The Guardian
This is our last chance to beat the right – Burnham
Andy Burnham pledged to lead a united Labour government free of infighting and factional politics as he took over as leader, despite anxiety on the left of the party about the prospect of Shabana Mahmood as chancellor. The new Labour leader, who will...
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Trump’s Board of Peace drops ambitious plan to rebuild Gaza
The Gaza recovery plan being pursued by Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) has shrunk dramatically from an ambitious blueprint for the reconstruction of the whole territory to a small pilot project in the south of the strip. Even the envisaged pilot...
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Over and out
England 1 Gordon 55 Argentina 2 Fernández 85 Lautaro Martínez 90
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Police examine possible leftwing motive for Widdecombe murder
The police investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe is examining whether a leftwing or single-issue cause may lie behind her killing. Counter-terrorism police yesterday said Widdecombe had been killed in a “targeted attack”. Among issues...
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Tributes as Jurassic Park star dies at 78
Sam Neill, the versatile New Zealand actor whose career spanned Oscarwinners and blockbusters including The Piano and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78, it was announced yesterday. No cause was given, but Neill had only recently revealed he was...
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World in emotion
It has been billed as one of the biggest grudge matches in the history of international football. After England’s players rode their luck against Erling Haaland’s Norway on a steamy night in Miami on Saturday, they spent yesterday recuperating at their...
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Politicians tell of shock at Widdecombe ‘killing’
A man was being held on suspicion of the murder of the former minister Ann Widdecombe last night, as political leaders across the spectrum expressed shock at her alleged killing. Widdecombe’s body was found with “serious injuries” by the ambulance...
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Police investigate donations from mother of Farage ally to Reform
Police are investigating donations worth £500,000 made to Reform UK by the mother of a convicted fraudster and ally of Nigel Farage. The investigation concerns two donations of £250,000 made by Fiona Cottrell, whose son George has often accompanied...
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More Reform transactions worth millions reported to crime agency
A host of transactions involving Reform UK’s most senior figures and donations to the party caused bankers to report potential moneylaundering concerns to the National Crime Agency, a Guardian investigation has found. On Tuesday, the Guardian revealed...
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Farage’s £5m gift reported over money laundering concerns
The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal. The disclosure will put further pressure on the Reform UK...
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(What a story) Morning glory
• England savour best win since ’66 • Barney Ronay: ghosts laid to rest • Tuchel’s defensive masterclass • … now Haaland lies in wait
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Crackdown on donations as Farage faces new gift row
Ministers will launch a crackdown on large political donations today, as Nigel Farage faces a possible second investigation, this time into gifts he received from a convicted fraudster before becoming an MP. The government will announce a series of...
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Parents warned: don’t put images of children online
Parents should not put photographs of their children on public display online, according to landmark guidance issued to tackle the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material. The recommendation has come from the National Crime Agency and the child...
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Spending cuts to fund defence plans ‘will cost 10,000 UK jobs’
Keir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures. The prime minister announced this week...
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Kane’s World Cup rescue puts England into last 16
Harry Kane came to England’s rescue yesterday as they avoided a seismic World Cup upset against the Democratic Republic of the Congo to set up a last-16 tie against co-hosts Mexico on home soil next week. The Bayern Munich striker scored twice in the...
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PM’s defence funding plan leaves Burnham with £5bn hole to plug
Andy Burnham will have to find an extra £4.7bn for defence in his first budget after Keir Starmer unveiled a £298bn defence investment plan without having fully identified how it would be funded. Sources close to the Makerfield MP said he would not try...
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Burnham puts No 10 North at heart of bid to ‘rewire’ Britain
Andy Burnham set out his blueprint to transform the UK yesterday with a promise to improve living standards and restore faith in politics through the “biggest rebalancing of power our country has ever seen”. The person widely expected to be the next...
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Ben Stokes’ retirement announced mid-match
In a move that surprised supporters and shocked even his own teammates Ben Stokes has announced his retirement as captain of England’s Test team, and from international cricket, effective as of the end of the third Test against New Zealand at Trent...
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Pressure on Mahmood over immigration bill
Shabana Mahmood is to seek to shore up support for her immigration bill on Labour’s progressive left with plans to speed up the opening of safe and legal routes that will permit thousands of refugees to reach the UK. Mahmood, the leading contender for...
