When Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, met President Macron of France for talks on the future of Europe’s security, the stakes were high. The supply of American armaments to Ukraine has been all but ...

The Indian women’s captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, is a gifted and combustible cricketer. During a tied one-day international against Bangladesh in Mirpur at the weekend, she responded to dismissal by ...

A comedian who has appeared on a number of BBC shows has sparked outrage for posting a threat on social media to kill a female “Zionist” comedian. Dane Baptiste, 42, has apologised for posting the ...

A former Labour MP submitted fraudulent expense claims totalling £30,000 to part-fund an “extensive” cocaine habit, a court was told. Jared O’Mara, 41, who represented Sheffield Hallam between 2017 ...

Senior judges have confirmed that protesters do not gain legal “carte blanche” to vandalise property by arguing that they believe the victims support their cause. Activists accused of causing criminal ...

Anthony Joshua admitted on Sunday that he “let himself down” with his rant in the ring following another agonising defeat against Oleksandr Usyk. The rematch in Saudi Arabia was an entertaining and ...

Nato needs to “adjust its mindset totally” and work on rearming western European countries to prepare for war with Russia, one of Britain’s most distinguished retired generals has said. Richard ...

The electricity supply to all 40,000 residents of the Danish island of Bornholm was cut off this morning by damage to the power cables connecting it to Sweden, amid widespread concern that Russia ...

Humza Yousaf has dismissed as a conspiracy theory claims that the Scottish National Party and police were “in cahoots” over the timing of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband’s arrest. Peter Murrell, the former ...

Jeremy Hunt put tax cuts for workers and parents at the heart of his pre-­election budget as he ­declared that Britain’s economy was “turning the corner” and laid out his goal to abolish national ...

After a year of what the newspaper called “atmospheric caprices”, much of Surrey lay under water, Ely was an island again and rivers flowed into the cellars of Leicester. The Archbishop of Canterbury ...

Steve Diamond accused the RFU and Premiership Rugby of standing idly by and watching Worcester Warriors sink after a 22-second liquidation hearing left the club on the brink of expulsion from the ...