76 m. ago Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah

Arab female film directors are reshaping Arab cinema by telling untold stories and claiming space in a traditionally male-dominated industry

Culture

77 m. ago Russia wants to drain Europe's investigative resources with its sabotage campaign, officials say

The Associated Press has documented 145 incidents in what Western officials say is a campaign of disruption across Europe masterminded by Russia since President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Politics

80 m. ago Key findings of an AP analysis examining federal prosecutions of protesters

The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

Events

86 m. ago DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled

The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

Politics

89 m. ago ‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth rememberingCelia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section of the Daily Mail’s Fleet Street office when an editor called her over. It was July and Wimbledon had started. “He said: ‘We want you to go down and get into the women’s changing rooms and report on lesbian behaviour.’ One didn’t normally swear at that time but I declined. That was the attitude then,” she told me.From the late 1960s until the early 70s, Brayfield was one of a small group of female journalists working on women’s pages in newspapers. “We were dealing with everyday sexism on an unbelievable scale,” she said. “You learned to wear trousers or take the lift because if you took the stairs someone would try to look up your skirt. But then you couldn’t go to a lot of press conference venues in trousers. In the Savoy, for example, women in trousers wer...

Events

90 m. ago UK weather map shows SNOW forecast for Christmas Day as Arctic bite looms

The Met Office says temperatures are set to tumble in the coming days and overnight frost and fog, or freezing fog, is likely too as the weather looks unsettled before Christmas

Politics

94 m. ago Will it snow this Christmas? Met Office issues latest verdict

The threshold for a ‘white Christmas’ requires just a single snowflake to be observed falling on Christmas Day, anywhere in the UK, say the Met Office

Politics

1 hour ago Violent thugs who laughed as they killed retired police officer learn their fate

Jesus Ayala and Jzamir Keys recorded themselves as Ayala careered their stolen vehicle into Andreas "Andy" Probst who was riding his bicycle in Las Vegas, Nevada

Events

4 h. ago Emotional final goodbye for brave Essex Police officer who died on duty

PC Mathew Parker, a dad-of-two, was responding to an emergency on Wednesday 19 November on the A12 near Ingatestone, Essex when he was involved in a fatal collision

Events

5 h. ago Barcelona Sporting footballer, 33, shot and killed in ‘attack’ outside of shop as club pays tribute

BARCELONA Sporting Club star Mario Pineida has been shot dead in a horror gun attack. The 33-year-old Ecuador international was killed outside a shop according to his club, who confirmed the news on social media as emotional tributes poured in. His club said: "Barcelona Sporting Club, informs, with deep regret, that it has been officially...

Events

5 h. ago Deputy Director to quit – as Trump says Dan Bongino ‘wants to go back to his show’

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has resigned - just hours after Donald Trump appeared to announce the top intelligence officer's return to radio. Bongino confirmed his resignation following reports that he was considering stepping down amid disagreements over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The US president appeared to tell reporters that Bongino was thinking about going...

Politics

5 h. ago FBI Deputy Director to quit – as Trump says Dan Bongino ‘wants to go back to his show’

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has resigned - just hours after Donald Trump appeared to announce the top intelligence officer's return to radio. Bongino confirmed his resignation following reports that he was considering stepping down amid disagreements over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The US president appeared to tell reporters that Bongino was thinking about going...

Politics

6 h. ago Met Office: 2026 will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels

Forecast is slightly cooler than the record 1.55C reached in 2024, but 2026 set to be among four hottest years since 1850Next year will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels, meteorologists project, as fossil fuel pollution continues to bake the Earth and fuel extreme weather.The UK Met Office’s central forecast is slightly cooler than the 1.55C reached in 2024, the warmest year on record, but 2026 is set to be among the four hottest years dating back to 1850. Continue reading...

Society

6 h. ago 200th banking hub opens with chocolate coins marking the event

Visitors to the hub in Billericay in Essex can explore a display of coins made from chocolate.

Politics

6 h. ago Met Office shares stark global temperatures warning as warming ‘surge’ continues

Scientists have repeatedly warned of the increasingly severe impacts of higher warming

Events

6 h. ago Final suspect in infamous 1983 KFC murders identified, Texas officials say

Devan Riggs was identified as the last of three men tied to the grisly killings of five people who had been abducted from the chicken restaurant in Rusk County, Texas, over four decades ago

Politics

7 h. ago Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica

Jamaica has held a tribute to honor reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, with officials asking that people celebrate him and not turn the ceremony into a sad event

Politics

7 h. ago My petty gripe: office parties feel like work because that’s what they are

And don’t get me started on office Secret SantasAs we head into the so-called silly season – that sun-drenched summer of drinks and parties, barbecues and socialising – there’s a shadow looming over the festivities.The office Christmas party. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgement, prosecutor says

Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Events

7 h. ago Gang spent all day hiding in bank before looting deposit boxes and even brought a portable loo

A huge reward has been offered to help find four suspects known as the 'coat gang' after they hid all day in the upstairs offices of a bank before escaping with loot worth more than £16m

Economics