73 m. ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

Society

2 h. ago Woman dies on remote Lizard island after 'failing to board' cruise ship

The woman, aged in her 80s, left the vessel to go onshore and visit the island but reportedly failed to board the boat in time before it departed the popular tourist island

Events

3 h. ago US and China seek to strike a deal over rare earths, tariffs, soybeans

The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea

Economics

3 h. ago Australian woman dies on nearly deserted island after failing to board a cruise ship

An Australian woman has died on a nearly deserted island after 'failing to board' a tourist cruise ship.

Events

6 h. ago DANIEL HANNAN: Every single twist in the story of the migrant wrongly freed from jail proves the Home Office is beyond incompetent

The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has issued a blistering report into what it calls the 'failed, chaotic and expensive' system whereby the Home Office houses asylum seekers.

Events

6 h. ago Trump to meet Japan’s newly elected first woman leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo: Live updates

The president is slated to meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a conservative nationalist, in Tokyo

Politics

7 h. ago ‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned.In his only interview before next month’s Cop30 climate summit, António Guterres acknowledged it is now “inevitable” that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with “devastating consequences” for the world.This interview is also published in English, Portuguese and Spanish by Sumaúma. Continue reading...

Events

9 h. ago Gary Lineker leaves new TV role after 11 months as CEO says 'he has a very busy schedule'

Gary Lineker, Micah Richards and Alan Shearer teamed up as part of a brand-new TV show earlier this year, but the former Match of the Day frontman won't be back for a second season

Politics

11 h. ago Tesla chair warns shareholders that Musk could walk if they don’t approve $1 trillion payday

Tesla’s board has received some criticism over its apparent close relationship with Musk, the company’s CEO

Events

11 h. ago Refusal to dub China a threat was ‘total roadblock’ to spying case, says lead barrister

The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case

Events

12 h. ago Experts say Ed Miliband’s £1.1bn for new offshore wind projects not enough

One energy industry source says they expected an annual budget as high as £2bn to meet UK’s green energy targetsThe energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has set aside £1.1bn a year for offshore wind power developers investing in new projects in a funding round seen by some in the industry as too small to meet the UK’s green electricity targets.The government’s energy department said today it had budgeted £900m to pay developers of fixed wind turbines at sea and £180m for floating platforms. Continue reading...

Economics

12 h. ago Russia make major claim about hosting Euro 2032 despite being banned by UEFA

Russia are ready to host Euro 2032 if Italy fail to meet their obligations for the tournament according to the nation's Football Union President Alexander Dyukov

Events

12 h. ago Ten people go on trial in Paris accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron

Trial is latest phase in legal battle against false claim that French first lady is a man named Jean-Michel TrogneuxTen people have gone on trial in Paris charged with online harassment of Brigitte Macron – the latest phase of a legal battle on both sides of the Atlantic against the false claim that the French first lady is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.The president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit in the US at the end of July, in connection with a rumour amplified and repeated online that Brigitte Macron was born a man. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago UK in £8bn deal to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey despite human rights concerns

Starmer’s announcement on visit to Ankara comes as jailed opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu faces fresh chargesBritain has agreed to sell 20 Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey in an £8bn deal despite concerns about alleged human rights violations by its government.Keir Starmer signed the deal during a visit on Monday to Ankara to meet the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The prime minister said the deal would boost the Nato alliance, despite criticism of Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian administration. Continue reading...

Economics

12 h. ago Mum and baby die in home birth tragedy as 'catastrophic neglect' found

A coroner concluded there were 'gross failures' to provide basic care in the antenatal care of Jennifer Cahill, and in the care both she and baby Agnes received during delivery.

Events

12 h. ago Michael Beale reveals exact Rangers moment things became 'difficult' as he blames one thing for failure

Beale has spoken out on his tenure at Ibrox and has a theory on where it all went wrong during his time as Rangers boss

Events

12 h. ago Fresh blow for Reeves as NHS bosses warn of longer waiting times if they don't get extra £3bn

They have told the Chancellor they will be forced to cancel some weekend and evening surgery if she fails to stump up the cash, hitting efforts to speed up treatment.

Events

13 h. ago Trans woman guilty of harassing government minister Ellie Reeves with threats and bid to summons her to court

Ellie Reeves gave evidence from behind a screen at Westminster Magistrates’ Court

Politics

13 h. ago ‘They wanted him to fail’: CBS News staff reacts to ‘huge loss’ as ‘Evening News’ anchor John Dickerson departs

‘He’s an excellent journalist, good human being, and someone you want in a newsroom,’ one staffer told The Independent about Dickerson’s pending departure.

Events

13 h. ago China spy case evidence was not strong enough for trial, says chief prosecutor

Stephen Parkinson, the Director of Public Prosecutions, insisted the failure of the case was not ‘a question of blame’.

Events