But they expressed some openness to delaying sentencing until after the US President-elect’s impending second term.

The Taoiseach has branded as chilling a manifesto pledge from Sinn Fein to commission a review of RTE’s objectivity in its coverage of international conflicts. Mr Harris said the proposed examination ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons on Tuesday, a move ...

Eric Trump has dismissed reports of a potential breakdown in the relationship between his father’s incoming administration and Elon Musk as “lies”. The businessman, who was visiting his family’s two ...

Many farmers protesting over changes to inheritance tax are “wrong” about the policy, the Environment Secretary has said. Steve Reed rejected claims that the Government has underestimated how many ...

The Competition and Markets Authority said a provisional investigation found the link between the two companies did not meet the merger threshold.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary. The position is ...

Downing Street has condemned Vladimir Putin’s decision to lower the threshold for nuclear weapons on the 1,000th day of the Ukraine war as the “latest example of irresponsibility” from the “depraved ...

Senior Labour figure Lord Mandelson urged the Prime Minister to use Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as ‘a bridgehead’ to Donald Trump.

A senior doctor has told a public inquiry it is “likely” that nurse Lucy Letby murdered or assaulted children at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit before June 2015. Letby, 34, from ...

Police in Georgia’s capital moved in to break up a tent camp that demonstrators set up on a central thoroughfare to protest ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the Government estimates did not account for measures to mitigate the impact.