Prison staff told not to use inadequate cells as overcrowding worsens

Are pubs and pups a good mix? Dog owners delight as Victoria looks to follow Europe’s lead

For Steph and her partner Paul, there’s something special about a pub in the British winter.

“It’s really lovely – in wintertime, you go with your dog, there’s a fire, it’s really cozy,” she said.

Elif Eralp: ‘Germany’s Zohran Mamdani’ who vows to be a mayor for all Berliners

Elif Eralp launched her election bid last autumn with the blunt statement: “People like me are actually not supposed to become mayor in this country.” So the fact that the 45-year-old lawyer and daughter of political migrants from Turkey is on the verge of becoming Berlin’s next mayor and the capital’s first leader of Turkish origin is quite the moment in German politics.

Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court

The man who was Alan Jones’s butler for almost two decades has told a Sydney court his boss would welcome a prominent athlete to his luxury harbourside apartment with “a hug and a slap on the bottom” and would call him “champion”.

Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands dispute

Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the United Kingdom grow over offshore oil drilling.

Argentine President Javier Milei has accused the United Nations of “looking the other way” on Argentina’s long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, known to Argentines as Las Malvinas.

The White House press pool: What is it and how does it work?

White House banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, after US President Donald Trump complained about coverage.

US President Donald Trump last week announced he would ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House amid coverage that Trump said was unfavourable.

US lawmakers seek sanctions for Israel’s ‘E1’ West Bank settlement plan

Project would effectively cleave Palestinian territory in half and has prompted widespread international condemnation.

A group of lawmakers in the United States Senate are seeking sanctions against facilitators of Israel’s controversial “E1” settlement programme.

Ethiopia's Mekelle airport in Tigray seized by local forces, residents tell the BBC.

Local forces in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray have seized control of the airport in the regional capital, Mekelle, from federal police, local residents have told the BBC.

No flights are currently landing at the airport and Ethiopian Airlines said it had suspended flights to Mekelle and the cities of Shire and Axum because of what it called the "current situation" in Tigray.

Streeting confirms annual £120m payments to Mauritius on hold while Chagos Islands deal is reviewed – UK politics live

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Streeting confirms annual £120m payments to Mauritius on hold while Chagos Islands deal being reviewed

The Conservatives have urged Andy Burnham to fully drop the proposed Chagos Islands deal – giving sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in return for guaranteed control for the Diego Garcia military base for at least another 99 years – in the light of Donald Trump calling the deal “terrible” yesterday.

Indian billionaire’s payments firm plots biggest London flotation in years

A payments business that operates across Africa and is ultimately controlled by an Indian billionaire has announced its intention to float on the struggling London Stock Exchange.

Airtel Money, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, is planning one of the biggest UK listings in years, in a boost for the shrinking London market that has faced a string of recent departures.