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Why did a US pilot avoid UK trial after strangling a woman in England?
When Sarah Steele woke up on the morning of 2 December 2023, she found herself in a pool of cold water in a bathtub. She was naked and in the apartment of an American fighter pilot she had met in person for the first time the night before. She was...
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The new normal?
The UK has broken its all-time temperature record for June and France has recorded its hottest day ever for the second day running as a heatwave affecting more than 90 million people sweeps across Europe. As both the UK and France registered...
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England can’t find a way past Ghana in goalless draw
England 0 Ghana 0 It was a talking point beforehand in the England dressing room, Harry Kane bringing it up; a message with it, too. At each of the previous three tournaments, the team had spluttered in game two. The roll call of irritation took in...
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Starmer bows out ... as Burnham swoops in
Keir Starmer finally bowed to intense pressure to stand down yesterday as he conceded that he was no longer the right man to lead the country, leaving Andy Burnham all but certain to succeed him as prime minister. In an extraordinary day at...
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Starmer expected to announce exit to clear way for Burnham
Keir Starmer is expected to announce a timetable for his departure today, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to become prime minister without a formal contest by the autumn. Cabinet ministers say Starmer will set out his intentions outside Downing...
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Starmer exit ‘inevitable’ after Burnham victory
Cabinet ministers loyal to Keir Starmer have told him that he faces being forced out of office by his party if he does not set a timetable for his departure by the end of the weekend. Andy Burnham, who won a compelling majority in the Makerfield...
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Moscow hit by biggest Ukrainian drone raid
Ukrainian drones hit several locations across Moscow yesterday in Kyiv’s biggest air raid on the city since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, setting an oil refinery on fire and forcing evacuations at the country’s largest airport. Volodymyr...
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Team Burnham talk ministers out of resigning to avoid chaos
Andy Burnham’s campaign team have been forced to talk ministers out of resigning as early as this weekend to avoid Keir Starmer’s government descending into chaos amid fallout from the Makerfield byelection, the Guardian can reveal. As Burnham’s team...
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Russian warship opens fire in the Channel to warn off British yacht
A Russian warship fired warning shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht sailing across the Channel yesterday amid a period of heightened tensions between London and Moscow. The rare incident took place at 11.40am over 20 miles...
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Spain stunned
Spain 0 Cape Verde 0 Nuno da Costa roars with delight after Cape Verde held Spain on their World Cup debut
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PM to announce ‘Australia plus’ social media ban for under-16s
Keir Starmer is to ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands. In a major policy shift far tougher than previously briefed, the prime...
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David Hockney
David Hockney changed the world just by looking at it. His art was a feast of unabashed visual pleasure, one long orgy of the gaze, the delighted lifelong epiphany of someone who cherished flowers in a vase and freeways in the sun and thought endlessly...
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Healey’s shock resignation leaves Starmer on the brink
Keir Starmer’s premiership was pushed to the brink of collapse yesterday by the shock resignation of the defence secretary, John Healey, which undermined his security credentials and risked shredding his remaining political authority. In a blistering...
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Water cannon deployed on second night of unrest in Northern Ireland
Police have used water cannon against rioters in Northern Ireland in a second night of anti-immigration protests. Officers used the cannon last night to disperse a crowd of about 300 people who burned a truck and threw bricks and missiles near the...
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Zelenskyy takes aim at Reform UK's ‘mistake’ on Ukraine flags
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the decision by some Reform UK councils to take down the Ukrainian flag was the kind of “small mistake” that “can break a big friendship”, as he underlined the significance of strong bilateral relations. The...
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Iran fires wave of missiles at Israel in response to strikes on Beirut
Iran fired missiles at Israel last night in response to Israeli strikes on Beirut, shattering a fragile ceasefire and marking the most serious escalation since April, after 100 days of war. A few hours after a senior Iranian official promised a...
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Reform is ‘posing threat to democracy’ – Labour
Reform UK is destabilising British democracy by spreading divisive material that is being amplified by bots and troll farms, Labour’s deputy leader has said. Lucy Powell called for tighter laws on social media giants to tackle misinformation, arguing...
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Burnham: I won’t flinch from need to fix the broken social care system
Andy Burnham has signalled he would begin transforming England’s broken social care system this year if he became prime minister, accusing Westminster of “flinching away” from tackling difficult policy problems. The Greater Manchester mayor said...
