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Gold prices rising amid ongoing US-Iran talks

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation speech in full

The UK is to get its seventh prime minister in less than 10 years, after Keir Starmer confirmed he is to step down.

The US re-legalized the death penalty 50 years ago. Is it working as intended?

The Marshall Project analyzed over 9,000 death sentences handed down since states brought the punishment backFifty years...

UK and France rewrite ‘one in one out’ treaty to stop removed migrants returning

People smugglers have been using lorries to bring people deported to France under the deal back to the UKThe UK and Fran...

Watch World Cup Day 11: Egypt’s first-ever win; Spain crushes Saudi Arabia

Latest match highlights, reaction and previews from the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces resignation plan

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was visibly emotional as he announced plans to step down.

Lamine Yamal says ‘I’m here’: Spain star dazzles with World Cup goal

The 18-year-old scores his first World Cup goal within 10 minutes against Saudi Arabia in sublime display of his skills.

‘Allowed me to accept my own taste’: why Bridesmaids is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their comfort films is a look at an endlessly quotable antidote to bro-...

Keir Starmer’s fatal flaw? The blankness on to which voters projected their years of frustration | John Harris

His government was directionless and confused, and from that murk emerged the Peter Mandelson scandalOn a bone-chillingl...

Two students arrested after three killed in Philippines school shooting

At least seven people wounded in a rare school shooting in the city of Tacloban in the central Philippines.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will resign

The British leader announced a timetable for his resignation as prime minister.

Iran’s regime survived the war. Can it make peace with its own people?

If war triggered a rare moment of solidarity in the divided country, many doubt it will be used for reformThe Islamic Re...