For a coup, it certainly seemed short-lived. This morning’s newspapers hailed ministers such as Michael Gove and David Lidington as possible successors. By this afternoon those ministers were offering her public support.
People can sign from all over the world, and there doesn’t appear to be a way of definitively checking their nationality or residency.
The death toll from the cyclone that ripped across south eastern Africa just over a week ago has now risen above 700 in the three hardest-hit countries.
Washington DC is braced for the release of details from Robert Mueller’s confidential final report into allegations of collusion between the Trump Presidential Campaign and Russia. In a letter on Friday, the US Attorney General – who has the report – said he hoped to be in a position to provide Congressional leaders with Mueller’s…
The cruise ship that lost engine power in high winds and heavy seas yesterday has docked in Norway. Nearly 500 of the 1,300 people on board were airlifted to safety amid fears that the Viking Sky could run aground on Norway’s rocky coast. Local media reported that at one point the liner was only 100…
It’s been almost three years since Rodrigo Duterte took power in the Philippines and his notorious war against drugs has been raging ever since.
Officials took issue with his claim that he’d become a Christian because it was a peaceful religion. A rejection letter from the Home Office quoted violent passages from the Bible.
For the people who were forced out, the campaign to return home has been painful and long drawn out – with the British government fighting every step of the way.
Gary Gibbon
At his end of summit press conference in Brussels, France’s President Macron has been explaining why he didn’t want an “crisis summit next week” as it could land the EU with “responsibility” for a No Deal Brexit and the EU27 would’ve lost the “blame game”.
Trade Unions and CBI joined forces today to warn that the UK is facing a “national emergency”. The have written to the Prime Minister demanding that a Plan B is drawn up to avoid a No-Deal departure in eight day’s time. Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry and Frances O’Grady the General…
Many believe the Prime Minister may have worsened her chances of winning a meaningful vote next week.
Flooding destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and officials in Mozambique say 15,000 people still need to be rescued from floodwaters. Many are still clinging to trees without food or clean water.
Two protests have taken place outside primary schools in Birmingham today as some Muslim parents attempted to stop diversity lessons which teach LGBT tolerance and acceptance.
When it comes to meeting its targets, the NHS in England has had one of the worst winters on record. And that’s prompting hospitals to look at different ways of dealing with patients.
We speak to former Chancellor and Father of the House of Commons Ken Clarke.
The scene is set for a crisis: MPs indicating they still won’t back the PM’s deal, Theresa May insisting she won’t ask for a long extension, and the EU currently saying nothing except that they might convene an emergency summit next week.
Gary Gibbon
The Government has revised plans for a vote next Thursday and is now contemplating holding it earlier in the week but “everything is fluid,” one source said. Plans are being made for an emergency sitting on Friday 29th March to respond to whatever the EU Council says on Thursday 28th about what is on offer…
Maryyum Mehmood is a research associate at the University of Oxford, looking at prejudice against Muslims and Jews, and Chris Allen is an expert on the far right in Britain and Europe.
Conservative MP Mark Francois is an ERG member who favours a no-deal Brexit.
Control over what happens next in the Brexit process appears to have shifted to Brussels.
Prisons Minister Rory Stewart discusses Brexit.
