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

SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Non-crime hate incidents should only be investigated by police where there is “a real risk of imminent criminality”, the shadow home secretary will say. Chris Philp will use a speech at a major ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he has “no plans” to join the Bluesky social media platform. The Prime Minister told reporters that “at the moment” there are no plans to establish official Government ...

Eric Trump has confirmed his younger brother Barron persuaded his father to go on a podcast tour as part of efforts to court Gen Z and millennial voters. Eric, Trump’s second son, said the ...

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 ...

Russia’s “irresponsible rhetoric” on nuclear weapons will not deter UK support for Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons on the 1,000th day ...

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 ...

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

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

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