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For the Conservatives to host the inaugural Global Disability Summit, with their track record, is a staggering hypocrisy The first ever Global Disability Summit took place in London last week, with more than 700 delegates from governments, charitie...

Eddie Howe looks to have made typically shrewd acquisitions and will hope his young squad can again defy expectations and thrive in the top flight Guardian writers’ predicted position: 17th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but ...

Ruling means employers can be told of criminal charges that an individual has faced Police forces can reveal whether individuals have been acquitted of criminal charges when issuing information for enhanced record checks, the supreme court has rule...

The years since 2008 have seen a global crackdown on offshore finance. Yet a few places have doubled down on offering secrecy to the super-rich. Among these, one tiny Caribbean island might be the worst offender • Read the text version here Subscri...

In the second series of the meta comedy, its lead and creators found fame, making it a sanctimonious sitcom rife with celebrity schmoozing There is an awkward moment during an episode of Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Podcast when its host rais...

Exclusive: London threatens retaliation if Brussels refuses to change position on City UK negotiators have told their counterparts in Brussels that about 7,000 European-based investment funds that rely on British clients for their cash and profits ...

Nigel Buchan-Swanson, 69, who was fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support, collapsed at 56-mile point A man died after suffering a heart attack while taking part in Sunday’s RideLondon 100 cycling event, the organisers have said. Nigel Buchan-Swan...

Call for tougher animal cruelty laws following death of Kaos, who found quake survivors Animal rights activists in Italy have called for tougher penalties against animal cruelty after a rescue dog that saved people in a major earthquake was poisone...

More than 4,500 buildings at risk, officials say, with at least one arrest on suspicion of stealing from evacuated homes Thousands more people have fled their homes after wildfires surged near a small lake town in northern California as crews, stre...

Jon Watts traces China’s Belt and Road as it flows from the steppes of Central Asia down to the Black Sea and into Europe, creating ports, railways and entire cities from scratch and radically remaking the lives of the people in its path Continue r...

Human trafficking is hidden in plain sight – often on our high streets. To root out this evil, we must all be vigilant “Lucy” was 12 when she was told she was going on holiday with a family friend. She left her village in west Africa, excited to g...

Figure revealed in report commissioned by region’s mayor, Andy Burnham, in aftermath of Manchester Arena bomb Two-thirds of Greater Manchester residents have experienced hateful behaviour on the grounds of characteristics like race, religion and ge...

Boy allegedly ‘groomed’ by anti-fracking activists on social media, who were eventually banned from contacting him A 14-year-old A* student was referred to the government’s anti-extremism programme following concerns he was being “groomed” for envi...

Pope accepts resignation from Wilson, who is appealing his conviction The Pope has accepted the resignation of Adelaide Catholic archbishop Philip Wilson after he was convicted of concealing child abuse in May. Wilson became the most senior Catholi...

Fragmented rail privatisation has resulted in a fiasco for which no one person or company can justly be held responsible Which question is best when something goes wrong? How to put it right, or who to blame? The first makes sense, but the second ...

In the space of little more than a month, Bands FC has become a Twitter phenomenon. Created by Mark Liptrott of Concrete Studio and Nick Fraser, who sells merchandise for the Charlatans, they bring together football and music by pairing iconic iden...

Crops are wilting in parched fields, lowering the yields of kitchen staples including meat, wheat, potatoes, onions and milk Staple foods from bread to potatoes, onions, milk and meat may be in shorter supply than usual this year and prices to cons...

The death of Carrie Fisher didn’t end her role in the space saga and she’ll be back in Episode IX. But now may be the time for her to ‘drown in moonlight’ ‘If you die when you’re fat, are you a fat ghost? Or do they go back to a flattering time?” s...

The global demand for meat means more animals are moved around the world than ever before. Activists say the conditions they endure are intolerable – and we are all turning a blind eye At the Kapikule border crossing between Turkey and Bulgaria, Le...

