Donald Trump compared himself to Nelson Mandela as he addressed his legal issues in a speech at his latest campaign rally. The former US president likened himself to the anti-apartheid activist on Monday as he claimed he is being targeted by federal and state prosecutors because of his politics. Mr Trump is currently facing four
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The British-based families of people killed or taken hostage in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel have spoken of their grief. Speaking at a press conference in London, Ayelet Svatitzky, whose brother was killed in a raid on his kibbutz in southern Israel, said her “life stopped” on 7 October. Her other brother and mother
Astronomers have performed the biggest-ever computer simulations to investigate how the universe evolved from the Big Bang. Project Flamingo calculated how ordinary matter, dark matter and dark energy evolved according to the laws of physics. Virtual galaxies and clusters of galaxies emerge in detail as the simulations progress. Researchers hope they can compare the virtual
An MP was prevented from boarding a flight to Canada “because his name was Mohammad”, the Commons has been told. Mohammad Yasin, the Labour MP for Bedford, was due to fly to Canada last week with a group of other MPs from the Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee when he was held back
An off-duty pilot has been arrested and charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down a plane’s engines during a flight, causing the pilot to divert the aircraft. The 44-year-old man, who was sitting in the spare seat of the cockpit, was “subdued” by the two pilots flying the aircraft
The key Hamas negotiator over the fate of more than 200 hostages held by the group inside Gaza says all the civilians among them will be released – if the right conditions are met. Khaled Meshaal is a powerful figure within Hamas, revered as a living martyr after surviving an Israeli attempt to assassinate him
Tinder is now letting users’ family members suggest potential partners on the dating app. The company’s new feature, Matchmaker, allows users to give access to their potential matches to up to 15 friends or relatives in a 24-hour period. Those people can then view profiles and suggest possible matches even without a Tinder account. However,
Almost two years on from the end of her conservatorship, Britney Spears is now telling her story in her own words with the release of her memoir, The Woman In Me. Billed as a “brave and astonishingly moving” story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith and hope, the much anticipated book gives an insight into
Rishi Sunak has said the explosion at a hospital in Gaza was “likely caused” by a missile launched from within the territory and towards Israel. The prime minister said the government had come to the conclusion “on the basis of the deep knowledge and analysis of our intelligence and weapons experts”. It means the UK
The voluntary real living wage – paid by more than 14,000 companies in the UK – is to rise by 10% as low-paid workers continue to struggle with the cost of living. The Living Wage Foundation, which sets the rate, announced it would increase to £12 across the UK, except for in London where it
Israel has evidence of Iranian “involvement” in the Hamas terror attack that left more than 1,400 people dead and over 200 kidnapped, a senior Israeli military officer has said. Major General Michael Edelstein, a veteran commander who is working with the Israel Defence Forces’ (IDF) Southern Command, said the attackers, were “well trained, well equipped”.
Except on rare occasions – last year’s post-Liz Truss mini-budget episode being one of them – the bond market rarely garners as much attention as other financial sectors. Yet these markets, where companies and governments come to borrow, are the foundations for the global economy. In particular, the value of government bonds – and hence
The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police says laws for tackling extremism may need to be redrawn in light of pro-Palestinian protests around the Israel-Hamas war. Sir Mark Rowley said it was for politicians to decide on “the line of the law” and for the police to enforce it. However, he said recent events were “illustrating
The moon is 40 million years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers analysed crystals brought back by Apollo astronauts between 1969 and 1972 to pinpoint the time of the moon’s formation. During Apollo missions, astronauts gathered rocks, pebbles, sand and dust from the moon’s surface – and it was lunar
More than a million children experienced the most extreme form of poverty last year, according to a new report that slams such “horrifying levels of destitution” as a political choice. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), the number of people experiencing these levels of poverty in the UK has increased by 61% between 2019
Scientists say already-available drugs could lead to a 35% reduction in deaths caused by cervical cancer, labelling their findings as the biggest breakthrough in treating the disease for over 20 years. Researchers from UCL Cancer Institute and UCLH say a short course of induction chemotherapy (IC) before standard treatment for cervical cancer, chemoradiation (CRT), could
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