Sir Keir Starmer resisted pressure from an Independent MP during Prime Minister’s Questions to describe the war in Gaza as “genocide”. When asked for his definition of the word, Sir Keir told the ...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella has sharply rebuked Elon Musk for weighing in on Italian court rulings that have set back ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he will ensure meetings take place with ministers to help return a Northern Irish toddler to his mother, after his father in Lebanon ignored a court order to ...

Representatives of Petroineos, which owns the Scottish plant and has announced plans to close the refinery in the second quarter of next year, appeared before the Economy and Fair Work Committee on ...

Screams of horror could be heard as a man killed his friend at their home in Wales on Christmas Eve, a court has heard. Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused of murdering William Bush, 23, who died on December ...

Spy-accused former soldier Daniel Khalife had a 30-minute phone conversation with an Iranian agent while posted at a US army base, a court has heard. The three calls “rekindled” Iran’s interest in ...

Kemi Badenoch has suggested council tax rises could be needed after claiming local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole” next year.

A drug dealer who was caught crafting ecstasy pills from his grandmother's shed has been sentenced to five years in prison. Essex Police's serious organised crime unit had long been building a case ...

Mr Scholz declared his plans for the vote of confidence one week after his three-party coalition government collapsed.

A court in Greenland again decided on Wednesday to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until December 4, while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request. Japan does not ...

Beloved actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said. Mr West was known ...

The Health Secretary has said failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve.