Politics
Wait goes on for result in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election – as it happened
The turnout was recorded as the lowest on record for a mayoral role in the region The construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near the Tower of London, can go ahead after a high…
Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave
Exclusive: Danielle Kirton calls on Ed Miliband to help her get answers about why evacuation order came too late The bereaved daughter of a British couple who died in a Spanish wildfire is calling on the foreign…
The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | Editorial
Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans The iconic Lovell telescope, housed at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, has always expanded our view of…
Andy Burnham signals he will scrap plans to curb jury trials
Prime minister says he has concerns about one of most significant proposals from Keir Starmer’s government Andy Burnham is indicating he will scrap plans to curtail jury trials in England and Wales, abandoning one of…
Trump announced a deal for Hamas to disarm. And, the U.S. economy slowed a bit
President Trump says a deal has been reached for Hamas to completely disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza. And, the U.S. economy slowed some, but Americans continued to spend.
Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche's nomination to circumvent GOP holdouts
President Trump says he's willing to hold his nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche until January, when he says he'll have an easier political calculation in the Senate.
Former Sen. Flake on what GOP objections over Blanche's nomination means for Trump
NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake what the GOP standoff over Todd Blanche's nomination suggests about the president's hold over his party in Congress.
Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons – or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy | Simon Jenkins
England and Wales’s prisons are overcrowded, drug-infested and barbaric. Labour has halted a once-in-a-generation effort to change that sorry state Andy Burnham’s “pausing” of the Starmer government’s prisoner release…