Multiple heatwave and bushfire warnings are in place for the Australia Day public holiday, with every Australian capital city expecting maximum temperatures above 30C and Melbourne forecast for a scorcher. On Monday Melbourne was forecast to hit 41C before a late cool change. Sydney was due for 31C, Brisbane 30C, Adelaide 35C, Perth 32C and…
A police officer who “raced” towards a knife-wielding suspect and single-handedly tackled and disarmed him as he was trying to stab another man has been commended for his bravery. PC Morgan Younger had stopped at a petrol station on Lee High Road in Lewisham, south-east London, intending to buy a drink on Saturday afternoon at…
Two Vincent van Gogh paintings created in the months after the Dutch artist mutilated his ear will reportedly be exhibited in London for the first time. The works, The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles and The Ward in the Hospital at Arles, would appear at the Courtauld Gallery from next month, the Art Newspaper…
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is due to visit the UK next month for talks with the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, the Guardian has learned. The Foreign Office (FCDO) is drawing up plans to host the Chinese foreign minister in mid-February, according to three people briefed on the plans. The FCDO declined to comment….
A potential conflict of interest in the way the Royal Albert Hall is governed will allow wealthy individuals and companies to increase their opportunities to make big profits from seats they own at the charitable venue, according to a member of the House of Lords. Peers are expected to vote this week on a proposal…
Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords by right should be removed as part of the government’s changes to the second chamber, according to the veteran legislator Harriet Harman. Harman, who was a Labour MP for more than 40 years until 2024, has put forward an amendment to the government’s hereditary…
A 53-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a nurse and university lecturer who was found injured in the street in Plymouth. Officers were called to West Hoe Road at 8.55pm on Wednesday after reports that a woman had been seriously injured. Claire Chick, 48, was taken to hospital but died in the…
Donald Trump has said he believes the US will take control of Greenland, after details emerged of a “horrendous” call in which he made economic threats to Denmark, which has insisted the territory is not for sale. Speaking onboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said: “I think we’re going to have it,” and claimed…
About 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the head of the World Health Organization said on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks as the African nation’s civil war has escalated in recent days. The attack on the…
Donald Trump has instructed the US military to release a hold imposed by former president Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, the president said on Saturday. The move was widely expected. “We released them. We released them today. And they’ll have them. They paid for them and they’ve been waiting for…
