MI6 has cast distance between its new chief and her grandfather, who was this week revealed to have been a Nazi spy known as “the butcher”. Blaise Metreweli was announced as the incoming head of the Secret Intelligence Service earlier this month. She will be its first female “C” in its 116-year history. With little...
The BBC has said it was “unacceptable” for David Walliams to make two Nazi salutes during a recording of comedy panel show Would I Lie To You? this week. The comedian and children’s author made the gestures during a segment in which a fellow panellist discussed a story about injuring their wrist while waving. Walliams...
Many of Saturday’s papers splash on a doting image of Donald Trump gifting his close ally Elon Musk with a large ceremonial key, marking his last official day with Doge – short for the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency. The Times splits its front page with this collegial image and a report that UK Defence...
The attorney general has said he regrets “clumsy” remarks in which he compared calls for the UK to depart from international law and arguments made in 1930s Germany. In a speech on Thursday, Lord Hermer criticised politicians who argue the UK should abandon “the constraints of international law in favour of raw power”. He said...
Crates containing documents from Nazi Germany have been rediscovered in the basement of Argentina’s Supreme Court. The unusual find was made as workers were clearing the building’s basement ahead of its archives being moved to a newly created museum. The documents were sent by the German embassy in Tokyo and arrived in Argentina on 20...