Fianna Fáil leader’s formal appointment to return to role of taoiseach comes after earlier chaotic scenes in the Dáil Europe live – latest updates The Irish parliament has elected Micheál Martin as prime minister, 24 hours after chaotic scenes in the Dáil caused the cancellation of his formal appointment. Martin’s return to the role of…
House and Senate Republicans float ideas to pay for Trump’s immigration crackdown and to fund tax cuts Republicans are reportedly prepared to cut Medicaid funding to pay for Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration and to fund tax cuts which would mostly benefit the wealthy. The GOP in the House and Senate have floated a…
Mark Avery to stand down from role with Wild Justice but won’t completely give up campaigning, he insists If government ministers and civil servants are grey squirrels, they may think they can rest easy – the predatory pine marten in the Westminster jungle is leaving them in peace. A campaigner who has “created a landscape…
UK’s top civil servant rejects Robert Jenrick’s demand to investigate Richard Hermer’s career as human rights barrister for Gerry Adams • UK politics live – latest updates The cabinet secretary has dismissed Conservative demands for an investigation into whether the attorney general has advised the government on issues where he has conflicts of interest. Chris…
Twelve people were killed in India after they disembarked a train bound for Mumbai, only to be struck by another train, the authorities said.
The actor and director have wanted to film the true story of murders at the 1893 World’s Fair for more than a decade, and reports suggest it is back in pre-production The long-gestating period serial killer film The Devil in the White City, which for almost a decade has been a mooted collaboration between Leonardo…
As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.
A “global hegemony” of leftwing politics and ideology is “starting to crumble,” Argentina’s firebrand President Javier Milei told the World Economic Forum.
The Saudi media reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had spoken with President Trump, who made the kingdom the first stop on his first overseas presidential trip in 2017.
European business leaders have broadly sought to downplay concerns about the prospect of a transatlantic trade war.
