David Lammy says ‘intensity’ and ‘unpredictability’ of Trump’s rhetoric can be destabilising but he does not always do what he threatens Good morning. For the first time in six months, David Lammy, the foreign secretary, was put up by No 10 to do the morning broadcast interview round – ahead of a speech he is…
The Royal Mail is issuing 12 special stamps to celebrate the 1990s BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley. Eight stamps depict memorable scenes from the sitcom, including a guest appearance by former ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell, while four stamps show a Dibley parish council meeting. The Vicar of Dibley starred the comedian Dawn French…
Black men in England are more likely to be diagnosed with late-state prostate cancer than their white counterparts, while being less likely to receive life-saving treatment, analysis by the National Prostate Cancer Audit has found. The analysis found that black men were diagnosed with stage three or four prostate cancer at a rate of 440…
The modest suburban home used as Walter White’s family abode in Breaking Bad is officially on the market for US$4m – almost 10 times the median sale price in its neighbourhood. The ranch-style house in Albuquerque, New Mexico has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a back yard pool, which featured in crucial scenes in the…
A teenage boy at a south-western Sydney high school has been reported to police after allegations he used artificial intelligence platforms to create pornography featuring other students. The student is alleged to have created explicit deepfake images of female students and circulated them using fake social media accounts. A New South Wales Department of Education…
A member of the Japanese criminal underworld has pleaded guilty to handling nuclear material sourced from Myanmar and seeking to sell it to fund an illicit arms deal, US authorities have said. Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa and a co-defendant had previously been charged in April 2022 with drug trafficking and firearms offences, and both were…
A former Cambodian opposition lawmaker and French national was fatally shot by a gunman in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok on Tuesday, Thai police have confirmed. Lim Kimya, 74, died at the scene, police said, and was attacked just hours after he arrived in Thailand from the Cambodian city of Siem Reap by bus, accompanied by…
The Israeli military has placed new restrictions on media coverage of soldiers on active combat duty because of growing concern about the risk of legal action against reservists travelling abroad over allegations of involvement in war crimes in Gaza. The move came after an Israeli reservist vacationing in Brazil left the country abruptly when a…
An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed in a drive-by shooting outside a north-west London church. Shots were fired in Gifford Road, Brent, at about 9.15pm on 14 December, killing 44-year-old Michelle Sadio, who was standing among mourners outside the church after a wake, the Metropolitan police…
Federal Reserve officials see a rising risk that inflation may remain sticky in the US as policymakers begin wrestling with the impact of policies from the incoming Trump administration, according to the minutes of the US central bank’s latest meeting. While officials believe inflation will continue to move toward 2%, the Fed’s target rate for…
