The Guardian Articles

A British couple who have been detained in Iran have been named by their family as Craig and Lindsay Foreman.

The family spoke of their concern at the “distressing situation” facing the Foremans, who are being held in Kerman, Iran.

“This unexpected turn of events has caused significant concern for …

Since 1963, the Munich Security Conference has seen many consequential speeches, notably Vladimir Putin announcing in 2007 that Russia would never accept a subordinate role in the new world order. But

Friday’s speech by JD Vance

JD Vance has been labelled an “extremist” after he launched a broadside against the UK’s efforts to protect women seeking an abortion.

The US vice-president’s criticisms of UK and Scottish policies on safe access zones around abortion clinics -part of a

wide-ranging tirade against Europe on Friday

Whitehall’s restaurants and bars have often been the scene of a grubby deal or plot in the occasionally dirty business of politics. But, according to a series of health inspections, they have needed to clean up their acts in more ways than one.

Instances of mouse-nibbled snacks, repeated discoveries of …

Going out:

Cinema

Captain America: Brave New World

Keir Starmer will be consigned to the “bin of history” if he fails to raise defence spending, a former head of the British army has said.

Gen Lord Richard Dannatt believes the forthcoming strategic defence review risks being “hollow” and a “failure” unless the prime minister and his chancellor, Rachel …

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire chemicals magnate behind Manchester United, is a man who likes a beer. He considers this important enough to include in the eccentric mission statement pictogram he devised to “capture how Ineos works, and why”.

The Ineos Compass, which he devised in 2022,