60 minutes ago Kitty Menendez's sister reveals why she 'ignored' the fact her husband was raping their sons

Erik and Lyle Menendez's aunt has revealed why she thinks their mother ignored the horrific abuse they suffered at the hands of their father throughout their childhood

Politics

61 minutes ago ECB’s Lagarde: ‘We’re breaking the neck of inflation’ after cutting interest rates – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Inflation across the eurozone fell by more than initially thought last month, which may cement the chances of interest rate cuts today.Consumer prices across the euro area rose by 1.7% in the year to September, statistics body Eurostat reports, down from 2.2% in August.The lowest annual rates were registered in Ireland (0.0%), Lithuania (0.4%), Slovenia and Italy (both 0.7%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (4.8%), Belgium (4.3%) and Poland (4.2%).Compared with August 2024, annual inflation fell in twenty Member States, remained stable in two and rose in five.“We have always said we won’t be taking plans for HS2 phase 2 back off the shelf after the Conservatives took a wrecking ball to the project and...

Economics

61 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli army says it is ‘checking possibility’ it killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Military also said in a statement that there were no signs Israeli hostages were in the same building; Sinwar is seen as mastermind of Hamas’ 7 October attackThe US military has mobilised its long-range B-2 stealth bombers to conduct strikes against “five hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The Pentagon said the facilities house various weapons components the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels, roiling commercial shipping in the Red Sea. “This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” defence secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.The US Central Command said its ba...

Events

63 minutes ago Businessman Sir Tom Hunter paid to return Alex Salmond’s body to Scotland

The entrepreneur said he ‘deserved the dignity and privacy of a private return to the home of his birth’.

Politics

69 minutes ago Paris Mayor's latest bid to drive cars out of the French capital: Sale of diesel fuel BANNED at busy filling stations on city ring road

Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo has this month also slashed the speed limit on the Périphérique - the capital's busy eight-lane motorway ring road - to just 31mph.

Transport

75 minutes ago Government aims to increase productivity and ease NHS strain with ‘radical’ weight loss injection plans

The plans to use give unemployed overweight people Mounjaro were introduced by Wes Streeting earlier this week.

Politics

96 minutes ago Instagram gymnasts criticised after filming themselves performing stunts on Japanese shrine

The Chilean sisters performed pull-ups and handstands by a torii gate in Hokkaido

Culture

2 hours ago Inside a haunted Scottish jail where 30 people will sleep on Halloween

Grown men have been left ‘sobbing’ after the night tours of the prison, it has been claimed.

Events

2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli army says it may have killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Forces are checking to see if they have killed Sinwar, seen as the mastermind of Hamas’ 7 October attack on IsraelThe US military has mobilised its long-range B-2 stealth bombers to conduct strikes against “five hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The Pentagon said the facilities house various weapons components the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels, roiling commercial shipping in the Red Sea. “This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” defence secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.The US Central Command said its battle damage assessments from the strikes wer...

Events

2 hours ago ECB holds press conference after cutting eurozone interest rates – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Inflation across the eurozone fell by more than initially thought last month, which may cement the chances of interest rate cuts today.Consumer prices across the euro area rose by 1.7% in the year to September, statistics body Eurostat reports, down from 2.2% in August.The lowest annual rates were registered in Ireland (0.0%), Lithuania (0.4%), Slovenia and Italy (both 0.7%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (4.8%), Belgium (4.3%) and Poland (4.2%).Compared with August 2024, annual inflation fell in twenty Member States, remained stable in two and rose in five.“We have always said we won’t be taking plans for HS2 phase 2 back off the shelf after the Conservatives took a wrecking ball to the project and...

Politics