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Parliament could become the next “Notre Dame inferno”, a former Commons leader has warned, as it was confirmed proposals for a

multi-billion restoration

will not be published until the end of 2025.

Lord Peter Hain, the former Commons leader who was a cabinet minister under Tony Blair, …

China’s economy

is on course to expand by 5% in 2025, according to its president, Xi Jinping, meeting official growth targets and rebutting concerns that Donald Trump’s incoming US administration will harm Beijing’s prospects in the new year.

Using his annual address to the nation, Xi sought …

Israel’s pattern of sustained attacks on Gaza’s hospitals and medical workers has brought the coastal strip’s healthcare system to the brink of “total collapse”, according to a report by the UN’s human rights office.

The report, which catalogues the besieging and targeting of hospitals and their immediate grounds with explosive …

Europe will receive the last Russian gas sent via Ukraine’s pipelines in the early hours of the new year as the continent braces for a plunge in temperatures that could hasten the drain on reserves of the fossil fuel.

The Russian state energy company, Gazprom, is expected to cut its …

The UK’s blue-chip stock index has recorded its strongest annual gain since 2021, despite lagging behind Wall Street over the past year.

The FTSE 100 index, which tracks the largest companies listed in London, posted a rise of 5.7% for 2024.

Having begun the year at 7,733 points, the FTSE …

Last week, we looked back at how 2024 made Elon Musk the world’s most powerful man. Today, we’re looking at a few other important themes that will influence the online and offline worlds in 2025.

Tech takes a legal beating

Google:

Ruled an illegal monopoly in August, Google could …

Barbenheimer. Gladicked. Deadpool & Wonkarine. The big movies of the past couple of years have been cash-splash smashes by mainstream directors loudly airing strong authorial voices. They are films on which studios have taken heavy bets during the rocky post-Covid period and ushered through a landscape potholed with strife and …

As investigators set to work unpicking the cause of Sunday’s devastating plane crash in South Korea, the black boxes carried on the plane will be of prime importance.

One hundred and 79 people out of the 181 onboard died in the disaster, with the victims aged from three to 78.

Travel north on the east coast mainline, the main London to Edinburgh route, and you may spot the gift John Smith received from colleagues last year.

The huge sign, which stands metres away from the line just north of Peterborough station, carries the Sunderland AFC emblem alongside two arrows, one …

High winds and heavy rain battering the UK have caused travel problems and the cancellation of a swathe of new year events including firework displays and a bathtub race that takes place in Europe’s largest natural harbour.

The predicted strong winds led to the cancellation of displays heralding the arrival …

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