The unprecedented security partnership will see the UK and US construct Australia's first fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, while also sharing other advanced military technologies.

China's Washington DC embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu accused the nations of adopting a 'Cold War mentality' towards China.

The large fire broke out Wednesday morning at a site in Kent and caused damage to a major cable which brings electricity from France. National Grid warn disruption will last until March

The striker, 36, is said to have switched his seven-bedroom, £6million house in Cheshire for a £3million place owned by former Manchester United striker Andrew Cole.

The signs - featuring a picture of Charles, the Prince of Wales with the slogan 'Wales doesn't need a prince' - have been spotted in Aberdare, Cardiff and Swansea.

Nadhim Zahawi, who arrived in Britain as a nine-year-old boy unable to speak English, was promoted to Education Secretary yesterday, replacing Gavin Williamson.

The issues including an irregular menstrual cycle and painful periods were reported in the UK up to September 2. Most women said their menstruation went back to normal after one disrupted cycle.

Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, who was in his late 40s, was 'neutralised' four years after ordering a notorious ambush in Niger in which four U.S. servicemen died and others were wounded.

UK-based lawyer Anthony Brierley applied to safeguard the words 'Emma Raducanu', 'Emma' and 'Raducanu' shortly after the 18-year-old's US Open victory on Saturday.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 31, prompted a furious backlash among even her own supporters this week as she was accused of hypocrisy for wearing a 'tax the rich' dress at the $35,000-a-head Met Gala.

Around 70% of Britons surveyed by YouGov said workers would 'never return to offices at the same rate' as before the pandemic.

29-year-old Samantha Wendell, a surgical technician set to be married this summer, died after not taking the COVID-19 vaccination over infertility fears, her family said.

Jacinda Ardern made it clear the nuclear powered submarines to be built in Adelaide under Australia's new defence partnership with the United States and Britain will are not welcome in New Zealand.

The Government is resisting detailed searches of all the messages to pinpoint the exact number and examine their contents, saying the effort would not be justified.

Adrian Fewings and Martin Poulter, both 63, set up Derbyshire Aggregates from Poulter's father's garden shed in 1984 and grew the company into a thriving international business.

President Joe Biden will reportedly extend an invite to the Prime Minster, as the pair look to patch-up the frayed 'special relationship' between the UK and US and look to work together.

Jason De Belen, 36, and two more men had been returning from a nightclub when their car ploughed into a block of flats near Westbourne Park tube station in Notting Hill, west London, yesterday.

The High Court in London has accepted a request by Virginia Giuffre's legal team to formally contact Andrew about the civil proceedings launched in America.

Boris Johnson stamped his authority on the Cabinet yesterday with a brutal reshuffle designed to secure him a second term in power.

Social media is ablaze with hilarious memes including Oprah Winfrey's infamous 'what?' moment during the Duke and Duchess' bombshell interview in March and a laughing Ryan Gosling.

Marcus Samuelsson, the chef responsible for curating the menu at this year's Met Gala defended the food there after it drew widespread mockery when actress Keke Palmer shared a photo of it online.

Terry Lubbock died yesterday without ever seeing justice for his son. Stuart was just 31 when he was found dead in entertainer Michael Barrymore's swimming pool in Essex.

The stretch of water is called Cockshoot Dyke and is a popular tourist spot on the Norfolk Broads.

Lou the black and tan coonhound, from Portland, Oregon, is the new holder of the record for 'longest ears on a dog (living)'. Each measures 13.38 inches.

Lord Deben has called for lighting in rural areas to be scaled back and warned against building hundreds of homes in villages where most workers would have to commute by car.

Primark has pledged to ensure all its clothes across its UK stores are made using recycled or more sustainable materials by 2030.

Charlie Elphicke, 50, was discharged from Leyhill open prison in Stroud, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday after being jailed last year following a month-long trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Yesterday's reshuffle had a long gestation. When Mr Johnson gathered senior aides in Downing Street on Sunday afternoon to finalise his shake-up it was the culmination of months of planning.

Although the 'winter plan' for Covid suggests vaccine passports only for large events, the UK Health Secretary refused to rule them out for smaller venues like pubs 'if something happens'.

Fewer in-person consultations in England 'impeded' care with fewer opportunities for physical examinations, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch report found.

Scotland Yard will not launch a criminal investigation into BBC journalist Martin Bashir's Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, the Metropolitan Police said.

Bianca Jagger has campaigned for human rights in Latin America for decades. Here, she recalls the terrifying moment she was threatened by a dictator's death squad in Honduras.

In a controversial move, modellers for the British Government's Sage advisory group advised a revival of the system that forced all close contacts of confirmed cases to self-isolate.

HENRY DEEDES: When Dominic Raab gets cross, that furrowed forehead of his tends to throb. His jaw tightens and his eyes flare like filament lightbulbs.

Dominic Raab was removed as Foreign Secretary in the wake of his handling of the crisis in Afghanistan. Gavin Williamson was sacked as Education Secretary after his calamitous tenure.

Care workers have to get their first vaccine by September 15 and be double jabbed by November 11 or be banned from entering care homes in England.

EXCLUSIVE: The woman, known only as Linda, told the makers of ITV's Fred And Rose West: Reopened that a man in a leather jacket made a beeline towards her in 1987 in a Bristol car park.

Vegan fare is leading the field to be named upper crust at the British Pie Awards - held in Melton Mowbray, home of the pork pie - with nearly 70 competitors entering the plant-based category.

The moves are the latest blow for the beleaguered charity whose chief executive Michael Fawcett has already stood down amid claims he helped secure an honour for a Saudi donor.

James Peter Farthing, 28, spoke to the 'teenager' on messaging service Kik - under the username 'olderc**k'. He was given a suspended prison sentence at Minshull Street Crown Court.

Tower Hamlets council approved the plans to transform parts of the Truman Brewery into a five storey modern building in east London complete with a gym, rooftop and popular High St chains.

Freya Atkinson, 22, and Michael Young, 30, hatched the plan to carry out the burglary while working for West Yorkshire Police. The pair were both jailed for 30 months at Leeds Crown Court today.

The US publication released a glossy and heavily-airbrushed cover on Harry's 37th birthday showing the Duke of Sussex stood behind his wife with his arms on her right shoulder.

Nearly 90 climate anarchists in orange high-vis jackets clashed with motorists at roadblocks at five locations including parts of the M25 during rush hour today for the second time this week.

The County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service confirmed a cavity wall that runs outside the Milburngate building site in Durham city centre had caught fire.

Medics at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, outside Tel Aviv, compared the antibody levels in staff one week after the third and second doses.

Sushma Devi, 50, wife of Anil Kumar Chauhan, leader of the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was rushed to hospital but died of her injuries.

Emergency services were called to a property in Ealing at 1pm on Tuesday after concerns for the welfare of the occupants. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles from an unknown location inland towards its eastern coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, adding that detailed analysis is underway.

A headline published on February 7 reported that scientists had released anthrax on the Northern Line. In fact, it was B globigii, a different bacterium from the same family.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was on Thursday passed by 61 of the state's 93 MPs in a conscience vote in Queensland's single legislative chamber.

Ian, is the motor behind Emma's tennis drive, lifted her arm victoriously aloft and then hugged his 18-year-old daughter - but her mother Renee did not come out to pose with the sports superstar.

Martina Madarova, 41, was charged yesterday after emergency services were called to a property in Leyborne Avenue, Ealing, London, following concerns for the welfare of the occupants.

Queenslanders in home quarantine will receive randomly timed text messages as part of a real-time check in system to ensure they're at home or risk a visit from the police.

Declan Webster, 32, and brothers Robert and Michael Bowyer, 33 and 27, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving following the incident Chesterfield, Derbyshire on August 5, 2020.

The Islamist group had descended into bitter in-fighting with so-called 'moderates' thought to be at war with terrorist hardliners as both vie for power in the vacuum left by America's retreat.

In a speech to the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention, junior minister John Whittingdale said that the government wanted to ensure British content wasn't 'watered down'.

James Schmidt traveled to Wyoming to assist authorities in their efforts to locate Petito, 22, just hours after her boyfriend Brian Laundrie was named a person of interest in the investigation.

A digger driver identified only as Hakan M went on the rampage at a coalmine near Mount Cudi in Turkey's Sirnak Province after his uncle Omar allegedly refused to pay his wages.