The post-Mugabe era will be run by one of two candidates. But key to Zimbabwe’s progress is showing it can run a fair election “Mugabe has gone. Things will never be the same again.” For pretty much the average life expectancy of many Zimbabweans, ...

A woman was killed when a suspected gunman barricaded himself inside of a crowded Trader Joe’s grocery store in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood on Saturday. An estimated 40 to 50 people were inside the store at the start of the standoff, ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to "make peace" with Iran, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. The report quotes Rouhani as saying "American must understand well t...

Dakar (AFP) - China's President Xi Jinping inked a clutch of trade accords Saturday on the first visit by a Chinese leader to Senegal in almost a decade. Senegalese President Macky Sall welcomed his counterpart to Dakar for afternoon talks ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of drama, back tracking, a double negative and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Sunday was back to referring to "a big hoax." ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will reopen Gaza's main commercial crossing and expand its fishing zone on Tuesday if a lull in cross-border tensions holds after a truce with the enclave's dominant Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, the Israeli de...

Police arrest teenage suspect after stand-off Car crashed outside Trader Joe's store Witnesses say suspect opened fire before running inside supermarket One woman killed inside store Los Angeles police arrested a suspect on Saturday evening after a...

Amman (AFP) - Jordan said on Sunday that it has taken in 800 Syrian White Helmets rescuers and their families from Israel and plans to transfer them to the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. "The Jordanian government said it had authorised ...

Italian media and politicians saluted Sergio Marchionne on Sunday, who has stepped down following 14 years heading auto giant Fiat owing to serious health problems believed to be life threatening. "Marchionne, the end of an era," was ...

An amphibious duck boat was carrying 31 passengers including children when a sudden "microburst" storm packing powerful winds hit Table Rock Lake outside Branson, unleashing white-cap waves that swamped the vessel before it sank. Coleman said she p...

President Donald Trump sent out a furious, all-caps tweet aimed at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani late Sunday, warning his counterpart to stop threatening the United States with a blistering message of his own. “NEVER, EVER T...

At least 14 people have been wounded, two of them seriously, in a knife attack on a bus in Germany. A suspect - believed to be in his mid-30s - has been arrested after the stabbings in the northern city of Luebeck on Friday afternoon. The pa...

The Latest: Doctor fatally shot while on bike treated Bush HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a doctor as he rode his bike. (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Houston police say a cardiologist who once treated former President George H...

with heavy hearts that we must share this news: people want to drink the cursed mummy water from  the mystery sarcophagus.  The sarcophagus was unearthed during a construction dig in Alexandria, Egypt, and opened earlier this week. Considering it...

Police officer killed in the line of duty is laid to rest HANOVER, Mass. (AP) — A police officer killed while investigating a car crash was remembered by his brother-in-law as a family man, a fervent New England Patriots fan and a hero. We...

San Diego (AFP) - "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise director James Gunn has been axed from the third movie over a series of offensive messages posted on Twitter several years ago. Disney, which owns the franchise as the parent company of M...

The captain of a tour boat that sank killing 17 people had told passengers not to bother putting on life jackets, a survivor has claimed. Nine members of a Tia Coleman’s family were among those who died when the amphibious duck boat capsized during...

Donald Trump has asked his administration to formally invite Russian president Vladimir Putin to visit Washington later this year, the White House announced on Thursday. Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, said Trump asked his national ...

WASHINGTON — On Feb. 1, 2017, exactly 12 days after President Trump’s inauguration, then-national security adviser Mike Flynn strode to the White House lectern to deliver a 101-second statement that excoriated Iran for its “destabilizing beha...

“Grab the baby!” Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine of Coleman’s family members. A huge wave hit, scattering ...

(HOUSTON) — A cardiologist who once treated former President George H.W. Bush was fatally shot by a fellow bicyclist Friday while riding through a Houston medical complex, and police were trying to determine if the shooting was random or a ...