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Azerbaijan points finger at West as it defends Cop29

President Ilham Aliyev says oil is 'gift from God' and that country should host summit. Stuti Mishra reports from Baku

Edinburgh students told not to be 'snobs' to poorer peers

Edinburgh University has warned privileged students not to be \"snobs\" towards their working-class peers. The university has admitted there is a problem of class-related prejudice on campus, with poorer students being \"inadvertently or deliberately shamed by more privileged students\".

Harvey wins Booker Priz for space novel 'Orbital'

Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for her poignant novel, Orbital. Ina ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London last night, the writer was presented the award by last year’s winner, Irish author Paul Lynch.

Frank Auerbach, renowned post-war painter, dies at 93

Frank Auerbach, the renowned figurative painter who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died aged 93. Having escaped to Britain via the Kindertransport scheme, Auerbach enjoyed a highly acclaimed career spanning seven decades, with his works displayed at every major national gallery around the world.

Campaign to return bible to Salisbury receives £10k gift

A campaign to return a 13th-century copy of the Bible to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral has been hailed by the culture secretary as an example of our country at its best” as it received a 10,000 donation.

NHS pill to help thousands.avoid death from smoking

A daily pill designed to help people give up smoking will soon be rolled out on the NHS as experts hope it could prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths a year.

Hospital league tables to return in NHS reforms

Failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve patient care and take control of finances, the health secretary will say today.

Gray rejects offer of envoy job in fresh blow to Starmer

Sue Gray has turned down Sir Keir Starmer's offer to become the prime minister's envoy for the nations and regions, No 10 said, in yet another blow to the prime minister as questions continue about his Downing Street operation.

Truss was bracing for 'Putin to launch nuclear weapons'

Vladimir Putin was so close to using nuclear weapons in October 2022 that Liz Truss spent the dying days of her premiership preparing for the potential fallout, an updated version of her biography has claimed.

Tories take narrow poll lead after Badenoch's first week

The Conservatives have taken a two-point poll lead over Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party in Kemi Badenoch's first week as leader.

Starmer pledges to slash carbon emissions by 81%

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are on a collision course over the climate crisis after the prime minister yesterday positioned himself as the international leader spearheading efforts to achieve net zero.

Why has the Archbishop of Canterbury had to resign?

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has resigned over allegations - some of which he has accepted - that he failed to act against a prolific and sadistic paedophile, John Smyth, who had been associated with the Church of England for decades. A number of Welby’s more senior colleagues have openly called for him to stand down, while others remained silent, and the general unease has become deafening.

Welby quits over 'failures' in Church abuse scandal

Archbishop submits to pressure from clergy and PM

It's the unmade Rocky film with a twist... roll up, folks

There is no hate, no love, the gloves are big and the rounds will be short when Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight on Friday night.

While rivals hit the buffers, Liverpool deserve their lead

Alexis Mac Allister can have a footballing eloquence. His job involves reading the game.

United's ship steadied, now Amorim hits deeper waters

It may be the way all Manchester United managers imagine their reign ending.

Supermarket shoppers will soon find ‘every little hurts'

Is chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to hike employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) about to hit us all – and right in the supermarket baskets?

Barclays warns tax rise will hit workers' living standards

Business leaders accuse government of betraying the nation’

How Gary Barlow became accidental king of memes

The singer is currently enjoying a load of nice days out’ on his new travel show. It’s the latest step in his reinvention as an inadvertent icon of hun culture’, says Katie Rosseinsky

Brothers grim: on the dark world of Nineties boybands

As anew documentary series reveals what it was really like to ride the pop train to stardom, Jessie Thompson remembers her own youthful obsession and looks behind the curtain

Cast iron catnip for Gen Z's aspirations of adulthood

Police had to be called after hundreds of frenzied shoppers descended on a cookware sale this weekend. Helen Coffey dons oven gloves to tackle the LeCreuSlay phenomenon

'Some boys wet themselves, some wanted their mothers'

Reckless exposure to atomic weapons tests left young men and later, their children suffering from debilitating illness and disability. Zoé Beaty reports on the long fight for justice

Why India's trainee doctors are hoping for more bodies

Logistical hurdles and cultural sensitivities are affecting the donation of cadavers, so medical students are forced to train on anatomical models or simulations, reports Namita Singh

Alarm as Cop29 first day overshadowed by Trump

The United Nations’ Cop29 climate summit kickstarted yesterday amid stark warnings about the deteriorating state of the planet and an undercurrent of anxiety over Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Trump chooses China hawk as national security adviser

President-elect Donald Trump has asked Michael Waltz, a retired army national guard officer and war veteran, to be his national security adviser.

Ukraine forces face 50,000 troops in Russia's Kursk

Ukraine is battling 50,000 troops in Russia’s border Kursk region, according to the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, while also scrambling to reinforce two besieged fronts in the east and bracing to meet an infantry assault in the south.

Urbi et Orban: Pope could derail support for Ukraine

Francis shows backing for Hungary’s peace deal’ between Kyiv and Moscow, while Trump’s election puts US aid at risk

Black prisoner died alone following sickle cell crisis

The family of a Black sickle cell patient who died “naked and alone” in prison after a medical crisis have described their pain as an inquest found that neglect was a contributing factor.

Met officer who fatally shot Kaba is set to be promoted

The firearms officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba is set to be promoted after he was cleared of murder, according to reports.

Gladiator II thrills - even if Mescal is no Russell Crowe

Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has it all: sharks, monkeys, and the joy of Denzel Washington’s Shakespearean enunciation. At times, this movie is pure camp, writes Clarisse Loughrey