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Iran has a duty to avenge assassination of Hamas chief, says supreme leader

Avenging the assassination of the Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, is now Tehran's duty as his killing occurred while he was a guest on Iranian soil, the country's supreme leader has warned.

Lebanon Tensions hit new high as risk of wider conflict rises

Tel Aviv, Hodeidah, Majdal Shams, Baghdad, Beirut and now Tehran. Though the parties involved are loth to acknowledge that the war in Gaza is turning into a regional conflict, the last two weeks of airstrikes and targeted killings across the Middle East suggest the risk is becoming more acute.

Felled Sycamore Gap tree's 'astonishing' new shoots offer hope for its recovery

The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree brought forth an outpouring of emotion last year, with local residents and tourists alike left bereft by pictures showing it on its side.

Met looks at ex-Murdoch chief over deleted emails

A British police special inquiry team is examining allegations that Will Lewis, now the chief executive of the Washington Post, presided over the deliberate destruction of emails at Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business when he worked for the company 13 years ago.

Edwards could face jail over indecent images of children

The former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards faces a possible jail sentence after admitting accessing indecent photographs of children as young as seven.

Fears of escalation after Israel kills leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah

Iran vowed revenge yesterday after airstrikes killed the Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut in the space of 12 hours, dual Israeli assassinations that crushed hopes of an imminent Gaza ceasefire and fuelled fears of a \"dangerous escalation\" in the region.

Scott secures seventh medal as Team GB win freestyle crown

British quartet successfully defend 4x200m relay title to clinch GB's first gold in pool

Reborn Biles leads the way as USA reassert their domination

In the total chaos of the team final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as the sky seemed to be falling and Simone Biles was forced to withdraw midcompetition, USA responded to the unexpected adversity with admirable resolve. They finished with a silver medal, a proud achievement, but one that left them even hungrier than before.

Premier League: Chelsea close in on Osimhen; Fernández escapes punishment

Striker could sign on loan while club accept midfielder's apology for racist chanting

Government puts up record £1.5bn for clean energy contracts auction

The Labour government will make record amounts of funding available to clean energy developers after it increased the value of its summer subsidy auction by 50%, compared with figures previously announced, to £1.5bn.

Doomsday scenario Wargames reveal the threat to US democracy

It is the afternoon of 20 January 2025 and Donald Trump is in the White House dining room, glued to the same TV where he sat transfixed as the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January unfolded four years ago. This morning he completed one of the most spectacular political comebacks in US history, reciting the oath of office that returned him to the most powerful job on Earth.

Maduro vows to quash election protests despite international outcry

Thousands of anti-government protesters returned to Venezuela's streets yesterday to decry Nicolás Maduro's alleged attempt to steal Sunday's election, as he vowed to squash what he called \"a violent counter-revolution\" and more than 700 arrests were made.

Triathlon Men's event rests on clean water result

In early May the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, Tony Estanguet, and other dignitaries officially opened a vast subterranean chamber near Austerlitz station in the south-east of the French capital.

Tennis Another Houdini act keeps Murray's swansong on the road

Andy Murray is two wins away from adorning his career swansong with a medal at Paris 20204 after he and his men's doubles partner, Dan Evans, reached the quarter-finals with a dramatic win over Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen having saved two match points.

Team GB bag two golds as Biles leads US gymnastics team to redemption

Team GB bagged two more golds and Simone Biles led the US women's gymnastics team to Olympic redemption on a steamy day in Paris that had seen organisers face exacting questions over their preparations for the extreme weather.

Arrest warrant is issued for Katie Price

An arrest warrant was issued for Katie Price after she failed to attend a hearing yesterday relating to her bankruptcies.

Judge says Omagh bomb inquiry will be rigorous and fearless

The chair of the public inquiry that opened yesterday into the 1998 Omagh bombing, the single worst atrocity in Northern Ireland's Troubles, said its task would be undertaken \"rigorously and fearlessly\".

'Cruel policy' Benefit cap traps families in crowded, damp homes, study finds

Low-income families affected by the benefit cap are living on as little as £4 for each person a day, often in overcrowded, rat-infested and damp homes with little prospect of escape, according to a new study.

Housebuilding targets could force councils to develop 'grey belt' sites

The government yesterday set out its intent to massively increase housebuilding, with a shake-up of planning rules that could force local authorities in England to build on low-quality green belt sites if they fail to reach mandatory home construction targets.

Chancellor says first budget may include tax rises with 'difficult decisions' to come

Taxes are likely to rise in the Labour government's first budget, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said. Speaking on The News Agents podcast, she declined to rule out increases in inheritance tax and capital gains taxes, or pensions reforms.

Compensation fund to open for post office operators

Hundreds of wrongly convicted post office operators will be able to access a new compensation scheme, the government has announced.

'We feel very numb' Bewilderment, horror and one simple question: why?

How does a community come to terms with an attack that hits with such ferocity, such barbarity, such searing horror that it is beyond even the stuff of nightmares?

Britain's best new building: can a tiny dairy farm beat the epic Elizabeth line?

It is like trying to compare a Hollywood blockbuster with an indie documentary. In this year's RIBA Stirling prize for the best building in the country, the £19bn Elizabeth line and the 67-acre regeneration of King's Cross in London go head to head with a little row of council houses and a refurbished farmyard in Dorset.

Planet-heating methane levels rising at fastest rate in decades

Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are rising at the fastest rate in decades, requiring immediate action to help avert an escalation of the climate crisis, a study warned yesterday.

Anjem Choudary given life sentence for running banned terrorist group

A judge jailed the Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary for life yesterday for running a banned terrorist organisation, telling him: \"I cannot foresee a time when you will cease to be dangerous.\" Choudary was convicted in Woolwich crown court in south London last week of having a \"caretaker role\" in directing al-Muhajiroun (ALM) from 2014 after its founder, Omar Bakri Muhammad, was imprisoned in Lebanon.

Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut

Israel has carried out an airstrike on southern Beirut targeting a senior Hezbollah commander who a military spokesperson said was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend.

Badenoch 'traumatised' and bullied' senior staff

Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in thegovernment department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal.

'You can't help but cry': hundreds pay tribute to stabbing victims

Vigil held in Southport as police name three girls killed in attack

Fate deals a bad hand but ice-cool winner comes up trumps

Pidcock’s patience, wits, pure speed and an astonishing burst of audacity deliver him avictory against the odds

Collett leads title defence as Britain win record team gold

When Laura Collett was flung from her horse and trapped by the full force of its weight on top of her in 2013, doctors were not sure she would pull through.