The Guardian Articles

Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in court in Tel Aviv to give evidence in his long-running corruption trial, becoming the first sitting Israeli prime minister to take the stand as a criminal defendant.

The rightwing populist politician, who is also wanted under an international warrant issued by the ICC for alleged …

Thames Water will run out of cash by March next year if it fails to secure court approval for a £3bn financial lifeline, the troubled utilities company has said.

Britain’s biggest water supplier said on Tuesday that all of its funds may be “exhausted” if it fails to secure the …

Premium food, clothing and technology purchases are expected to drive a 5% jump in festive spending to £22.7bn this year, according to figures that suggest UK consumers will outstrip the first post-pandemic Christmas in 2021.

The average spending on gifts and celebrations is expected to rise from £416 to £433 …

Tesla lobbied the UK government to strengthen rules on carbon emissions from cars and lorries, according to documents that also show the electric carmaker continued to push for increased taxes on fossil fuel cars.

The US carmaker, which is run by Elon Musk, pushed for the British government to strengthen …

In July 2022, the prevailing political mood in Germany was grim. The economic powerhouse was on the brink of a recession, with Russia threatening to cut off its gas supplies. There were widespread fears of a decline in prosperity. The gloss was beginning to wear off Olaf Scholz’s coalition government.

The 2032 Olympics have for a long time felt far away, but it took Gout Gout to show they are just around the corner. The Brisbane teenager’s barely believable 200m national record on Saturday has upped the urgency on organisers to get Games planning right, as Queenslanders dream of an …

Rachel Reeves has ordered Whitehall departments to submit their spending plans to “challenge panels” of private sector experts, including bankers, as part of her forthcoming spending review.

Formally kicking off the next phase of the spending review process, the chancellor said she was determined to wield an “iron fist against …

Collins dictionary went with “brat”. Oxford

chose “brain rot”

The announcement comes in an election year that put the concept on display, as Kamala Harris warned of …

Not that the foreign secretary was trying to take any of the credit for the collapse of the Assad regime, but without the UK standing firm then the dictator would have been around a lot longer. Just saying. Only maybe things weren’t entirely that simple. Because David Lammy had given …

A husband and wife face enforced separation because the Home Office wants to put him on a deportation flight to Pakistan on Tuesday, leaving his wife in the UK.

Labour has pledged to increase deportations, and since taking office has removed more than 10,000 people – a mix of voluntary …