Sadiq Khan rounds on Westminster council for keeping ‘vertical drinking’ curbs on pubs
Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ in ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultationSadiq Khan has criticised the “breathtaking arrogance” of Westminster council, which has kept restr…
Anti-AfD protests sweep Germany as far right closes in on two more states
Alarm that Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania may fall next after party’s Saxony-Anhalt election victory‘It breaks my heart’: victory sparks dismay Europe live – latest updatesThousands of Germans have stag…
Russia says it will give a ‘harsh and painful’ response after Hungary expels 10 diplomats – Europe live
Moscow’s foreign minister issues warning to ‘Russophobic lobby in Budapest’ after diplomats expelled for ‘unacceptable’ activitiesBut the tone coming from Moscow is very different, as Kremlin spokesperson Dmitr…
UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlementsUK politics live – latest updatesIsraeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in th…
Artworks stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist
Thieves took four artworks but it is thought they dropped two in museum garden as they fledTwo thieves have broken into a museum dedicated to the French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France, ste…
New Hampshire and Rhode Island to vote in state primaries – US politics live
Voters will choose candidates across full slate of federal, state and local offices over next two daysSign up for US Breaking News emailsDonald Trump is in Washington today. We’ll hear from the president at 10.35am ET,…
UK pays highest borrowing rate since 1998 as pressure builds on public finances – business live
Saudi authorities said operations at some energy facilities have been attacked by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis Gas prices are rising this morning, putting pressure on European countries who need to stock up their st…
One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years
More than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issuedMore than 140 golf clubs in England have breached their water extraction licences in the past five …
Politics live: Chalmers accuses Liberals of ‘photocopying’ One Nation policy; Australians ‘fed up’ by alleged pork barrelling, Haines says
Follow the day’s news liveOne Nation policy will leave people $25k worse off at retirement, Mulino saysSuperannuation is kicking off again today with One Nation pushing to allow people to divert 3% of their superannuat…
US woman charged with killing son ‘very invested’ in Lindsay Clancy trial, prosecutors say
Corie Walsh charged with murder after two-year-old Barrett found dead in basement of Illinois family home last weekAn Illinois woman charged with killing her two-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial o…