The Met Office said there will be sunny spells across the UK today before mercury rises tomorrow beyond even the 71F expected in Faro in Portugal, the 66F due in Madrid, and 73F in Nice.

Juliet Johnson now plans to sue Sussex Police after she was arrested, questioned and strip-searched over not wearing a face covering while shopping in Waitrose in Chichester, West Sussex.

The RECOVER program was launched in February and aims to determine the cause of long COVID. The award will be given to lead researcher New York University Langone Health.

The missiles were launched from a new 'railway-borne missile system' designed as a potential counter-strike to any forces that threaten the country, KCNA reported on Thursday.

Tommy Gallagher, 77, embroiled in a legal dispute over the fate of his semi-detached home in Burnage, where the Wonderwall hitmakers grew up. Judge ruled he was the victim of 'fraud'.

In a video posted to Instagram and Twitter, a man is seen lying on his stomach on the Vegas sidewalk. The man has his hands behind his back and his face is between the two legs of the officer.

Viral TikToker Mustafa Dhahir , 24, took a subtle jab at anti-vaxxers by suggesting they could receive 'natural immunity' for Covid-19 with a 'safe, new' method.

Boris Johnson has fuelled speculation about an early election by the scale of the changes to his top team - with new Tory chair Oliver Dowden telling staff last night to get ready for a vote in the next two years.

Detectives investigating a rape have released CCTV images of a man after a woman, in her 50s, reported being attacked in Watling Park in Edgware at around 9.30pm on Saturday, August 28.

As Scott Morrison, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shared the stage, all took great pains not to mention the Asian superpower.

US President Joe Biden appeared to forget Scott Morrison's name while announcing a new partnership to help Australia build nuclear submarines.

Cringeworthy footage has captured the moment Australia's Defence Minister Peter Dutton forgot how to do a Covid-safe elbow bump.

Students at Labrador State School and two nearby daycares on Brisbane's Gold Coast were plunged into a four-hour lockdown after the school reportedly received threats from a teenager with a knife.

In news sure to leave some footy fans swooning, former NRL pin up boy Matt Cooper has split from his wife of more than 20 years. The ex-couple will co-parent their two young daughters.

Queensland police have arrested 15 men linked to a 40-person brawl in Runcorn, in Brisbane's south, on Monday night, where bamboo, swords, and axes were allegedly used as weapons.

Rapper Nicki Minaj says she was 'invited' to the White House after she posted a flurry of misinformation tweets earlier this week about vaccine side effects.

Hundreds of volunteers are searching for Isabella 'Ariel' Kula, 6, whose parents last saw her when they put her to bed on Sunday three days ago.

Hudson Mayor Craig Schubert delivered the harsh ultimate during a school board meeting on Monday, garnering loud applause from outraged parents who also spoke out on the issue.

With her three-year-old nuzzling into her neck and holding onto her tightly, Kelly Elfalak revealed she had no doubt that the 'power of prayer' kept AJ safe.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Capitol Police asked Department of Defense for National Guard support on September 18. Dubbed Justice For J6, the rally's set for Saturday at noon.

Sarah Kajoba and Cheryl Taylor died after the balcony attached to a Doncaster East home gave way during an end of year Tupperware celebration in December 2017.

Australia has been forced to pursue nuclear submarines due to China's military build-up in the South China Sea and nearby Papua New Guinea, sparking fears of war.

Doyle Nielson, from Georgia, was paddling his surfboard in New Smyrna Beach before the accident happened around 1.20pm on September 9.

A Facebook commenter has revealed the hardy self-defence tool women should keep in their bags to fend off predatory attacks.

The 55-year-old former ultra-Orthodox principal is facing 74 child sexual abuse charges involving three sisters during her time at Melbourne's Adass Israel School between 2004 and 2008.

The West is becoming increasingly concerned about the growing assertiveness of China in the Indo-Pacific region where it has made huge territorial claims at sea.

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has slammed the new nuclear submarines deal between the US, UK and Australia, saying the US military could not beat 'a bunch of Taliban rebels'.

Australians with one important skill can still command a big wage jobhunting during lockdown, new data shows.

