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England disarray allows Germany to dominate
Perhaps the only positive for England is there can be no avoiding the reality now. For the Lionesses, there was no repeat of their glorious victory over Germany at Wembley. Instead, a rematch of the Euro 2022 final served up a warning ahead of England's European Championship defence next summer. The Lionesses were complacent and error-strewn as a refreshed, reshaped Germany team repeatedly tore through them. Had it not been for Germany's own calamitous defending, the scoreline could have been even more of an embarrassment.
Tech CEO named Britain's most inspiring Black person
Dean Forbes, the chief executive of software solutions firm Forterro, has been named the UK's most influential black person by The Powerlist 2025.
Iran extends prison term of Nobel-winning activist
Iranian authorities have added six months to the prison sentence of rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, according to a group campaigning for her release.
Israel hit in Gaza kills 38 as journalists die in Lebanon
An Israeli strike killed 38 people in Khan Younis, Gaza's health ministry has said, and three journalists in southern Lebanon, as Israel's military continues to ramp up its offensives.
Israel launches several airstrikes against Tehran
Explosions in capital were reported by Iranian state media.
Fake firm steals 22-tonnes of cheese worth £300,000
More than £300,000 worth of cheddar has allegedly been stolen from a London-based cheesemonger in an elaborate scam. Neal's Yard Dairy said it delivered around 950 wheels (22 tonnes) of cloth-bound cheese to an alleged fraudster posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer before realising it was a fake firm.
Paranoid schizophrenic mother stabbed daughter to death over fear of lasers
A mother who stabbed her daughter 11 times in the chest as she slept was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed she was being targeted by \"lasers and technology\", a court has heard.
Nazi-obsessed knifeman guilty of attempted murder
Callum Ulysses Parslow stabbed an asylum seeker at a hotel
RAF spy pictures of Gaza could be used against Israel
Intelligence gathered by RAF spy planes flying over Gaza could be used as evidence against Israel in The Hague, it is understood. Surveillance aircraft have carried out almost daily missions over the 25-mile-long Gaza Strip to try to help the Israelis.
Tory MP vents on spitting, scooters and 'street scars'
Neil O'Brien pushes to make UK 'vaguely civilised again'
UK will rejoin EU within 15 years, says ex-Brussels chief
Britain will rejoin the European Union within 15 years, a former European Commission chief has predicted.
Crucial test that Reeves's Budget cannot afford to fail
How do you sell what you admit will be a painful Budget? That's the question the best brains in the Starmer government have been wrestling with ahead of Wednesday's make-or-break package, which will set the terms of political trade for the five-year parliament.
Why Reeves may tweak the fiscal rules to borrow more
As she makes her final preparations for the Budget, Rachel Reeves has already indicated that she will present a package of tax increases and cuts to public spending plans amounting to around £40bn per annum over the next few years.
PM retracts stock owners not 'working people' claim
Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to climb down from his suggestion that he does not consider people who have an income from assets such as shares of property to be working people.
'No one is joining the dots and making sure domestic abuse victims are protected'
Women's minister Anneliese Dodds backs our campaign
Trio of scrum halves jockey for England starting shirt
Mitchell’s absence for November Tests leaves door open
Box office baseball returns at crucial time for the MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Yankees isn’t a romantic narrative but it’s the World Series the sport urgently needs
Mourinho sent to stands as Fenerbahce thwart United
Jose Mourinho’s red cards are usually considered acts of deflection, but last night’s probably served that purpose for Erik ten Hag.
It's time to cut interest rates to give homeowners a break
Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England’s governor, has suggested that interest rates could be coming down faster than previously expected.
Plenty of fun if you ignore the glut of dull exposition
The third and supposedly final outing in the Venom series is a delight when it is not being a Madame Web’ rerun, writes Clarisse Loughrey, while The Room Next Door’ falls flat
The chaotic creature feature that won Spielberg's heart
As Gremlins’ returns to cinemas for its 40th anniversary, Geoffrey Macnab looks at the horror-comedy that led to the PG-13 rating and brought B-movie magic to the mainstream
Grief is complex, but why is Payne's ex being targeted?
In the wake of the 1D singer’s death, Maya Henry is caught in a maelstrom of toxic public discourse, finds Olivia Petter
A VIRTUAL PRISONER
As more inmates are released from a prison system bursting at the seams, Zoe Beaty looks at new proposals to keep tabs on offenders in their own homes under the watchful eye of AI
Huge evacuation underway in India as cyclone closes in
Cyclone Dana is barrelling toward India’s east coast, prompting authorities to shut schools and airports and begin evacuating more than 1 million people.
Mother on hunger strike for jailed activist son hopes she doesn't die before he's freed
Laila Soueif tells Tom Watling that David Lammy has failed to help her son despite spending years calling for his release
Israeli strike on school building kills at least 17
An Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people in central Gaza has killed at least 17 people, including a number of children, according to Palestinian medical officials.
'I wish women chose not to have abortions - but I can understand why they do'
Evie Lastra West was pro-abortion when she found herself pregnant at 19 with her second child. But a visit to a crisis pregnancy centre altered everything. Words: Kelly Rissman
'Devil, we've had enough'
Why the anti-abortionists are a thorn in Trump’s campaign
Child killer Letby loses bid to appeal latest conviction
Britain’s most prolific child killer Lucy Letby has lost a bid to appeal her latest conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl.
Met to reopen probe into Wimbledon school crash
A mother says she is “living in hell” after her eight-year-old daughter was killed in the Wimbledon school crash – as police announced they are reopening the investigation into the tragedy.