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£10m every minute: IMF reveals scale of subsidies for fossil fuels in 2022

Fossil fuels benefited from record subsidies of $13m (£10.3m) a minute in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund, despite being the primary cause of the climate crisis.

Ukraine Troops raise the flag in Crimean raid to mark national day

Ukrainian forces marked the country's independence day with a naval raid into occupied Crimea, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised Ukrainians for the defiance and courage that has won them global support in the fight with Russia.

'Putin must watch his back' How Prigozhin death will reshape war

Yevgeny Prigozhin getting killed on the same day it emerged that Gen Sergei Surovikin had been relieved of his command of Russia's air force means the two most effective leaders in the first phase of the Ukraine war are now both gone, their removal a victory of sorts for the old guard at the Kremlin.

Parkinson suffered from 'impostor syndrome', says his son

Michael Parkinson's son has said the broadcaster suffered from \"impostor syndrome\" and \"working-class guilt\" over the shift from growing up in a mining town to becoming a celebrity interviewer.

Top conductor pulls out of BBC Proms after soloist is punched

An internationally renowned conductor has pulled out of the BBC Proms after punching and slapping a soloist for allegedly entering the stage incorrectly at the Berlioz festival in France.

Inquiry to look into Malkinson's wrongful conviction

Ministers have announced an independent inquiry into the circumstances and handling of the Andrew Malkinson case after he was exonerated last month over a rape for which he wrongly spent 17 years in prison.

Letby victims' families treated appallingly - hospital's ex-chief

Families of Lucy Letby's victims were treated \"appallingly\" by hospital executives who failed to disclose key information after her murders, a former chief executive of Countess of Chester hospital has said.

Britain 'seeking to stop' UN court ruling on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

Britain has been accused of \"seeking to block\" the international court of justice [ICJ] from addressing important international humanitarian law matters in a submission to the world court on the legality of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Travelodge hotels sold out for Taylor Swift's 2024 Eras tour

Taylor Swift fans have booked out hotels near several venues for the UK leg of the Eras tour next summer.

Mary, queen of tops: Nike to produce Earps goalkeeper jersey at last after fans' outcry

She saved a penalty in the Women's World Cup final and was named the tournament's best goalkeeper, and still Nike would not produce a replica shirt for fans of England's Queen of Stops, Mary Earps.

Ministers on notice over interests after breach by PM

Ministers may need to be more transparent about financial interests after a \"significant ruling\" that found Rishi Sunak had failed to declare his wife's interest in a childcare agency, the MP who triggered the inquiry has said.

UK asylum backlog hits record high as more than 175,000 await decision

More than 175,000 asylum seekers - a record high-are waiting for an initial decision on their application, newly released Home Office statistics have shown, as Labour described the situation as \"complete chaos\".

US says bomb most likely cause of Prigozhin crash

Putin points to Wagner chief’s ‘serious mistakes’ as he confirms death

Johnson rues 'clear gulf in class' as Villa run riot

Lee Johnson said his Hibernian team were up against an Aston Villa side with \"almost superhuman\" qualities in their thrashing at Easter Road.

Kerr stuns Ingebrigtsen to emulate Wightman's unlikely golden grab

For second year running, an unfancied Briton topples Norway's 1500m favourite

UK on alert for recession as PMI index shows business slowdown

Britain's policymakers have been put on recession alert after a closely watched measure of economic health showed the UK gripped by a Europewide slump in private sector activity.

Queues and frustration as Zimbabwe's shambolic general election delayed by lack of ballot papers

Delays have marred voting in Zimbabwe's general election following a campaign dominated by the country's interlinked economic crises.

Farewell to Eurovision winner who turned Italy's cliches into a huge hit

Toto Cutugno, the singer whose cliche-ridden but irresistibly catchy L'Italiano defined ideas of Italian culture to millions of listeners across Europe and Russia, is to have his funeral in Milan today after his death this week at the city's San Raffaele hospital aged 80.

Firefighters in Greece tackle 200 blazes in 48 hours as Europe bakes

Firefighters in Greece have battled more than 200 blazes in the past 48 hours, officials have said, as swathes of southern Europe baked in a late summer heatwave that has smashed all-time records.

Trump says he'll 'proudly' surrender to authorities over election case today

Donald Trump has said he plans to turn himself in at the county jail in Atlanta today where, yesterday, his former lawyer and the former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani had been due to surrender.

'I thought I was dead' Pakistan's cable car survivors tell of their 16-hour ordeal

Attaullah, 16, was travelling to school on Tuesday to collect his exam results, using a cable car to cross the ravine from his village, as he had done many times before. But when the cable broke and left him, five other children and two adults hanging precariously in the air hundreds of metres above a steep gorge, he said he had no hope he would survive.

Woman caused fear, distress and pain to horse, court is told

A former primary school teacher who was sacked after being recorded kicking and hitting her horse caused the animal \"fear, distress and psychological suffering as well as pain\", a court has heard.

Archive needs witnesses to the creation of TV's Taggart

The menacing theme tune played over the title card of a brooding Glasgow skyline remains instantly recognisable: Taggart, one of the longest-running police dramas in the world, became a national institution across its 27-season run.

From hearts to hands How we got to the first womb transplant, and what could be next

Surgeons have performed the first womb transplant in the UK, it was announced yesterday. The 34-year-old recipient received her sister's uterus in an operation in February at Churchill hospital in Oxford that took nine hours and 20 minutes.

Anger and disbelief as plan to drill for oil in South Downs is approved

The Liberal Democrats and green groups have accused the government of \"an environmental crime\" after it emerged that potentially large-scale oil drilling is to take place inside the South Downs national park despite widespread local opposition.

Cancellations near im as 'devalued' consultants plan fresh autumn strike

The NHS faces another winter of discontent as senior doctors take their longest-ever strike action in October.

NHS could face £60m payout to families of Letby's victims

The NHS could face a record compensation bill of more than £60m from civil claims lodged by the families of Lucy Letby's victims, experts have said.

Liberty backs convicted murderers' claims of institutional racism

The human rights group Liberty has backed three black men who are contesting their murder convictions on the grounds of institutional racism by Greater Manchester police and the criminal justice system.

Top London drama school told me to act like a slave, says TV star

The actor Shaniqua Okwok has criticised the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, claiming she was told to embrace her \"inherited trauma\" and act like a slave in chains during an acting exercise.

Not quitting Dorries claims she's still a 'working' MP

Nadine Dorries has broken her silence to insist she is still working as an MP, after a colleague said she should be stripped of the Conservative whip.