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Rhetoric on Nowak murder ‘risks pushing policing back to the 60s’
Policing could be driven back to the 60s by false claims officers are biased against white people, the leader of Britain’s black officers has said. Chief inspector Andy George, president of the National Black Police Association, spoke out amid growing...
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Appeals for calm as murder case prompts fears of racial tension
Politicians and community leaders have called for calm amid fears that the populist right are using the murder of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man to whip up racist resentment against minority ethnic Britons. After Nigel Farage called for the public to...
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Mandelson files reveal security briefings before vetting passed
Peter Mandelson was receiving sensitive security briefings about the Foreign Office’s work and in discussions with the head of MI6 before he had completed the developed vetting process, newly released documents revealed yesterday. Declassified emails...
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Worth waiting for
Hundreds of thousands of fans packed north London’s streets yesterday as the Arsenal squad took to a convoy of buses to celebrate their first Premier League title in 22 years.
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Breast cancer test to cut need for chemotherapy
Millions of women with breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy with a groundbreaking genomic test, according to the results of a trial that may transform healthcare guidelines worldwide. Treatment for breast cancer, the world’s most prevalent form...
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Labour plans welfare shake-up as scale of youth jobs crisis revealed
Labour is poised for a fresh attempt at welfare reform after a major government-backed report said youth worklessness was costing Britain more than £125bn a year. As official figures revealed the number of young people not working or studying had...
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Inside Lebanon
For hours, Hussein Abdel al-El and his wife, Um Alaa, did not move. They waited in the bathroom in the dark, not daring to touch their phones; the faint glow of the screen might give them away to the Israeli soldiers outside. It was 1am, the Israelis...
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Russia relentlessly targeting UK infrastructure, spy chief warns
Russia is relentlessly targeting Britain’s infrastructure and democracy while there is only a narrowing technological window to stay ahead of a fast-developing China, the head of the spy agency GCHQ will warn in a lecture today. Anne Keast-Butler,...
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Former SNP chief Peter Murrell admits £400,000 embezzlement
Peter Murrell, once one of the most powerful people in British politics, faces a long prison sentence after he admitted stealing more than £400,000 from the Scottish National party to fund a lavish personal lifestyle. The former SNP chief executive...
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US close to peace deal with Iran as Trump faces fury from own party
Donald Trump defended himself against criticism from fellow Republicans yesterday as he appeared on the verge of agreeing a deal with Iran to end the war. As some in his own party called the proposed agreement a disaster and questioned why the US...
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UK seeking single market for goods – but EU says no
Ministers have pitched to create a single market for goods with the EU as the cornerstone of an ambitious attempt to reintegrate British trade into Europe, the Guardian can reveal. During recent visits to Brussels, the Cabinet Office’s top official on...
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London mayor blocks Met’s AI deal with controversial tech firm
A £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir has been blocked by Sadiq Khan, sparking a bitter row between the London mayor and Scotland Yard. After the UK’s largest police force agreed to use Palantir’s AI...
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Burnham ‘backs Mahmood’s plans to tighten rules on immigration’
Andy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’s controversial changes to the immigration system, his allies have said, in a blow to those in Labour who hope to soften them. The Greater Manchester mayor is understood to be supportive of the home secretary’s...
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UK must get used to being a hot country, climate advisers warn
British homes will need air conditioning to survive predicted levels of global heating, the government’s climate advisers have warned in a landmark report, as measures such as drawing curtains, opening windows and growing trees for shade are not likely...
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The actors Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender promoting the gonzo sci-fi action thriller Hope at the Cannes film festival yesterday
Hope ★★★★☆ Some uproarious rock’n’roll moviemaking from South Korean director Na Hong-jin: a sci-fi action thriller mixing digital work with old-school analogue entertainment values, serving up a spectacle with cheeky touches of Spielberg, Walter Hill...
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Burnham facing ‘perilous’ race in crunch byelection
Andy Burnham faces a “perilous” race to win the Makerfield parliamentary seat, his allies have warned, as he gears up to fight a byelection that could decide the long-term future of the Labour party and the country. The Greater Manchester mayor is...
