Projected bill includes price of building HS2 station at Euston, with a budget of about £5bn The bill for building the HS2 high-speed railway could pass £80bn at current prices, as estimated costs jumped by 15% since the last parliamentary report just over a year ago. An update expected imminently from ministers will put the…
Hundreds are feared dead after the storm razed entire neighborhoods in Mayotte, a series of islands off the eastern coast of Africa, before unleashing its destructive force on Mozambique.
Politician rails against likely coalition partners even as he says he will bring back much-missed harmony The frontrunner to be Germany’s next leader has pledged to end the infighting that has hobbled the country’s politics in recent years, even as he railed against his most likely coalition partners. The country’s main parties kicked off their…
Israeli officials, Hamas sources, and US and Arab figures say deal may be within reach – perhaps within days Middle East crisis – live updates The pace of talks aimed at securing a ceasefire-for-hostages agreement in Gaza appeared to be accelerating, amid claims on both sides that a deal may be within reach, perhaps within…
The general had faced sanctions for using chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Mr. Watson was facing extradition to Japan but was released after Denmark decided to reject the extradition request, his lawyer said.
The leader of the rebel coalition that swept to power last week said that fighters would be brought under the defense ministry’s authority. It was not immediately clear how that would be achieved.
President-elect criticizes Chrystia Freeland in social media post after doubling down on tariff pledges on Monday Donald Trump is pursuing his claim against the Des Moines Register and its pollster Ann Selzer in a court system that the public has a decreasing amount of confidence in, the Guardian’s Anna Betts reports: Americans’ confidence in the…
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén founded the feared group of brutal cartel hitmen known as Los Zetas.
MI5 acted lawfully when it issued ‘interference alert’ about lawyer Christine Lee, tribunal rules UK politics live – latest updates A lawyer who was accused of improperly trying to influence MPs and peers on behalf of China has lost a legal challenge against MI5, who said nearly three years ago that she was trying to…
