90 m. ago Trump is pushing to make USPS private – here’s why it could harm his base

‘It would be catastrophic,’ one economist said

Politics

92 m. ago Abandoned baby takes first steps as investigation to find parents continues

Elsa, the third of three siblings to be abandoned by the same parents, was found in east London in January last year.

Events

2 h. ago Forgotten by the west, Syria’s IS prisons are under threat as militant group mobilises

Kurdish officials warn that Islamic State threat is greater than ever in the vacuum left from Syrian regime’s collapseWith each gust of wind came a wave of body odour, the stench of two-dozen men wafting through the small hatch of the prison cell’s heavy iron door. Inside, gaunt prisoners clad in brown jumpsuits sat on thin gray mattresses.Six years have passed since the end of the so-called caliphate of the Islamic State, but to the 4,500 men held inside Panorama prison in north-east Syria, little has changed since their initial capture. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children

At the rural orphanage where I volunteered, the place resembled a Dickensian workhouse. The staff’s main tools were antipsychotics and violence. The experience gave me a window into Putin’s Russia In the summer of 2007, I joined a group of 30 Russian and English students to work on a month-long summer camp at a state orphanage for mentally and physically disabled children in the Pskov region, south of St Petersburg. We lived in a house nearby, or in tents pitched in the garden. Every day, we walked up to the orphanage to put on developmental activities, sporting events, solve puzzles, play games, stage shows and go on camping trips.I volunteered at the orphanage, in the village of Belskoye Ustye, for almost a decade, but it was the first visit that made the biggest impression. I had seen nothing like it. My closest reference point was probably workhouses or orphanages from a Charles Dickens novel. I vividly remember the smells – cooked food, unwashed bodies, chlorine and urine – and...

Politics

2 h. ago More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detentionAt least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities as the World Health Organisation expressed deep concern about their wellbeing and safety.Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, said it had confirmed that 162 medical staff remained in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, and a further 24 were missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict. Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago BP to abandon pledge to cut oil and gas output as boss fights for group’s survival

Auchincloss must convince activist investor Elliott Management he can turn around troubled oil major

Events

3 h. ago SNP Government Budget to clear final hurdle after John Swinney agrees deals with parties

MSPs will vote on the final stage of Holyrood's spending plans for the year ahead with the NHS set to be handed record funding.

Economics

3 h. ago Three early warning signs that can appear days before a stroke

A doctor has discussed the different symptoms you could experience days before a stroke - and they're easily missed

Events

4 h. ago Three dead in New York boat sinking as search called off for missing person

Coast Guard ends search for Vernon Glasford, 52, missing after boat capsized off Queens on Sunday, killing threeThree people died, two others were hospitalized and one was presumed dead after a boat sank in New York City on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard.One of the hospitalized people was in critical condition on Monday morning, police said, a day after the speedboat took on water 5 miles (8km) south-east of Breezy Point, a neighborhood at the tip of Queens’ Rockaway peninsula. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago Teacher is sacked after 35 years because one pupil didn't understand joke about 'whacking' kids if they flunked a test

Baiklautchmee Subrian took Gilbert Colvin Primary School in Ilford, east London, to an employment tribunal after she was dismissed for making the comment to a small class of Year 6 pupils.

Politics

5 h. ago Harrow crash: One person dead and child, 9, seriously injured in bus smash

Shocking photographs show the devastation following the crash involving a bus and a car on Whitmore Road in Harrow, northwest London, to which emergency services were scrambled

Events

6 h. ago Landmarks across Europe coloured yellow and blue to mark three years since Russia's full

To show their continued and unwavering support for the eastern European country, last night nations such as France, Germany, Poland and Denmark illuminated some of their most famous landmarks.

Politics

6 h. ago Environment Secretary Steve Reed pledges to make more NHS and school food UK

Government catering contracts worth £5billion will now face new requirements to favour high-quality, high-welfare products from local farms and producers when supplying public buildings.

Society

6 h. ago Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren't well suited for the jobs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he is replacing the top lawyers for the military services because he doesn't think they are “well-suited” to provide recommendations when lawful orders are given

Events

6 h. ago Doctors cry out for investment after survey finds GP access is top priority for patients

Chair of the Royal College of GPs says it is ‘no surprise’ that better access to GP appointments was the main priority for the public

Science

7 h. ago GPs should prescribe Parkrun activity to ease pressure on NHS services, say organisers

Parkrun UK works with a number of GP surgeries to help family doctors 'socially prescribe' these events for their patients.

Events

7 h. ago Prostate cancer tests are being used on men with no symptoms of disease in 'large variation' between GP surgeries, study indicates

Routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is not currently offered on the NHS, but patients may be offered a PSA test if a GP suspects they have prostate cancer.

Science

7 h. ago EastEnders spoilers: Sharon's secret, Zack and Barney DNA twist and Bianca struggles

EastEnders is lining up some massive twists and turns and some big discoveries next week on the BBC soap, as more than one character is hiding a huge truth

Politics

7 h. ago Parkrun could be NHS’s secret weapon to tackle Britain’s faltering health

Parkrun urges the Government to rollout 'social prescribing' of weekly fun run after partnership with Royal College of GPs gets people exercising and socialising

Society

7 h. ago NHS prostate cancer postcode lottery revealed as Sir Chris Hoy slams 'outdated' system

Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy has sparked a national cancer debate as to whether men with no symptoms should be routinely offered the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test

Politics