PKK disarmament opens ‘new page in history’ for Turkiye, Erdogan says | PKK News
After announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country has begun a new era…
Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich? | Andy Beckett
After 125 years of practice, Labour ought to be good at saying why resources should be redistributed from the rich to everyone else. Its founding conference in 1900 passed a…
Zarah Sultana launches fundraising drive for new leftwing party | Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana has launched a fundraising drive and supporter sign-up page under her own name as she pushed on with plans for the formation of a new leftwing party. The…
The doctors’ strike threatens to scupper the NHS’s recovery – this time, the BMA has overreached | Polly Toynbee
Good news and bad news for the NHS this week. Waiting lists are falling a bit faster: May’s figures, out yesterday, show the lowest waiting list total in two years,…
Fall in UK GDP puts focus back on expectations of tax rises in autumn budget | Economic growth (GDP)
May’s unexpected 0.1% decline in GDP will make depressing reading for Rachel Reeves before a tough budget in the autumn. Stronger-than-expected growth would have helped to alleviate the squeeze on…
Rachel Reeves expected to review pensions auto-enrolment | Pensions industry
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is expected to trigger a review of the auto-enrolment pension scheme next week in a move that could ultimately force employers to raise their contributions to…
Taiwan deploys advanced US rockets in closely watched part of annual drills | Military News
HIMARS are being used in military drills aimed at boosting the island’s ability to combat threats from China. Taiwan has begun deploying its newest and most precise strike weapons, high…
People waiting for aid among dozens reported killed by Israeli forces in Gaza – Middle East crisis live | Israel-Gaza war
At least 30 reported killed in Gaza including 10 waiting for aid Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people on Friday, including 10 who were…
Digested week: Reeves’s tears and standing room only for Macron’s Westminster speech | John Crace
Monday In all of the coverage given to Rachel Reeves’s tears during last week’s prime minister’s questions, one thing got rather overlooked. Crying in the House of Commons is not…
‘Sheer luck’: how German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found after 11 nights lost in dense Australian outback | Australia news
Carolina Wilga spent 11 freezing nights lost in the Western Australian outback, convinced she would never be found. By “sheer luck” the confused and disoriented German backpacker came across a…