This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to urge delivery of more heavy weapons when he addresses the G7 group of wealthy nations later. It follows a barrage of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other areas over
PA Media Kendrick Lamar opened his Glastonbury headline set with a powerful, theatrical performance unlike anything else the festival has seen so far. Flanked by 20 dancers, he has been playing songs from his Pulitzer Prize-winning back catalogue in almost chronological order. Early highlights include the hits MAAD City, Backseat Freestyle and Swimming Pools, which
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At least four people have been killed and scores more were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia. Footage has emerged showing the three-storey wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium
A UN conference that could result in progress towards a treaty to protect the world’s oceans is starting in Portugal this week. Oceans cover more than 70% of our planet. They provide around half of the world’s oxygen and absorb more CO2 than the Earth’s atmosphere. At the same time they are facing threats from
PA/Liam McBurney MPs will vote on Monday on new legislation to give ministers the power to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal between the UK and the EU. The government wants to change the NI Protocol to make it easier for some goods to flow from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Ahead of the vote,
On Tuesday, Deshaun Watson will appear before NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a former federal judge, to sort out a league response, if any, to over two dozen accusations of sexual misconduct involving massage therapists Watson hired. The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that the NFL is seeking an “indefinite suspension” that would
PA Media Amid the beauty of the Bavarian mountains and fields, a fundamental truth is immediately striking at this G7 Summit. When a collection of democracies gather, each national leader is flexing to the political and public mood back home, subtly, sometimes strikingly different from one country to the next. The G7 has an opponent
Getty Images Dozens of Russian missiles have struck targets across Ukraine, with the capital Kyiv enduring the heaviest barrage in months. A Kyiv apartment block was destroyed, killing at least one and wounding six others including a seven-year-old girl. Ukraine says 14 missiles were fired at the Kyiv region on Sunday, but the strikes extended
EPA As the dust settled on the Supreme Court’s decision overruling the constitutional right to an abortion, politicians across the spectrum stepped forward to outline how the political stakes have changed – and what comes next. Former Vice-President Mike Pence, who has long been a leader in the evangelical Christian movement, said his side had
Getty Images Major companies including Disney, JP Morgan and Facebook owner Meta have told staff they will cover employee travel expenses for abortions, as millions of US women face restricted access. It follows a landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to abortion. The judgement paves the way for individual
Reuters At least 20 young people have been found dead in a nightclub in the South African city of East London. The cause of death is unknown. Local media say bodies lay inside the Enyobeni Tavern as if they had collapsed, but there were no obvious injuries on the victims. Post-mortem examinations are due to
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson has the drive to keep going as PM, despite two by-election defeats for the Conservatives, cabinet minister Brandon Lewis says. The PM is facing criticism after Thursday’s losses of Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton but
Getty Images The UK, US, Canada and Japan will ban imports of Russian gold in an effort to hit Moscow’s ability to fund the war in Ukraine. The UK said the measure would “strike at the heart of Putin’s war machine”. Gold exports were worth £12.6bn ($15.4bn) to Russia in 2021, and the UK says
PA Media Boris Johnson will promise further financial support for Ukraine as he meets world leaders at a series of summits. He will urge allies to continue backing Kyiv against Moscow’s “barbarism,” saying now is not the time to give up on Ukraine. The prime minister will pledge £429m in guarantees for World Bank lending.
Getty Images Russia is on the brink of its first debt default since 1998 as the Sunday deadline to make a $100m interest payment seems certain to be missed. Russia has the money and is willing to pay, but sanctions make it impossible to get the payments to international creditors. The Kremlin has been determined
PA Media Boris Johnson has said he is “actively thinking” about a third term, amid criticism of his leadership. The prime minister was asked if he would like to serve a full second term in office – to 2028 or 2029. “At the moment I’m thinking actively about the third term and what could happen