Former Sarkozy-era minister returns to French cabinet

Rachida Dati, a former minister for the rightwing French president Nicolas Sarkozy, has been made culture minister in a surprise return to government under Emmanuel Macron.

Trump's lawyers make final arguments on last day of his civil fraud trial in New York

The last day of Donald Trump's civil fraud trial set off a frenzy in New York yesterday, with the bomb squad called to the home of the judge overseeing the case and reporters and spectators packing the courtroom.

Haley emerges from final TV debate as Trump's nearest rival before Iowa vote

Nikki Haley emerged from the last televised debate before the Iowa caucuses clearly Donald Trump's strongest challenger for the Republican nomination, boosted by the withdrawal of Chris Christie, the only explicitly anti-Trump candidate to register significantly with voters.

Stick to £28bn net zero plan, Skidmore urges Labour

Labour should stick to its £28bn climate spending plans, Chris Skidmore has said days after he quit as a Conservative MP citing Rishi Sunak's climate stance.

Iran Tanker with links to US seized in reprisal

The Iranian navy has seized a USlinked oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as part of a long-running dispute with the US over an American court order a year ago that seized Iranian oil on the tanker and unloaded the cargo in Texas.

The Hague Rare ICJ litigation could help empower 75-year-old genocide convention

Just a month after its 75th anniversary, the genocide convention could be entering a new age of greater relevance as the international court of justice convenes in The Hague to consider the Israel-Gaza war.

Former Bloomsbury group retreat seeks works to bring back to 'rightful home'

Charleston, the East Sussex home and studio where the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant challenged convention to forge new models of creativity and ways of living, is launching a search for privately held works by the Bloomsbury group.

England ex-manager Eriksson: I have cancer and about a year to live

The former England manager SvenGöran Eriksson has revealed he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and in a \"best-case\" scenario has about a year left to live.

Fujitsu gave £2.6m payoff to its former UK boss, filings suggest

The former UK boss of Fujitsu, the technology firm whose flawed IT system is at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal, received a £2.6m payoff upon standing down in 2019, corporate filings suggest.

Leaseholders left with no heat amid repair responsibility row

Dozens of leaseholders, including a man in his 80s, the mother of an eight-week-old baby and a woman in remission from cancer, have been left without central heating since October in a block for which the freehold is owned by a company that has made nearly £12m.

'I never have to mow it' Tasmanian lawn judged as world's ugliest

It is not so much a lawn as a moonscape: pitted craters dug by bandicoots, exhausted tufts of withered yellow grass and pitiful plants shrivelled under the Australian sun.

Scottish leader's wife: let my family from Gaza stay

Nadia El-Nakla, an SNP councillor and the wife of Scotland's first minister, said yesterday that she was \"pleading\" with the UK government to let her host her Palestinian brother, as she revealed that her sister-in-law and their four children had escaped from Gaza after an intervention by the Turkish government.

Marmoush can be Egypt's man to give Salah a helping hand

Frankfurt forward hopes to deliver for the Pharaohs, who have struggled for goals at recent Afcon tournaments

Dortmund seal Sancho loan deal for rest of the season

Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund have concluded a deal for Jadon Sancho to join the Bundesliga club on loan for the rest of the season. The package is worth €4m (£3.4m) to United in terms of a loan fee and partial coverage of the winger's salary.

Jones and Gakpo complete comeback for Liverpool

Recent history repeated itself in the form of another Liverpool comeback against Fulham and more late pain for Marco Silva's gallant team at Anfield.

Haas ditch team principal Steiner in blow to paddock

The Haas team principal, Guenther Steiner, has been replaced for the new Formula One season after 10 years in charge. Steiner's removal is a blow for the sport.

Murray working hard to extend his fading career

Scot has identified the weaknesses that resulted in adesperate year and reduced his enjoyment of the game

Gove denies tactical delay of freeport corruption inquiry

Michael Gove has refused to set a deadline for an independent report on allegations of \"corruption, wrongdoing and illegality\" at Teesworks, the industrial development within the government's high-profile freeport project.

The model pupil Student, 92, inspiring a generation of girls

The age range at Chawli primary school in Bulandshahr, northern India, has been wider than at other schools since 92-year-old Salima Khan enrolled.

Wildcard candidate takes on 'old forces' in Taiwan elections

This weekend's closely watched presidential elections in Taiwan offer a good chance that a wildcard candidate could tip the balance.

AfD politicians met neo-Nazis to discuss mass deportations from Germany

Politicians from Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, including an aide to its leader.

Ecuador battles 'a wave of violence created to frighten the populace'

Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, said yesterday that his country was \"at war\" with drug gangs, which were holding more than 130 prison staff hostage and had briefly captured a TV station during a wave of violence that has left city streets deserted.

Roommate says body lay undiscovered for 12 hours on asylum barge

The man who was found dead on the Bibby Stockholm barge after it was suspected he had killed himself lay undiscovered for up to 12 hours, his former roommate has claimed.

BrewDog staff furious after beer firm abandons real promise of living wage

BrewDog is facing anger from its employees after dropping out of the accredited real living wage scheme.

US stance Palestinian state is still our goal, Blinken tells Abbas

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, restated Washington's commitment to the creation of a Palestinian state on a brief trip to the occupied West Bank yesterday, a visit dismissed by many there as theatre.

Conspiracy theory prompted policy shift in favour of driving

Ministers decided to prioritise driving over active travel because of worries among ministers about \"15-minute cities\", documents seen by the Guardian show.

Victory for Dartmoor wild camping at risk as landowner turns to supreme court

The right to wild camp on Dartmoor could be under threat again after the supreme court granted permission for a wealthy landowner to bring a case against it.

Labour Starmer 'not aware' of any Post Office cases when he was DPP

Keir Starmer has denied he was aware of prosecutions against Post Office operators caught up in the Horizon IT scandal when he headed the Crown Prosecution Service.

Ministers are urged to review Fujitsu contracts worth £2bn made since 2019

Pressure is mounting on the UK government to review more than £2bn in new contracts awarded to Fujitsu since a court ruling in 2019 found its Horizon IT system caused accounting errors.

'Not ever a precedent' Exceptional remedy leaves lawyers queasy

It was unprecedented, the minister conceded, but the legal profession was quick to insist that yesterday afternoon's developments should not be mistaken for the setting of a precedent.