4 h. ago JAN MOIR: She met Epstein only once, but Melinda Gates recognised 'evil personified'

Few people emerge with their moral compass intact if they dipped a toe in the fetid pool around Jeffrey Epstein for all those years, but Melinda French Gates is one of them, writes JAN MOIR.

Politics

4 h. ago British vigilantes film themselves smashing migrant boat engines on French beaches to stop crossings

VIGILANTES who led the push to cover our streets in Union flags have filmed themselves smashing small boat engines hidden on French beaches.  The Raise the Colours activists are trying to stop would-be migrants from crossing the Channel.  In their latest clip, they dig up a dinghy engine buried in the dunes by people smugglers.  They can be heard...

Events

4 h. ago BBC Question Time audience applaud as guest skewers Tory MP for 'fobbing UK off'

During Thursday's Question Time, members of the audience in Loughborough, Leicestershire, asked Conservative MP Joe Robertson if he would apologise for the party's errors amid the Covid pandemic

Events

5 h. ago Photos show release of giant Amazon river turtle hatchlings in key Brazilian reserve

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas state, as part of a long-running conservation program. The reserve, home to an egg-laying area for the species within an integral protection zone, plays a crucial role in ensuring the survival of the turtle species known as podocnemis expansa.

Culture

8 h. ago Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These...

Events

9 h. ago MTG had nastiest breakup with Trump since Musk and now Elon’s back. Could Georgia rebel win back his MAGA heart?

Two paths lie in front of conservative firebrand congresswoman, writes John Bowden. Which one will she take?

Politics

10 h. ago Coronation Street's Roy 'in danger' as fans 'work out' icon's prison pen pal

Coronation Street's Roy Cropper has been sending letters to three secret prisoners

Events

11 h. ago Why Scottish Labour should learn from Tories' mistakes and stop disowning Keir Starmer and co

Ruth Davidson’s Scottish Conservatives tried to distance themselves from Westminster, but voters didn’t like the disloyalty or the insincerity of ‘the Tories but not really’

Politics

11 h. ago Coronation Street Roy's secret prison pen pal 'exposed' in horror Dales twist

Coronation Street's Roy Cropper shared a unexpected secret on Wednesday

Events

11 h. ago 'Too little, too late:' Former UK government slammed for its initial COVID

A public inquiry has criticized the U_K_'s initial COVID-19 response in early 2020 as “too little, too late.”

Politics

12 h. ago Met Office tells Brits pack emergency kit with 9 things in car amid snow warnings

Motorists have been told they should keep an emergency kit with nine essential items in their car as eight-inch snowstorms hit parts of the UK as Brits face a blast of chilly Arctic air

Events

12 h. ago Cop30 live: current climate pathway ‘a death sentence for many’, says UN secretary

António Guterres uses speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These crises, a consequence of Wes...

Society

12 h. ago Brits say they would choose to be French if they had to pick another nationality

Brits say they would choose to be French rather than any other nationality - saying our neighbours are classier and more sophisticated despite centuries of rivalry.

Politics

13 h. ago Jacob Elordi ridiculed over his 'horrific' handwriting: 'Was he holding the pen with his toes?'

Despite being one of Hollywood's most popular young stars, fans think Jacob Elordi could improve on one thing - his handwriting.

Politics

14 h. ago Spain's attorney general guilty of leak in tax fraud case against partner of political rival

Spain’s Supreme Court has found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival

Politics

14 h. ago French authorities investigate alleged Holocaust denial posts on Elon Musk’s Grok AI

X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executionsEurope live – latest updatesFrench public prosecutors are investigating allegations by government ministers and human rights groups that Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, made statements denying the Holocaust.The Paris public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday night it was expanding an existing inquiry into Musk’s social media platform, X, to include the “Holocaust-denying comments”, which remained online for three days. Continue reading...

Events

15 h. ago Scotland's oil and gas industry 'being destroyed before our eyes'

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay warned the sector risks being ‘wiped out entirely’

Politics

15 h. ago What would a Budget extension to the freeze in tax thresholds mean?

Rachel Reeves expected to prolong ‘stealth’ tax policy first introduced under previous Conservative government

Economics

16 h. ago French authorities look into Holocaust denial posts from Elon Musk’s Grok AI

X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executionsEurope live – latest updatesFrench public prosecutors are investigating allegations by government ministers and human rights groups that Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, made statements denying the Holocaust.The Paris public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday night it was expanding an existing inquiry into Musk’s social media platform, X, to include the “Holocaust-denying comments”, which remained online for three days. Continue reading...

Culture

17 h. ago Plaid and Reform are offering you 'fantasy politics' which won't bring any 'meaningful change'

Two key figures from the Conservative party admit they didn't get it right but say they're a better option than their Senedd rivals

Politics