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Burnham bids to topple Starmer, but he must win byelection first
Andy Burnham now has a potential route back to parliament and a chance to become Labour’s next leader after an MP said he would trigger a byelection by standing down from his seat. The move ended days of speculation about whether Burnham could secure a...
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Streeting on manoeuvres ready to launch leadership challenge today
Wes Streeting is preparing to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer today if the health secretary can secure the support of enough MPs to trigger a contest. Streeting’s move to force a race has prompted a frantic scramble on the left of...
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Starmer sees off threat for now as Streeting challenge fails to emerge
Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his premiership yesterday after a challenge from Wes Streeting failed to materialise despite several of his allies quitting the government. Downing Street insiders...
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Starmer’s survival on the line as cabinet ministers urge him to quit
Keir Starmer’s grip on power appeared to be slipping away last night as cabinet ministers urged him to set out a timetable for his departure and more than 70 Labour MPs publicly called for him to stand down. The prime minister warned the country would...
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Labour leadership rivals circle as Starmer tries to cling to power
Keir Starmer is facing a fight for his political life today after potential Labour leadership rivals from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner began to position themselves for a contest. Starmer had been hoping to save his job with a speech today promising...
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Dire election results pile pressure on PM
Keir Starmer is under pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year. In a disastrous set of results, Labour had lost control...
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Criminals using photos on school websites to create abuse imagery
Schools have been warned to remove pictures of pupils’ faces from their websites and social media accounts because blackmailers are using them to create sexually explicit images. The warning comes from child safety experts and the National Crime...
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Agree to peace deal or face fresh wave of bombing, Trump tells Iran
Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum yesterday, telling Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”. The social media announcement was the latest in a rapid series of...
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Labour under pressure after UK borrowing costs hit 28-year high
The risk to Labour’s tax and spending plans from the war in Iran was underscored yesterday as long-term government borrowing costs hit their highest level since 1998. Fears of higher inflation as a result of the conflict have sparked a sell-off across...
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Trump’s bid to reopen Hormuz pushes region back to the brink
The US has launched Donald Trump’s attempt to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that has brought the region back to the brink of fullscale war as Iran sought to reassert its...
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Here to entertain: Boyle’s pop-culture spectacular
One of the cast of hundreds in You Are Here, the director Danny Boyle’s collaborative celebration of music, dance, theatre and fashion to mark 75 years since the opening of London’s Southbank Centre.
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PM vows to act against protesters ‘venerating the murder of Jews’
Keir Starmer has pledged to crack down on those “venerating the murder of Jews” at protest marches as the UK terror threat level was raised to severe last night after the Golders Green attack. The prime minister promised to do “everything in our power...
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Police declare terrorist attack after two Jewish men stabbed
Police are treating the stabbing of two men in London yesterday as terrorism, with the suspect described as hunting for anyone “visibly Jewish” to attack. The stabbings, which took place just after 11am in Golders Green, follow a series of arson...
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Charles hails alliance of US and Britain in age of division
King Charles yesterday extolled the importance of Britain’s “special relationship” with the US in a speech to Congress that made pointed reference to the importance of Nato, the defence of Ukraine and the climate crisis. Charles told Congress that...
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No cameras at Trump’s meeting with king
King Charles will be spared the potential humiliation of being upbraided in public by Donald Trump during his state visit after the White House agreed that any meeting between the two men should be held off camera. The king and queen arrived in...
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Washington in shock after Trump press gala shooting
A stunned Washington faced searching questions about political violence and gun control last night after shots were fired at a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior White House officials. A man targeted a Secret Service agent at a...
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PM pushes back against Trump’s Falklands threat
Downing Street was forced to insist yesterday that Britain would not yield sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after a leaked Pentagon email proposed the US should reassess its support for the UK’s claim on the islands because of a lack of support...
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Foreign Office shuts unit tracking potential law breaches by Israel
The Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaza and more recently Lebanon has been closed because of cuts within the department, the Guardian can reveal. The decision to close down the international...
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PM isolated as cabinet divisions emerge over Mandelson scandal
Keir Starmer was looking increasingly isolated over his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal last night, with divisions in cabinet over his decision to sack the senior Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins. The Guardian has learned of concerns...
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Robbins accuses No 10 of applying huge pressure over Mandelson job
The civil servant sacked by Keir Starmer gave a devastating account of his government yesterday, saying Downing Street had put huge pressure on the civil service to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite the...
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