China's Shein wins Labour support for London listing

The Labour party has indicated its support for Shein's potential London listing, as the Chinese online fashion company prepares to push the button on the UK's biggest ever stock market flotation.

Dutch pair face jail in Latvia after helping refugees to reach safety

Two Dutch people are facing prison sentences of up to eight years in Latvia over what they say was an act of compassion to help a group of refugees reach safety, including the sister of one of the pair.

Jury panel selection begins for Hunter Biden trial

Jury selection began yesterday in the federal gun case against the US president's son, Hunter Biden.

Gething faces no-confidence vote as scandals cut through

There was no honeymoon period and precious little breathing room for Vaughan Gething to relish the historic achievement of becoming the first black leader of a European country.

Galleries had 'kneejerk' reaction to Black Lives Matter, says artist

British arts institutions deployed \"kneejerk\" and \"stopgap\" responses in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement as they attempted to avoid criticism for the lack of diversity in their collections, according to the artist Gavin Jantjes.

Zara Aleena's family tortured by thought that her death was preventable

The family of Zara Aleena, who was sexually assaulted and murdered in east London while walking home after a night out, is \"tortured\" by thoughts that her \"death was preventable\" - and that a \"crumbling justice system\" contributed to it.

'He'll be looking down': work begins on Rob Burrow centre

A blue mural on a wall close to Headingley Stadium in Leeds bears the words of Rob Burrow: \"In a world full of adversity, we must dare to dream.\"

Calvin Bailey How Stephen Lawrence's murder shaped one ex-military candidate

More than 30 years on, the horrific killing of Stephen Lawrence still haunts one of Keir Starmer's new candidates with military experience.

Rayner: 'I haven't changed my mind on Trident but I back party's policy'

Angela Rayner said yesterday she had not changed her mind about nuclear weapons even though she backs Labour's policy to keep and renew them.

Abbott will be Labour candidate despite accusing Starmer of lying

Diane Abbott will be reselected to fight her seat at a meeting of the Labour party's executive today despite having suggested on social media that Keir Starmer was a liar, the Guardian understands.

Anger as women are denied 'exciting' breast cancer drug

Thousands of women with advanced breast cancer in England and Wales are being denied a drug that cuts the risk of the disease spreading by more than a third.

Dear England goes into extra time with rewritten final act based on team's fate at Euros

If England lift the men's Euros trophy this summer, they will have rewritten the script when it comes to the team's fortunes in major tournaments.

First for NHS as man, 91, is given artificial cornea

A 91-year-old man who became the first patient in England to have his sight saved by an artificial layer in his cornea has praised the procedure for allowing him to still see his wife.

Tory alarm as Farage takes control of Reform UK

Conservative fears of 'existential' threat as ex-Ukip leader returns and says he will stand as MP

Swiatek strolls into quarter-finals after punishing Potapova

After an opening week defined by Iga Swiatek's grit, as she saved match point and recovered from the brink of defeat against a resurgent Naomi Osaka in her second-round match, the Pole's bakery reopened with ruthless efficiency yesterday as the best player in the world demolished Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0 to return to the French Open quarter-finals.

Freewheeling Jones clobbers Canada in debut win for USA

Build it, and they will come.

Union steps up action at Tata steelworks in south Wales

Union leaders are preparing to increase industrial action at two south Wales steelworks, in a further escalation of a row over almost 3,000 job losses that threatens to become a big general election issue.

Ex-president hails support of Republican party since trial

Donald Trump lauded the Republican party yesterday for rallying behind him after his conviction on 34 felony charges in a hush-money case aimed at influencing the 2016 election.

Commercial trucks choking off critical supplies, say NGOs

Aid shipments into southern Gaza are being squeezed out by commercial convoys, humanitarian organisations say, at a time when Israel's military push into Rafah has choked off supply routes critical to feeding hundreds of thousands of people.

Legal fund helping Russians abroad is exposed as Kremlin influence operation

Leaked documents have exposed the activities of a Russian state-backed legal defence foundation that European intelligence agencies and analysts say is a Kremlin influence operation active in 48 countries.

ANC on lookout for coalition partners after losing overall majority for the first time

Final results from last week's South African elections were released yesterday, confirming that the African National Congress party had lost its majority for the first time in 30 years and firing the starting gun on unprecedented coalition talks.

Fears of cultural crisis in Edinburgh as fringe venue is put up for sale

Senior figures in the arts have warned that Edinburgh faces a cultural crisis after it emerged that one of the city's most famous venues, Summerhall, has been put up for sale.

Rise in patients treated in corridors a 'national emergency', say nurses

Overcrowding is forcing hospitals to treat so many patients in corridors and storerooms that it constitutes a \"national emergency\", the UK's nursing union will warn today.

"They will not silence his voice' Grief and defiance as journalist's widow visits the site of his death

Alessandra Sampaio fell to her knees and wept as she clambered on to the boat's deck and came face to face with the remote riverside clearing where her husband's life was extinguished and hers was turned upside down.

'It gives you tingles' Seed project aims to restore UK's lost seagrass meadows

It is a much-loved stretch of Celtic coastline, revered by poetry lovers as the place where Dylan Thomas lived his final years and by thrillseekers as a spot for breaking land speed records.

Facebook Tories plough cash into ads for lost-cause seats

The Conservative party has spent almost all of its ad budget since the beginning of the year in constituencies that were once marginal but are now looking more like surefire losses, Guardian analysis shows.

'You don't say no to her' Sue Gray, from Partygate to Labour party player

There is one woman Labour donors are even more keen to meet than Rachel Reeves, even though it is now Labour lore that tickets to the party's business day with the shadow chancellor sold out faster than Taylor Swift tickets. That woman is Sue Gray. Everyone wants to meet the power behind the throne.

China steps up space race by landing probe on far side of moon

China has landed its uncrewed Chang'e-6 lunar probe on the far side of the moon, marking an important step in the country's 53-day mission to retrieve rock and soil samples from the \"dark\" lunar hemisphere, in what would be a world first.

Zelenskiy's warning to Trump over Ukraine

Donald Trump risks being a loser president” if he wins November’s election and imposes abad peace deal on Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said, saying it would mean the end of the US as a global player”.

Care agencies accused of exploiting foreign workers

Migrants left trapped with huge debts and little or no work