President also endorses hardline ally Paxton over veteran senator for Senate race in Texas amid latest test of Trump’s grip on GOP ...

Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050 ...

Abrupt exit for charge d’affaires who stood in after Peter Mandelson’s removal as US ambassador ...

Republican defeated in primary says backing Trump’s conviction ‘may have cost me my seat, but who cares?’ ...

Letter: Schools can compromise children’s privacy, exposing them to potential identity fraud, harassment and AI exploitation, says Dr Claire Bessant ...

The US president said he called off a planned attack on Iran on Tuesday so that peace talks could continue ...

Altadena group pans report as ‘pages of deflection’ and cites reliance on ‘department insiders’ rather than residents ...

President claims planned Tehran attack postponed to allow talks to continue – but no indication peace plan is imminent ...

National Audit Office says potential benefits are ‘considerable but uncertain’ while risks are ‘immediate and substantial’ ...

Single strike on the village of Deir Qanoun al Nahr in the coastal Tyre province killed 10, including three children and three women, health ministry says ...

This affecting anti-hagiography traces the ascent of a bona fide superstar, featuring interviews with Nick Cave, Dannii, Jason Donovan – and the icon herself making a shocking cancer revelation ...

Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro ...