Two Palestinians killed in West Bank settler attack, health ministry says
AFP (File photo) Palestinians look on as a fire burns on a hilltop seized by Israeli settlers near Sinjil on 4 July Two Palestinians have been killed in an attack…
Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley
The chief executive of Ofgem, Jonathan Brearley, backed zonal pricing. Fintan Slye, the head of the National Energy System Operator, also supported a system that could have led to different…
Macron fails to match Starmer’s effusiveness over small boats deal | John Crace
Nigel Farage couldn’t believe his luck. Another cloudless sunny day. The water mill-pond flat. What better way to pass the time than to take to sea and film yourself for…
How Air India flight 171 crashed and its fatal last moments | Aviation News
New Delhi, India – Just moments before a fatal Air India crash on June 12, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fuel-control switches in the cockpit mysteriously moved from the “run” to…
Thousands attending NI’s Orange Order parades
Crowds have lined the streets of cities, towns and villages all over Northern Ireland on Saturday to attend Twelfth of July parades. Thousands of Orange Order members take part in…
Starmer and Reeves promised honesty about public finances. Can they stay the course? | Tax and spending
During the first televised debate in the run-up to last summer’s general election, Keir Starmer used a phrase that received enthusiastic – and unanticipated – applause from the Salford audience.…
UK Weather: More hosepipe bans possible as dry weather continues
Some caution is needed when you directly compare years when droughts or hosepipe bans have been introduced, as some will be the result of cumulative dry conditions over more than…
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…