Sir Jim Ratcliffe has apologised for “offending some people” with his language after saying the UK had been “colonised by immigrants”, but maintained an “open debate” on the matter was needed. The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United had faced criticism from Sir Keir Starmer, who described his comments on Wednesday as “offensive and wrong”. On […]

Warning: This story contains distressing details Shaheen Malik, an acid-attack survivor and disability rights activist in India, is fighting an uphill legal and social battle to secure justice and rehabilitation for others like her – and says she will not give up despite the odds. One survivor she’s been helping is Ruman* who alleges that […]

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie has deepened. Nancy Guthrie disappeared in the middle of night from her home in Tucson, Arizona, on 31 January and authorities believe she was taken against her will. Police in Arizona detained a man in connection with the suspected abduction […]

US Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the justice department’s handling of the files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and faced a barrage of angry questions on other issues during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday. Her testimony before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee descended at times into a shouting match, with Bondi […]

Eight people were killed in two shootings – at a school and at a home – in the Canadian Rockies town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Another 27 people were injured, meaning many people in the community of just 3,000 people will know someone who was a casualty of Tuesday’s attacks. Here is what we […]

The teenage suspect in a mass shooting in rural British Columbia had been the subject of a number of police visits in recent years because of mental health issues, authorities say. Police say the 18-year-old – who was found dead on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound – killed eight people, including six children, […]

A federal judge has blocked Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth from lowering Senator Mark Kelly’s rank in the military over his urging service members to refuse illegal orders. US District Judge Richard Leon wrote in a scathing ruling that Hegseth had unconstitutionally retaliated against Kelly in seeking to demote the retired Navy captain. In a […]

US President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases. The so-called 2009 “endangerment finding” concluded that a range of greenhouse gases were a threat to public health. It’s become the legal bedrock of federal efforts to rein in emissions, especially in vehicles. The White […]

Speaker Mike Johnson failed to reinstate a ban on lawmakers’ ability to challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs when three Republicans crossed party lines to vote with Democrats. The House sank a procedural vote Tuesday night that contained language blocking votes in the chamber that object to Trump’s tariffs through July. The move opens the door for […]