Ministers dismiss claim UK government may rent prison space in Estonia
Ministers have dismissed claims that Labour is considering sending criminals convicted in England and Wales to Estonia to serve their prison sentences. The Telegraph reported
Sabalenka has chance in US Open final to confirm status as best in majors
Over the past couple of years a curious divide has opened up on the women’s tour. The rankings, on one hand, do not lie. Iga
Keir Starmer vows to stop people-smuggling gangs with tactics used to jail rioters
Keir Starmer has pledged to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer. After a
Cleared man’s claim to wife’s fortune blocked as judge rules he did kill her
A man who stood to claim a £4.4m estate from his wealthy wife has had his inheritance blocked by a judge who ruled he killed
Fire kills sleeping boys at Kenyan boarding school
At least 18 boys have been killed and 27 more were taken to hospital after a fire raged through the dormitory of a boarding school
German police investigate reported match-fixing in lower-league football
Police in Germany are investigating potential match-fixing in lower-league football after a newspaper reported that the scores of allegedly fixed games may have been sold
Peacekeepers needed to end ‘harrowing’ abuses in Sudan, say UN experts
Peacekeepers should be deployed to Sudan immediately and an existing international arms embargo should be expanded to protect civilians from “harrowing” rights abuses committed by
DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak
The first donation of mpox vaccines arrived in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, but officials say millions more doses will be needed. The
Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes dies aged 83
The Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who brought bossa nova to an international audience in the 1960s with his band Brasil ’66, has died aged 83
English Teacher on winning the Mercury: ‘We are proof that arts funding works’
Not 18 hours after Leeds indie band English Teacher won the Mercury prize for their debut album, singer Lily Fontaine told the Guardian: “We’re still