the Russian military injured 74 people – among them 14 children – in strikes on homes and a hospital, on the...
Over the past two weeks, even as Democratic Party leaders have opted for capitulation rather than forceful efforts to slow the Trump juggernaut, the judiciary has stirred to life. In the fight to protect basic constitutional norms such as the right to due process from the chainsaw massacres being unleashed by Donald Trump and Elon...