LONDON — Britain will temporarily suspend the approval of any new licenses to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, the government said on Thursday, after a court ruled that ministers had acted unlawfully in allowing the sale of weapons when there was a clear possibility they might be used in violation of international humanitarian law in […]
BRUSSELS — The European Union is one of the most complex political experiments in history, with nearly half a billion voters in 28 member countries, glued together with thousands of laws, regulations and processes. That work is done largely through four institutions: the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Central […]
A former Tory MP accused of being a child murderer and violent paedophile – by a man later charged with lying over the claims – broke down in tears as he told a court the allegations were “the ravings of a fantasist”. Harvey Proctor insisted he was not part of a Westminster paedophile ring and […]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to split from the joint charity they run alongside their Cambridge counterparts and set up their own. Less than 18 months after the couples appeared together at a Royal Foundation forum for the first and ultimately final time, it has been announced that Prince Harry and Meghan are […]
Britain’s oldest newlyweds, who have a combined age of 180, say their special day ‘could not have gone any better’. Roy Button, 93, and Dorothy Moreton, 87, made history when they tied the knot yesterday afternoon. The lovebirds first met 50 years ago and drifted apart, but their love blossomed when fate brought them back […]
Queen Elizabeth II appears to have broken with her Royal blue tradition today after she appeared at Royal Ascot today wearing a grey coat. The 93-year-old monarch arrived for the afternoon of racing in an open-top carriage alongside her son Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, daughter Princess Anne and her son-in-law Vice Admiral Sir […]
During Tuesday night’s BBC debate, the five remaining Tory leadership candidates backed Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s call for an independent inquiry into alleged Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. But Trevor Phillips, former chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (ECHR), has warned adopting a new definition of Islamophobia, proposed by an all-party group last […]
BBC presenter Andrew Neil clashed with Liberal Democrat MP Chuka Umunna over the number of times he has changed political parties since leaving the Labour Party in February. Speaking on Politics Live, Mr Umunna was mocked and asked whether he was “still in the Lib Dems” after being on the show for more than half-an-hour. […]
A construction worker stabbed a colleague in the neck on the set of Ann Hathaway’s latest movie, police have said. The man was arrested after the attack, which took place at the Warner Bros’ studios, in Leavesden, near Watford, on June 19. Ms Hathaway has been filming the new version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches […]
Meghan was just 13 when she met the star she bases her fan interactions off. She was working at a frozen yoghurt shop in Los Angeles called Humphrey Yogart, earning $4/hour (£3/hour). One day, she spotted Yasmine Bleeth – one of the stars of Baywatch – in the car park of the shop. The teenager […]