35 m. ago Accidental prisoner releases have gone up under Labour, minister admits

Asked about accidental prisoner releases, Lisa Nandy said ‘even one is too many’ but the government is ‘gripping’ the crisis

Politics

45 m. ago Shona Robison may ‘potentially revisit’ Scottish taxes in response to UK Budget

The Finance Secretary said the Scottish Government had a ‘very limited’ set of levers to respond.

Economics

57 m. ago Trump’s dollar delusion: how trade war risks ending the US’s ‘exorbitant privilege’

Trump’s team flirts with weakening the dollar, threatening US influence, low borrowing costs and global stabilityMagical thinking is indispensable to understanding Team Trump’s economic policymaking. The White House often seems to believe two opposing policies can work together while one policy can do two or three contradictory things.A heavy dose of hocus pocus will be needed to make the administration’s dollar policy work in the interest of the United States, for it appears that they want to end the US dollar’s supremacy in global finance. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Fears care workers sponsored by SNP Government will face 'indescribable levels of exploitation'

Union bosses have called for care workers sponsored to work by the Scottish Government to boost the publicly-run social care sector

Politics

6 h. ago College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support

U.S. college students who receive federal food aid are looking to their campuses for support because the program known as SNAP is in limbo during the government shutdown

Society

7 h. ago SNP government accused of 'passing buck' over LPS tower block safety fears

Hundreds of Scots are thought to live in Large Panel System (LPS) high-rise buildings which could be vulnerable to gas explosions and collapse.

Politics

8 h. ago Armed forces head says UK security ‘not responsibility of military alone’

Sir Richard Knighton took over as Chief of the Defence Staff in September.

Events

9 h. ago Nearly 1,500 flights canceled on second day of cuts tied to government shutdown

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effectsUS airlines canceled 1,460 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown.So far, the slowdown at many of the nation’s busiest airports hasn’t caused widespread disruptions. But it has deepened the impact felt by what is now the nation’s longest federal shutdown. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Health minister says BMA leaders ‘turning union into farce’ in online GP access row

It came despite Stephen Kinnock’s claim that the government wants ‘to work constructively with the BMA’

Politics

12 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Starmer is no longer in control of his own party

When the Labour Party first entered government, just over a century ago, it had brakes.

Politics

15 h. ago More than 1,000 flights canceled on second day of cuts tied to government shutdown

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effectsUS airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown.So far, the slowdown at many of the nation’s busiest airports hasn’t caused widespread disruptions. But it has deepened the impact felt by what is now the nation’s longest federal shutdown. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Travel hellscape as shutdown causes ground stops in Chicago and flights are canceled nationwide

The FAA's website states the ground stop began at 11.24am and was expected to remain until 12.45pm, because delays were averaging 15 minutes and steadily increasing.

Events

16 h. ago Prince Philip's brave Highlanders to be evicted from barracks to make way for asylum seekers

War heroes are to be evicted from their ­historic base to make way for the UK Government 's controversial plans to house asylum seekers in MoD barracks.

Politics

18 h. ago I've warned about the stock market crash. It's coming... but these are the shares I won't ditch

At times during my childhood in the Brighton area, I came to believe that my parents' lives were governed by the Aussie stock market.

Events

18 h. ago Strictly's George Clarke tipped to win after savvy tactic gives him 'big advantage'

EXCLUSIVE: George Clarke is being projected to make it to the Strictly Come Dancing final by a celebrity PR expert due to his clever social media strategy outside of the BBC show

Politics

19 h. ago Two of four prisoners still at large were freed by mistake last year

Another two, who are understood to have been freed in error in June this year, also remain missing.

Events

20 h. ago Protesters demonstrate against 'underhand' plan to house 600 migrant single men on old army base just a mile from town centre

Crowborough army training camp in East Sussex has been lined up to house up to 600 male asylum seekers as part of the Government's bid to reduce the use of asylum hotels.

Events

20 h. ago Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests

Chadema party says deputy secretary general arrested and calls election of incumbent president fraudulentTanzanian authorities have detained a senior official from the main opposition party Chadema amid a spate of arrests in connection to deadly protests during elections last week.More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to Chadema and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated but did not give its own figures. Continue reading...

Events

21 h. ago Washington's struggling economy takes another economic hit from the government shutdown

Washington's local economy has taken blows from a series of actions by the Trump administration, from the layoffs of federal workers to the ongoing law enforcement intervention with the National Guard

Events

21 h. ago Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities

Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissionsHow could the Tropical Forest Forever Facility tackle deforestation?Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has welcomed world leaders to Belém for the first climate summit in the Amazon, where conservationists hope he can be a champion for the rainforest and its people.But with a divided administration, a hostile Congress and 20th-century developmentalist instincts, this global figurehead of the centre left has a balancing act to perform in advocating protection of nature and a reduction of emissions. Continue reading...

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