5 h. ago Suspect in Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons assassinations abandons Spain extradition fight

Michael Riley, 44, was arrested on a European Arrest Warrant from Spain.

Events

9 h. ago Get Cartier! How Jean Novel turned an old Paris department store into a museum to rival the Louvre

The exterior may be a bit Apple shop. But inside – upending the very notion of galleries – the new Fondation Cartier can reconfigure its spaces with thrillingly movable platforms. And as for the lecture theatre, it’s blood redCome what may, Jean Nouvel will always have Paris. The City of Lights has been the stage and stomping ground of French architecture’s vieux terrible since the early 1980s. Yet the building that first made his name – the Institut du Monde Arabe, a glittering, delicate, metallic creation inset with mechanical lenses to regulate light – is a lifetime away from the bemusement that met his last Parisian project, completed a decade ago.That was the ill-starred Philharmonie, a gargantuan trophy concert hall, described in the Guardian as resembling “a pile of broken paving stones” and “a greatest hits mashup of dictators’ icons”. Nouvel may well concur, since he boycotted the building’s inauguration, dismayed by budget cuts and design tweaks (“value engineering” as it ...

Culture

18 h. ago Walking the halls of the UN, I felt its power — and its distance from the people it was built to serve | Satara Uthayakumaran

From the Tiwi Islands to Tasmania, from city classrooms to refugee programs, I have listened to thousands of young people. And now I carry those voices with me into the heart of the UNIn its 80th year, the UN headquarters in New York heard speeches that made headlines. One leader thundered threats of war. Another complained about an escalator. Meanwhile, outside the polished floors and gilded halls, children were starving in Palestine. Bombs fell. Borders closed. Budget cuts placed the very architecture of human rights under siege.This was meant to be a landmark gathering, a celebration of 80 years of multilateralism. Instead, it felt like a reckoning. Can the UN still serve the people it was built to protect, or has its promise begun to crack under the weight of politics? Continue reading...

Politics

56 h. ago Badenoch vows to abolish stamp duty as she closes Tory conference

She pledged a ‘golden rule’ on her budget plans, spending only half of any savings made through spending cuts, with the rest to reduce the deficit.

Politics

2 d. ago Badenoch to pledge doubling of apprenticeship budget and cut in degree numbers

The Tory leader will pledge to reintroduce caps on student numbers in every subject area.

Politics

3 d. ago Cut business costs in Budget or cut growth, accountants tell Chancellor

A survey of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants members found that 94% lacked confidence in the economy.

Economics

3 d. ago Trump budget director pushing Social Security overhaul to cut disability benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans: report

Critics fear proposed changes from White House budget chief Russell Vought mark biggest-ever cuts to disability insurance

Politics

7 d. ago Trump threatens mass layoffs and cuts to Democrat projects as government shutdown stalemate continues: Live updates

Trump said he was meeting with White House budget director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

Politics

8 d. ago Aston Villa fans attacked in Rotterdam: Five arrests after local supporters sparked brawl with glasses thrown at Irish pub before Europe League game

Aston Villa supporters' first European away day this season has been marred by trouble in Rotterdam.

Sport

8 d. ago Trump threatens ‘Democrat Agencies’ that he’s meeting with budget chief Russ Vought today on which to cut amid shutdown

Previous government shutdowns have only resulted in temporary furloughs — not layoffs

Politics

8 d. ago Ryanair to cancel 600 flights in blow to 100,000 passengers on major holiday routes

The budget airline has warned passengers of impending strikes in France that could disrupt the plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers heading to destinations including Greece, Italy and Spain

Politics

8 d. ago Ryanair warns travellers as tens of thousands of airline flights face disruption

Action is set to disrupt travel to and from France and Spain, and many other destinations

Events

9 d. ago Dire warning over pay and job cuts if Welsh Government can't pass budget

It would be 'almost impossible' for the new-look Senedd to run with staff numbers and pay, including MS salaries, all at risk if a budget cannot get through

Events

1 week ago 11 arrested for allegedly placing pigs’ heads outside French mosques and other crimes of racial hatred

Serbia, under instructions from a foreign intelligence service, accused those arrested of spreading racial hatred in Europe

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves fuels fears over VAT raid and hints at tax rises AND spending cuts in Budget as she blames 'global headwinds' for economy stalling

Rachel Reeves said she had made a 'solemn promise' to stabilise the finances as she dodged on how she plans to fill an estimated £30billion gap in the government's books.

Economics

1 week ago Labour's union paymasters threaten to pull funding unless Rachel Reeves imposes 'wealth tax' and demands she splurges 'trillions' on propping up industry

Unite is expected to try to force a vote on a levy - threatening to cut ties with the party unless the Chancellor's Budget next month shows a 'direction change'.

Economics

1 week ago Kate Garraway breaks silence on brutal ITV cuts and admits fear for co

Major budget cuts at ITV are set to bring about big changes to its soaps and Daytime output for 2026, with many staff members losing jobs as well as schedule changes between shows

Politics

1 week ago OBR downgrade set to pave way for more tax hikes in Autumn Budget

Rachel Reeves is braced for the Office for Budget Responsibility to cut its key productivity forecast, making big tax rises inevitable.

Economics

2 w. ago Ryanair's 'disgusting' new rule for state pensioners branded 'discriminatory'

The budget airline has been accused of trying to 'cut costs and cut corners without caring about the impact on their customers' after announcing the change

Economics

2 w. ago Renfrewshire Council's school transport budget under pressure but cuts not being discussed

Provost Lorraine Cameron insisted: "Nobody in the administration is talking about cutting school transport."

Events