A mother and daughter from Ireland who were among thousands in an hours-long queue to pay their last respects to Pope Francis have described it as “a special moment” and a privilege to be among ...

The Home Secretary has vowed to “never forget that the road to the Holocaust began in a democracy”, as she commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the atrocity. Yvette Cooper spoke at a ...

Iran has agreed to allow in an International Atomic Energy Agency technical team in the coming days to discuss restoring camera surveillance at nuclear sites, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said.

The Governor of the Bank of England has said the UK must take the risk that trade wars will hit global economic growth “very seriously”. Andrew Bailey told an Institute of International Finance event ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million people, though there were no ...

A Russia-Ukraine peace deal is “very close”, Donald Trump has claimed as he urged Kyiv to accept territorial concessions as part of an end to fighting. The US president said his Ukrainian counterpart ...

The Chancellor has insisted the US is “keen to do a deal with the UK” ahead of talks with her American counterpart in Washington. Rachel Reeves has travelled to the US capital for the International ...

The Liberal Democrats have called for “more than just words” to stop sewage being spilled into rivers and seas, as the Government restated its pledge to improve the water industry. The party’s ...

William Shakespeare may not have abandoned his wife, a previously “ignored” 17th century letter has revealed, undermining a centuries-old consensus among scholars. For more than 200 years, it has been ...

A “sword of Damocles” is driving change in the smoking and vaping sector, Cancer Research UK’s chairman has said as he backed Government plans for a smoke-free generation. Lord Stevens of Birmingham ...

A murder investigation has been launched after police in Devon responded to an incident that was first reported as a serious collision. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were contacted at around ...

The Chancellor has announced plans to beef up Britain’s defences against cheap imports undercutting UK businesses amid the fallout from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Rachel Reeves said she ...