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President withdraws from race as he endorses Harris

President Joe Biden abandoned his floundering re-election bid yesterday under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed vice-president Kamala Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate to face Donald Trump in the 5 November election.

Qualifier Brown one shot off lead in thrilling Open

The major championship debutant shot 73 to remain hot on the heels of leader Billy Horschel at rain-lashed Royal Troon

Duckett and Brook snatch initiative back for England

Ben Duckett set the agenda for England as he and Harry Brook helped turn a frustrating third morning at Trent Bridge into a 207-run lead in the second Test.

At least 11 dead in China after road bridge collapses

Thirty feared missing as structure falls during heavy rain

Democrats divided on how to replace Biden if he quits

Nancy Pelosi wants open convention to nominate new ticket

Protests expected at Fringe show on Rowling trans row

The producers of a controversial Edinburgh Festival Fringe play about JK Rowling's trans views are preparing for protests ahead of the show opening next month.

Ray Reardon, world snooker champion, dies aged 91

Ray Reardon, the six-time world snooker champion who was affectionately nicknamed Dracula for his widow's peak hairline and prominent teeth, has died at the age of 91 from cancer, his wife Carol confirmed.

Highs of 27C forecast as schools out for summer

Soaring temperatures are set to hit the UK next week with the weather likely to improve for the start of the school summer holidays, the Met Office said.

Government rejects Straw's two-state Cyprus solution

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has led celebrations of the anniversary of his country's intervention 50 years ago, which left the island of Cyprus split in two.

Labour MP pregnant at 15 was 'groomed' by older man

An MP who has revealed she became pregnant at 15 after being \"groomed\" by an older man has vowed to be a voice for \"women that have children in far from ideal circumstances\".

Two senior Tories back Tugendhat as new leader

Two senior Tories have thrown their weight behind Tom Tugendhat to be the new Conservative Party leader. Damian Green and Steve Baker, who lost their seats in the 4 July election but are influential figures in the party, have endorsed shadow security minister Mr Tugendhat.

Chancellor says 'big bang' reform of savings will boost pensions and unlock growth

The chancellor hopes to boost pension pots by £11,000 and unlock billions more in investment with a review of retirement savings.

Public sector pay rises could cost extra £10bn, IFS warns

The government could need up to £10bn extra to cover public sector pay increases if reports of a 5.5 per cent rise prove true, a leading economist has warned.

Third of English pharmacy drug supplies hit by outage

A global IT outage hit one-third of drug deliveries to pharmacies in England, as thousands of GP practices were affected and hospitals across the country declared critical incidents.

Tui passengers are worst hit as software chaos continues

Thousands of passengers across the UK have faced fresh cancellations and delays to flights as airlines recover from the impact of one of the largest global IT outages ever.

Crisis-hit probation service not ready for early releases

The head of the UK's probation watchdog has warned that the service is failing in 97 per cent of areas, even before the government releases thousands of prisoners early. Martin Jones, the chief inspector of probation, said the service was already struggling to cope with supervising and managing the number of prisoners currently released on licence.

'Before I got back to diving, it was my plan - be involved in some journalistic way'

Tom Daley tells Will Jennings he has already won in Paris before his first dive... by competing and commentating

Maiden century by Hodge leads West Indies fightback

Kavem Hodge and Alick Athanaze led a West Indies revival as they finished a sunny second day of the second test on 351-5, 65 runs behind England at Trent Bridge on yesterday.

F1 season sparks into life with four-way team battle

It's Saturday night in Bahrain, March 2024. Away from the hullabaloo of paddock gossip and the Red Bull soap opera, the world champions had blown away the field - again - on their more comfortable field of racing tarmac.

Lowry leads British Open with Scheffler on the hunt

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson miss the cut

What the industry thinks of Labour's new housing plans

A new government means a new target for building homes - but developers have heard it all before, says Chris Blackhurst

If museums start returning their items, where will it end?

All parents recall the training they tried to instil in their young children around the concept of sharing. The calm interventions when two go to war over one toy; the sense of panic in one that the other may waddle off with its plastic treasure toddlers

Trump's message isn't one of unity, whatever he might say

It is hard to decide which is the best moniker to apply to him after this strange but magnificent political week for Donald Trump - is he the martyr of Milwaukee, or the messiah of Milwaukee? In the eyes of the faithful - and given the quasi-religious devotion he is now attracting - it is both.

Gershkovich jailed for 16 years for 'spying' in Russia

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed for 16 years in a Russian prison on \"politically motivated\" charges of espionage.

Israel presence in occupied territory 'unlawful', says UN

The top United Nations court has ruled that Israel's presence in the Palestinian-occupied territories is \"unlawful\" and called for it to end. The court pointed to the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, its annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands, and discriminatory policies against Palestinians.

Trump's 'bizarre, boring' speech good for Democrats

Donald Trump's campaign spent the better part of four days promising a changed Trump - a more solemn, thoughtful man, whose politics were forever altered by a would-be assassin's bullet. That image was shattered over 93 minutes on Thursday night.

Biden privately accepts race for second term almost over

Adviser says president admits path to victory is very narrow

New rights will let workers ignore messages after hours

Workers will soon be able to ignore work-related emails and calls outside office hours under new rules to be introduced by the Labour government. Meeting the party's \"right to switch off\" campaign pledge, the plan will see workers empowered to disconnect from their jobs outside regular hours, including the right to refuse to take on extra work at the weekends.

Six million lives at risk from extreme heat, report warns

Millions of vulnerable people in England are having their lives put at risk by extreme temperatures, a new report has warned. Research by Friends of the Earth found 1.7 million children under five and 4.3 million older people are at high risk of developing heat-related illness as record extreme summer temperatures become more common across the UK.

Five arrested after rioters in Leeds overturned police car

Unrest began after social workers dealt with residential issue