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In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began in the US on Friday – a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to election day after a summer of political turmoil. Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a dozen more states will follow by mid-October. At a polling site in Minneapolis, Jason Miller arrived well […]

The Prime Minister and his most senior ministers will no longer accept donations to pay for their clothes. Neither Sir Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, nor Chancellor Rachel Reeves will accept such donations in the future, the PA news agency understands. The move comes as Labour seeks to put to bed a row about Sir Keir and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer’s acceptance of gifts, including clothing, from […]

The Israeli military has announced that its air strike on a neighbourhood of Beirut killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official. There was no immediate confirmation of his death from Hezbollah. The Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital killed at least 14 people and wounded nearly 60 others, according to Lebanese health officials, and flattened two apartment buildings. The Israeli military also claimed that its strike […]

Nigel Farage has promised that Reform UK will “be vetting candidates rigorously at all levels” in future as he delivered his keynote speech to the party’s conference. Addressing the crowds in Birmingham, Mr Farage said the party has not got “time” or “room” for “a few extremists to wreck the work of a party that now has 80,000 members”. He described the weekend’s conference as the point his party “comes of age” […]

Leader Nigel Farage will be among the speakers as the two-day event gets underway in Birmingham Reform UK will begin its party conference on Friday saying it plans to win the next general election. The party, which secured five seats at this year’s general election, is set to begin its two-day conference in Birmingham with speeches from party leader Nigel Farage, deputy leader Richard Tice, chairman Zia Yousuf and MPs Lee […]

Cancer Research UK projects there will be 17.2 million urgent suspected cancer referrals in England over the next five years More than 300,000 cancer patients will face treatment delays over the next five years unless the Government drives up NHS performance, according to a new analysis. Cancer Research UK projects there will be 17.2 million urgent suspected cancer referrals in England over the next five years and, by 2029, there will be a fifth more than in the […]

The first wave of police forces will start embedding domestic abuse specialists in their 999 control rooms early next year to stop emergency services missing opportunities to save women’s lives. The move is part of “Raneem’s Law”, named after Raneem Oudeh, to transform the way the police handle cases of violence against women and girls. The Home Office said the Government will fund the pilot in targeted police forces from […]

A new sex assault claim has been made against Mohamed Al Fayed after an investigation into the former Harrods owner was published. The woman believes police nearly arrested him over her allegations just days before he died in August 2023, she told the BBC. More than 20 female former employees have spoken to the broadcaster as part of a special investigation, coming forward with allegations of assault and physical violence […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as he presses for the US to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia. “I’m looking forward to hosting my friend President Zelensky of Ukraine next week at the White House,” Mr Biden said in message posted on X, formerly Twitter. “During his visit, […]