2 h. ago Keir Starmer facing calls to 'stand up for Britain' after Trump vows to sue BBC for up to $5billion in taxpayers' money

The BBC has apologised but declined to pay Trump damages, setting the scene for a high-profile legal showdown. Trump said he planned to call Sir Keir this weekend and talk to him about the issue.

Economics

26 h. ago Democrats are already coming up with new plans for Trump’s ballroom

Democrats have seized on the plans for a gilded ballroom as a symbol of the president’s close ties with wealthy corporate leaders

Politics

26 h. ago Trump envoy plans summit with Hamas chief who masterminded Oct. 7 massacre

President Trump's Middle East peace envoy Steve Witkoff, is preparing to meet with the Chief negotiator of Hamas.

Politics

34 h. ago Trump team axes Biden plan that would have paid passengers for flight delays

Airlines have pushed the Trump administration to go further and praised the action to rescind the Biden plan

Politics

35 h. ago Crippling resident doctors walkout set to send number of working days lost to strike action under Labour surging past 750,000 despite string of inflation

Analysis of official figures shows that between July 2024, when Labour won the election, and September this year, 684,000 working days were wiped out because of strikes.

Economics

36 h. ago Streeting says striking doctors ‘extremely irresponsible’ in angry phone

Health secretary unhappy as resident doctors in England have started a five-day strike todayThis is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult thingsBritain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July. Continue reading...

Events

37 h. ago Moment Wes Streeting tears into 'extremely irresponsible' junior doctors who have gone on strike despite receiving 28.9% pay rise

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told LBC radio that the five-day resident doctors' strike in England is 'going to set us back' as he accused British Medical Association 'activists' of 'damaging' NHS recovery.

Events

37 h. ago Wes Streeting sees red as he clashes with striking doctor in LBC phone call

As medics gathered on picket lines this morning for the first day of strikes, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the doctors’ union was acting like a 'cartel'

Events

49 h. ago NHS doctors go on strike as leaders warn industrial action could mean staff cuts

Some 77,000 resident doctors work in hospitals and community services, with thousands of them expected to strike for five days from Friday.

Events

49 h. ago NHS will be hit by winter chaos when doctors strike for 5 days from TODAY, health bosses warn

A FIVE-day doctors’ strike which starts today will trigger winter chaos in the NHS, health bosses warn.  Thousands of resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, in the British Medical Association will down tools until Wednesday.  It is the third winter in a row of pay protests and a major blow to hopes of cutting waiting lists....

Events

49 h. ago Trump declares Operation Southern Spear & ‘could strike Venezuela in days with Don offered war plans by war chiefs’

DONALD Trump has stepped squarely onto a war footing, declaring Operation Southern Spear as senior military officials warn he could order strikes on Venezuela “in the coming days”. Washington is now giving clear signs that the window for tyrant Nicolás Maduro is closing fast, and the US is now openly preparing for confrontation. CBS News...

Events

52 h. ago ‘Mass Blackout’ planned for Black Friday and Cyber Monday in protest of Trump administration

The “Cyber Five” from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday is expected to make up 17.2 percent of 2025 holiday sales, according to Exploding Topics data

Politics

55 h. ago ‘A big white blob?’ Fox News host is unimpressed with Trump’s latest DC renovation plan

Fox News host Laura Ingraham appeared unimpressed with Donald Trump’s latest DC renovation plan.

Politics

55 h. ago Trump plans shock Venezuela strikes within days... as nuclear death fortress is set to unleash on Maduro

The President was briefed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, sources confirmed.

Events

60 h. ago Doctor shares the 1 reason some may choose not to strike as he urges 'don't judge'

The British Medical Association has called for a five-day strike, but not all doctors are taking part. One doctor has shared that you shouldn't judge those who are not

Events

62 h. ago ‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott

Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain Hundreds of Starbucks workers are set to strike in more than 25 cities across the US today amid stagnant negotiations with the world’s largest coffee chain over a first union contract.On the company’s annual “red cup day”, hailing the start of the lucrative holiday season, Starbucks Workers United is launching an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, with rallies planned in locations including New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Anaheim, California. Continue reading...

Events

62 h. ago 'Don't judge doctors who aren't on strike, there's one reason many can't'

A doctor has urged other people not to be judgmental if a doctor chooses to work through the strikes over the next five days, as there could be things going on 'behind the scenes'

Events

63 h. ago Ed Miliband dismisses US rebuke over nuclear power plant snub

Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said he made 'no apologies' for choosing a UK firm to build the country's first small reactor on the site instead.

Events

2 d. ago House begins voting on bill to end government shutdown as new Epstein revelations roil US politics – live

The White House announced that Donald Trump plans to sign the legislation to reopen the federal government at 9:45pm Eastern Time, on live televisionIn a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s conduct. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims.In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a p...

Politics

3 d. ago ‘The numbers just don’t check out’: Economists rip Trump’s $2,000 tariff revenue plan

President Donald Trump has promised Americans that they’ll receive a $2,000 check from revenue generated by his controversial tariffs — but financial experts say the numbers just don’t add up.

Economics