NSW deputy chief health officer Marianne Gale said work was ongoing to relax isolation rules as the state transitions towards living with the virus. In August the UK scrapped isolation for the fully vaccinated.

The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union said about 360 Cadbury workers across two Melbourne sites will strike from Friday over delays in converting them into permanent roles.

The 35-year-old was taken into custody around 9.25am on Thursday on a highway in the suburb of Gagebrook, about 15km north of the jail.

Footage of a woman appearing to assault a Navy sailor at a pizza parlor in Connecticut, while accusing him of wearing a fake uniform, has gone viral.

Australia's population is barely growing due to the impact of international border closures and a continued gradual decline in the birth rate.

Queensland paramedics were called to Orchid Avenue, Gold Coast, before 12.45am on Thursday after the 16-year-old boy reportedly fell nine metres backwards off a balcony railing.

The NSW Teachers Federation has launched a campaign to address growing teacher shortages and highlight the growing challenges they face as they lobby for a pay rise.

The high profile disappearance of Sydney con-artist Melissa Caddick is set to be transformed into an Underbelly type TV series next year.

Highway police were in Bellambi on the NSW south coast when they spotted the car with a lounge on it's roof.

Nathan Huxham, also known as The Flying Chef, 'discourages discrimination' but openly admitted he hoped other businesses would follow him in icing out politicians.

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot has been taken off the 'extinct in the wild' list after captive breeding took the species from only 150 animals left to an estimated 1,500 total population.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, internal research suggested the negative effect that Facebook-owned social media platform Instagram has on the minds of teenagers.

A global hotel group is offering incentives to Covid-vaccinated travelers after Qantas confirmed double-jabbed passengers can fly internationally by mid-December. 

A well-known public housing estate has been shut down and residents ordered to remain inside after 12 positive Covid tests left authorities fearing it is 'riddled' with the virus.

Australian researchers believe that mobile phones could significantly impact how pandemics are controlled in the future.

Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht's selfless plan to pass on a 30 per cent stake of their business - worth $16.4billion - has left many fellow top shelf company owners stunned.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's bill will allow people suffering a disease, illness or medical condition that is advanced, progressive and terminal to access to voluntary-assisted dying (VAD).

As Georgia's children return to the classroom for in person learning, state epidemiologist report that they now make up 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Two masked, armed men attacked outdoor diners at high-end Phillipe on the East Side this evening, stealing one man's watch and shooting another man in the leg when he tried take the robber's weapon.

Small outdoor gatherings will be re-introduced and travel radius doubled for Victorians from Friday as Dan Andrews eases restrictions despite 514 new cases of coronavirus.

It's understood he's facing charges including assaulting police and stalking after a disturbance at his Fitzroy home on Wednesday 4.15am.

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot is proposing a new 'Victims' Justice Ordinance' that would allow the city to sue gang members for up to $10,000 in civil court and seize their property.

Australians keen to reclaim basic freedoms will have to wait even longer if they contracted Covid-19, with health experts saying this group should wait six months before receiving the vaccine.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Thursday announced lockdown would be eased in Melbourne and Ballarat the state reached 70 per cent first-dose vaccinated.

John Durham plans to ask a grand jury to indict Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann for making a false statement to the FBI. He alleged Sussmann may have been secretly working for Clinton.

Former Channel Seven host Andrew O'Keefe has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges after police confirmed they have 'extensive footage' of the night he allegedly assaulted a woman.

Susan Rizzo, from Fort Lauderdale, said she sent the money because she though she was developing a real connection with a man who claimed to be named Nicholas Edwards.

The new initiative in the nation's most populous county begins October 7, with proof of at least one vaccine dose required. By November 4, proof of full vaccination will be mandatory.

R Kelly, 54, has paid his accusers cash settlements up to $1.5million. Susan E Loggans represented the victims and oversaw the settlement, which exchanged money for their signatures on NDAs.

Sharif Mohammad Abdul Fattah grossly breached the standards expected of a medical practitioner, the NSW Civil and Administrative tribunal said on Thursday.

The specimen was collected 100 years ago but it wasn't identified as a species until National Research Collections Australia entomologist Bryan Lessard saw it a few years ago.

New South Wales has recorded 1,351 new local cases of coronavirus and 12 deaths on Thursday in the equal-deadliest day of the pandemic for the state.

Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said investigators believe the victims 'were randomly brought to' the Town of Sheridan and that someone intentionally drove the SUV with the bodies into the tall corn.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled a landmark deal on Thursday morning to switch to nuclear-powered submarines with help from his country's two biggest allies.

NSW Police have arrested 13 people and seized $1 million worth of drugs in a major drug bust that targeted alleged members of Sydney's dark criminal underworld.

When Brad Hazzard was asked whether he could sympathise with the 24-year-old's virus struggle during Thursday's press conference, the health minister did not hold back.

Firefighters today ramped up efforts to contain two wildfires threatening to converge at Sequoia National Park and put over 2,00 giant trees at risk

Sally Harrison from Forest Lake, Brisbane said she waited until July to fulfil her husband Murry's request in his will to make sure the borders wouldn't be closed again after he passed suddenly in November.

Australia has tales of mythical yowies roaming the Outback and bunyips glimpsed at watering holes - but our own Loch Ness Monster might be a little too far-fetched. 

Two boys are feared to be at 'significant risk' after being taken from a Gold Coast address. An amber alert was issued for the boys, aged 6 and 10, by Queensland police just after midday.

A bone found at City Beach, Perth has been linked to Matiyas Bekuretsion, 16, who went missing in November after entering the water at Scarborough Beach with three friends.

The footage is part of a series following three young men from the Yolngu indigenous tribe and their 'white adopted brother' hunting in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Former President Donald Trump signed a secret memo calling for the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by January 15, 2021, according to the new Bob Woodward book.

President Joe Biden met with Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Wednesday as he seeks to get his $3.5 trillion budget bill back on track. He was to meet Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in the evening.

HBO is set to lose 5million viewers Wednesday when WarnerMedia strips its content from Amazon Prime Video's Channel's service. The move is a bid to cultivate a direct relationship with viewers.

Republican Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel, 36, pleads guilty to disorderly conduct for kicking a student in the groin while substitute teaching and avoids jail time and a fine.

France has been 'stabbed in the back' by the Australian nuclear submarine deal, a former top diplomatic official has said.

Jon-Bernard Kairouz, 24, is in a Covid-19 ward at St George Hospital in Kogarah, Sydney's south, the TikTok star's lawyer has confirmed.

Australia will walk away from its controversial deal to spend up to $90 billion buying French diesel-powered submarines and switch to nuclear-powered subs with help from its allies.

AOC attended the Met Gala not just with her own boyfriend but also Benjamin Bronfman, the partner of her dress designer Aurora James. His family is worth $2.5billion.

A Capitol cop is one of six facing disciplinary action after taking a selfie with a rioter on January 6 which he claims was a tactic used to calm him down after he was seen leading other Trump supporters

A federal judge denied former President Trump's request to pause a lawsuit that accuses him of defaming writer E. Jean Carrol.

Researchers at Curtin University in Perth found toxic fat proteins that leak from the bloodstream into the brain was a probable cause of Alzheimer's disease.

The Lismore and Albury LGAs will go into lockdown for seven days at 6pm on Thursday after positive Covid-19 cases were detected in those areas, Health Minister Brad Hazzard announced.

One of six tree loppers who were fined for blatantly breaching public health orders in NSW has tested positive for Covid-19.

The family of a man in his 20s who died from a heart attack have slammed Victorian health officials for a 'revised report' that changed his status to a Covid fatality.

A joint proposal by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Business NSW would create a 'border bubble once both states hit at 70 per cent vaccination and fully open the border at 80 per cent.

The lawyer for a man charged with raping then-Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf.

Daniel Andrews will today ease Melbourne's sixth lockdown after more than five weeks, even as Victoria records 514 new Covid cases.

South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh plans to surrender to police after a warrant was issued for his arrest, in the latest twist in the ongoing murder mystery surrounding the family.

Mo Fayne, 38, has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison and must pay $4,465,865.55 in restitution for his role in a federal bank fraud. He pleaded guilty to six counts.

'Last warning - one more hoot disturbing these guys' lunch and you're ALL under arrest'

The restaurant in Sydney's Chinatown is frequented by politicians and business leaders and is famous for their late night banquets but slid into administration in August amid lockdown.