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Roadwork levels hit record highs – as expert partially blames Boris Johnson
The number of roadworks in Britain has more than doubled in the past two years - and frustrated drivers are more likely than ever to get stuck behind temporary...
MPs seek COVID-19-style financial support cyberattack hit Jaguar Land Rover
An influential committee of MPs is seeking COVID-19-style financial support for Jaguar Land Rover as it tries to recover from a cyberattack. After a week of plant closures, the...
Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla hit by drone, organisers claim
One of the Gaza-bound vessels carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg was struck by a drone, the flotilla organisers have claimed.Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) posted footage on...
Gaza aid flotilla says boat hit by ‘drone attack’ off Tunisia
Organizers of the pro-Palestinian flotilla hoping to carry aid to Gaza said on Tuesday one of their boats was targeted by a drone attack off the coast of Tunisia,...
Mass evacuations in Pakistan’s flooded Punjab hit 300,000 in 48 hours
Nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province following the latest flood alerts by India, officials have said, bringing...
No room for Treasury complacency as UK hit by toxic cocktail of market shifts
No chancellor much likes it when the pound takes a tumble. No chancellor much likes it when the yield on their government debt - the interest rate paid by...
U.S. deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say
U.S. deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say
Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation flights and spread word of where they are going and how many people are aboard....
US tariffs on India hit 50% as Donald Trump-Narendra Modi ties sour
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe US has slapped punitive tariffs on India over...
England warned it faces six million new cancer cases by 2040 – with these areas worst hit
More than six million new cancer cases could be diagnosed in England between now and 2040, according to leading charities.This would equate to a diagnosis every two minutes, which...
Three children taken to hospital after being ‘hit by car as they played on pavement’
Three children have been taken to hospital after they were hit by a car while playing on the pavement.The Police Service of Northern Ireland was called just before 5pm...
Jewish people hit with paint during clash at German protest camp
Participants in a left-wing protest camp in the western German city of Frankfurt have been accused of anti-Semitism after an altercation with Jewish counterdemonstrators over the Gaza war.Police in...
Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds
Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds
The number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023, a research group said Thursday, a major increase that still...