Pentagon reportedly looking to cut civilian workforce by at least 50,000 The Pentagon is reported to be hoping to reduce its civilian workforce by about 50,000 to 60,000 people, chiefly through voluntary means, it has been reported. ABC News quotes […]
French foreign minister: month’s truce would show if Putin was acting in good faith Jean-Noël Barrot has suggested that a month’s truce in Ukraine would show if Russian president Vladimir Putin was acting in good faith. Speaking on RTL Radio,
Starmer held overnight call to give support to ‘democratically elected’ president Zelenskyy Keir Starmer has spoken to Volodymyr Zelenskyy to express support for him “as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader” after Donald Trump claimed Ukraine’s president was a “dictator” A Downing
Policing minister: focus needs to be on stopping supply of knives as well as possession Policing minister Diana Johnson has defended government plans to increase sentences for those involved in knife offences amid a crisis in prison capacity in England
Defence secretary John Healey: ‘We are in a new era of threat’ Defence secretary John Healey is speaking in London at the Institute for Government. He has opened his speech by saying that when he confirmed this appearance a couple
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Streeting: ‘hell of a lot more to do’ on improving NHS care in England Despite the announcement that the government claims to have hit its target of two million extra appointments, health secretary Wes Streeting has said there is “a
Streeting defends proposed timeline for commission into adult social care reform Health secretary Wes Streeting has defended the government’s proposed timeline for reforming social care. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme he stressed there would be action taken
Welcome and opening summary … Tributes have continued to pour in for Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died aged 100 on Sunday. The 39th president of the United States was a tireless advocate for global health and human
‘Nationwide fault’ disrupting trains across the UK, Network Rail says Rail passengers across Britain are facing disruption on Friday morning due to a fault with a radio system used by train drivers and signallers. In a statement, Network Rail said
Opening summary Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is looking increasingly fragile after both sides exchanged fire and accused each other of violating the US-brokered
