US Supreme Court allows Trump’s ballroom project to continue for now

The United States Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump to continue his $400m White House ballroom project for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that would halt much of the development.

How Israel is expanding settlements in drive to reshape West Bank

It was during a ceremony at a settlement in the occupied West Bank last September that Israel's prime minister made his intentions clear. "We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state," said Benjamin Netanyahu. "This place belongs to us."

US court slashes Alex Jones fines for Sandy Hook school shooting case

Court cuts Infowars founder’s penalty for false claims that school shooting was a ‘hoax’ from $50m to $1.5m.

A court in the US state of Texas has slashed a fine that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay for capitalising on false claims that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting was a “hoax”.

Victorian Labor promises free dental care if re-elected in Australia-first move

Victorians would be able to walk into a dental clinic and receive free checkups and treatment under an Australian-first proposal the Labor government will take to the November state election.

‘It could only have been one person’: top former detective says system failed the murdered journalist Lyra McKee

When Lyra McKee was shot and killed on the night of 18 April 2019, approximately 150 people were in her vicinity. The 29-year-old journalist had watched in a crowd as rioting broke out in Derry, Northern Ireland. Police footage captured the grainy outline of a man firing a handgun.

Why Israeli tenders for illegal E1 West Bank settlement prompted outrage

Israel has opened tenders for the construction of 1,234 Israeli homes in the occupied West Bank, advancing a major illegal settlement expansion which rights groups say will, in effect, sever Palestinian territory in two.

Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

BySteve Rosenberg

BBC Russia editorReporting fromMoscow

Royal Mail misses delivery targets again but hails 'encouraging' signs

Royal Mail has once again missed its delivery targets for first and second class post, but said it is making progress towards the goals as its turnaround plan continues.

The postal service delivered 85% of first class deliveries the next day between March and June, up from 76% in the same three months of 2025, but below regulator Ofcom's 90% target.

US aircraft carrier arrives to relieve USS Lincoln amid reports of poor living conditions | First Thing

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The USS George Washington aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln from its record deployment, amid concerns about poor living conditions and morale.

Daily Mail accused of stalking woman mistaken as White Stripes drummer Meg White

The Daily Mail newspaper secretly tailed and photographed a woman in Detroit and then published an article and photographs falsely accusing her of being former The White Stripes drummer Meg White, even after she told the newspaper it had mistaken her identity, multiple sources have told the Guardian.