2 h. ago Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Events

4 h. ago Invisibility cloaks and flying cars are 'on the brink of becoming a reality'

A group of top engineering experts say that artificial intelligence (AI) has brought us closer to innovations once thought impossible and that our lives will soon be unrecognisable

Transport

7 h. ago RMT celebrates ‘effective strike action’ as union accepts £80,000 a year salary for Tube drivers

The RMT union has claimed victory over TfL after it accepted its ‘full and final’ pay offer

Economics

7 h. ago Google plans to put datacentres in space to meet demand for AI

US technology company’s engineers want to exploit solar power and the falling cost of rocket launchesGoogle is hatching plans to put artificial intelligence datacentres into space, with its first trial equipment sent into orbit in early 2027.Its scientists and engineers believe tightly packed constellations of about 80 solar-powered satellites could be arranged in orbit about 400 miles above the Earth’s surface equipped with the powerful processors required to meet rising demand for AI. Continue reading...

Technology

7 h. ago Union reaches pay deal with London underground after strike action

Union reaches pay deal with London underground after strike action  Reuters

Economics

8 h. ago Ukraine ‘destroys elite Russian unit’ in drone strike on Black Sea oil rig

The Black Sea oil rig is one of four that have been occupied by Russian forces for a decade

Events

9 h. ago RMT celebrates ‘effective strike action’ as union accepts £80,000 a year salary for drivers

The RMT union has claimed victory over TfL after it accepted its ‘full and final’ pay offer

Economics

11 h. ago Dumbarton animal rescue charity set for walkout over "chronic low pay" dispute

Around 140 members of staff employed by the SSPCA will go on strike for 24 hours over the pay issues - including those at the facility in Milton.

Events

12 h. ago ‘Music is my remedy’: how DJing is helping Ukraine’s war veterans with their recovery

At the Superhumans centre in Ukraine, the EnterDJ music therapy programme teaches war-wounded soldiers how to mix, rehabilitating them with dance music and providing purpose and opportunities to performIn Ukraine, sound carries a different weight: the cautionary blurt of sirens, Shahed drones humming overhead, the concussive thwack of air defence interception and the subsequent explosion. But as well as the sounds of war, which continue three and a half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, music still plays, clubs remain open during the day (closing well before the midnight curfew), and electronic dance music remains an intrinsic part of many Ukrainian lives.Kyiv’s iconic clubs, such as K41, became bomb shelters before transforming into frontline fundraisers. Parties doubling up as cleanup operations are held at strike sites. New venues such as Abo Records – the first of many creative spaces to set up shop in an abandoned liquor factory – have emerged as gathering points where y...

Events

14 h. ago Police swoop on 'suspicious' car at Manchester Airport and strike gold

Two suspects are in custody

Events

16 h. ago Strike action at defence company Leonardo UK suspended as new pay offer tabled

Unite said if the proposed deal is rejected by members, staff will walk out later this month.

Economics

17 h. ago Ukraine mounts massive 'revenge strike' drone attack on Russia

Waves of Ukrainian explosive drones smash Russian oil, petrol depots and substations across Russia causing huge blackouts - as Kyiv tries to put the Kremlin on the back foot back home

Events

17 h. ago 1 in 4 young people still believe STEM jobs are 'boys' jobs'

Research suggests a quarter of young people still believe STEM - science, tech, engineering or maths - jobs are more suitable for boys.

Politics

18 h. ago ‘How did we get here?’: documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate

In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisisIn 1988, the United States entered into its worst drought since the Dust Bowl. Crops withered in fields nationwide, part of an estimated $60bn in damage ($160bn in 2025). Dust storms swept the midwest and northern Great Plains. Cities instituted water restrictions. That summer, unrelentingly hot temperatures killed between 5,000 and 10,000 people, and Yellowstone national park suffered the worst wildfire in its history.Amid the disaster, George HW Bush, then Ronald Reagan’s vice-president, met with farmers in Michigan reeling from crop losses. Bush, the Republican candidate for president, consoled them: if elected, he would be the environmental president. He acknowledged the reality of intensifying heatwaves – the “greenhouse effect”, to use the scientific parlance of the day – with blunt clarity: the burning of fossil fuels contr...

Politics

18 h. ago Engineering climate may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine – study

Scientists assessed the feasibility of injecting particles into the stratosphere to cool the Earth to help growing conditions for ‘luxury’ crops.

Politics

30 h. ago Granit Xhaka pegs back Everton to deny Moyes winning return to Sunderland

David Moyes, the manager who oversaw a disastrous relegation for Sunderland eight years ago, found a very different club on his first return to the Stadium of Light. Back then, Sunderland were on a downward slope. Now, things are on the up.Régis Le Bris’ impressive Sunderland moved up to fourth place ahead of Saturday’s home game against Arsenal after a 1-1 draw against Moyes’ Everton side. A deflected strike from the impressive Granit Xhaka cancelled out Iliman Ndiaye’s brilliant opening goal. Continue reading...

Politics

34 h. ago UK street lockdown as bomb squad and cops swarm in with locals told 'stay away'

The huge emergency service response saw a bomb squad, police and fire engines piling in at the scene on Block Lane, Oldham. Residents were evacuated but have now returned to their homes

Events

35 h. ago My sources have told me about the catastrophic tax rises to come. Pensioners will be horrified... this is where Labour's going to strike and it's devastating: JEFF PRESTRIDGE

With every day that passes it becomes more apparent that the Chancellor will, later this month in the Budget , break Labour 's manifesto commitment not to increase income tax.

Economics

35 h. ago Teachers union to consider strike action after losing legal bid against Ofsted

Ofsted is preparing to implement its new report card system next week

Events

37 h. ago I'm A Celeb's Ant McPartlin moves out of £6m mansion after dispute with neighbours

I'm A Celebrity presenter Ant McPartlin is to leave his £6 million Wimbledon mansion following a feud with his neighbours

Economics