3ft-long reptile was looking for a meal before animal protective services safely removed it from establishmentSurveillance cameras installed in a North Carolina bagel shop caught a small alligator purposefully strolling though the back door, through the stockroom and to the front...
Patient, who is in stable condition, is expected to arrive in Britain on Wednesday or ThursdayA British healthcare worker infected with Ebola is being medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain for specialist treatment, according to an official do...
Jason Beer KC will examine ‘policies and procedures’ in tragic case of the university’s youngest black professorThe lead barrister for the Post Office Horizon inquiry has been appointed to head an independent review into the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday.Jason Beer KC w...
Rhodri Talfan Davies, the deputy director general, met staff group after case of Lucie Kon but said independent inquiry was not neededThe BBC has attempted to reassure Jewish staff that discrimination against them will not be tolerated, after a former producer said she had faced ...
Republicans’ crushing setback will play out in stock markets, inflation, interest rates and economic growthDonald Trump’s loss of control of the House of Representatives and the Senate has put the world economy on notice for an unpredictable final two years of his presidential te...
Pedro Sánchez and his socialist-led coalition government are racing to rebuild trust ahead of a snap election, but the task they face is immense• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA week ago today, for the second time in nine months, I got in my car an...
Lawyers for direct action group say decision to proscribe organisation as terrorist group is attack on freedom of speech and protestPalestine Action was banned as a terrorist group after using tactics similar to - or less extreme than – the suffragettes, the UK’s highest court ha...
Reported move from the Republican speaker of the House comes in light of the party’s disastrous midterms defeatUS midterms 2026 live – latest updatesTell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results?Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, has said he...
British companies that supply the budget retailer face millions of pounds-worth of losses if it collapsesSuppliers facing millions of pounds in losses if Poundland collapses have said the chain’s US owner “should not be permitted” to maximise its return at their expense, as minis...
CVS Pharmacy will be separate from CVS Health, housing major insurer Aetna and benefits manager CaremarkCVS Health, the largest US healthcare conglomerate valued at $117bn, has announced its plans split off its pharmacy chain from its health insurance and benefits businesses, end...
Charities say government ‘must act now’ with cocaine-specific deaths eight times higher than in 2010Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the biggest cause of drug deaths in England and Wales, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.The government “must act now to reverse ...
Exclusive: letter sent to department and agency heads signals Democrats will look to investigate Trump officialsA group of Democratic lawmakers are asking leaders in the Trump administration to preserve records in accordance with federal law or risk criminal penalties after voter...
After the party regained control of both the House and Senate, stars including Viola Davis, Bette Midler and John Cusack have been celebratingUS midterms 2026 live – latest updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesTell us: what do you want to know about midterm results?Celebri...
Democratic leaders and seat-flipping victors from Tuesday’s ‘blue tsunami’ offer post-election commentsThe broad repudiation of Donald Trump, his policies and the Republican party, focused on Trump’s personal unpopularity, high costs of living and the Iran war, offer Democrats an...
Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first timeAfter the 2019-20 black summer bushfires, scientists in eastern Victoria stumbled across something the...
Centre for Public Integrity report says mandatory audit and public register of all automated decision-making neededGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government is “sleepwalking its way into another robodebt” scandal amid a lack of transparency...
Comparing Australia to other countries may not be much comfort but does offer some perspective on the economyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIs Australia’s inflation problem worse than the rest of the world’s?A day after the Reserve Bank delivered its f...
Cost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strongGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe vast majority of Australians support immigration and multiculturalism despite more feel...