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I know the dangers a wounded Trump presents – this is how the UK should deal with him now | Kim Darroch

The bars and restaurants fill up and the city rocks. For diplomats, it's an opportunity – but it's also a long night, as you trek across the party scene in search of insight and illumination. Invariably, it has its…

Andy Burnham’s cost-of-living COP

“The change Andy Burnham promised has so far failed to materialize when it comes to tackling the climate crisis,” she said. Alienating voters worried about the climate carries political risks for Burnham, who has…

The Guardian view on cocaine and domestic abuse: new links between drugs and crime need investigating | Editorial

Over the past decade, the grim trajectory has been upward; the annual figure of 5,519 has more than doubled since the 1990s. Given this trend, any fall is a relief. But the spike in deaths linked to cocaine, which has…

EU targets large firms to unlock budget deal

The diplomats also proposed raising the share of a carbon imports’ tax that flows to the EU cash pot to 100% from the current 75%, and exploring levies on crypto firms and national spectrum auctions. In a further…

Failing Grayling double reports for duty as Reform’s armed forces spokesperson | John Crace

Without him there would have been no Brexit. And yet it is now beginning to look as if his time has come and gone. The narcissistic qualities that have served him so well now threaten to finish him off. His skin is…

Farage criticizes Trump’s ‘broken promise’ on foreign wars after midterms kicking

He urged the U.K. government to “back the Americans in this vital fight against Iran!” But within two weeks he changed his tune . He subsequently urged ministers not to “get involved directly in another foreign war.”…

Farage says he is worried Trump will step up Iran war after midterm 'disaster'

The Reform UK leader said the US president was still a friend, but accused him of having "broke a promise" to the American electorate by launching the war. The war in Iran, which the US began in February 2026, weighed…

UK government considers smart glasses ban over secret filming concerns

Speaking in the House of Commons , the safeguarding minister, Satvir Kaur, hinted at a ban on selling the technology "to certain users". Kaur said: "The benefits of smart glasses must be weighed against the harms they…

Burnham says long-awaited 10-year plan may be delayed until January – as it happened

In his speech outside No 10 on the day he became PM, Burham declared that "later this year" he would "bring forward a new plan for Britain, a 10-year plan, laying out a path from where we are now to where I believe we…

EU presses UK to guarantee discounted university tuition fees for European students

At a meeting of senior EU diplomats on Wednesday, at least six member states called for a clear commitment from the UK by the time of the summit that EU students will pay the lower domestic rate of university tuition…