Once a ‘princeling’, Xi Jinping spent his teenage years living in a cave. Now he is set to become the longest-serving leader of China since the ’70s. How did he do it? And what are his plans for China?

Xi Jinping has been named to a historic third term as head of the ruling Communist Party, in a break with tradition.

Xi told his deputies to remain on “high alert” as he put an end to decades of political precedent in the world’s second-largest economy.

Meloni has insisted that Italy’s national interests would prevail over European Union policies.

It is less clear what part Prince Harry, who is no longer a working member of the royal family, will play in the event.

The undignified removal of the former Chinese president suggests it was a display of Xi Jinping’s powerful grip on the country.

The former prime minister who resigned in disgrace just months ago is already mounting a comeback due to his extraordinary ability to fix people’s attention.

Dietrich Mateschitz, who became Austria’s richest man peddling Red Bull as an “efficiency product”, has died.

Former Chinese top leader Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of a major meeting of China's ruling Communist Party on Saturday.

Kemi Badenoch has backed Rishi Sunak as the true Thatcheresque candidate. He is the first to have more than 100 MPs declare for him.

A jewel snatched from India in the 19th century – which will play a starring role in the coronation of King Charles in May – is a reminder of Britain’s colonial kleptomania.

Critical infrastructure across Ukraine was pounded by more than a dozen Russian missiles on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said.

A single-engine plane has crashed into a home near a New Hampshire airport, killing everyone on board.

Donald Trump has been formally served with a subpoena demanding he give evidence about the insurrection at the US Capitol.

Boris Johnson is picking up momentum in the race to be Britain's next Prime Minister, despite not formally putting up his hand.

In controversial scenes on Saturday, former President Hu Jintao was escorted from the Great Hall of the People just as Xi was preparing to speak.

Some of Truss’ political opponents have called for her to be refused the payment because of what they see as her role in Britain’s political and economic turmoil.

‘I now expect the language of free markets and libertarianism to be consigned to scrap for quite some time,’ said a lobbyist for the Adam Smith Institute.

Thousands of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol, after Trump delivered a fiery speech at a rally near the White House that falsely claims his defeat in the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.

Hundreds of women were forcibly removed from aircraft at Doha on October 2, 2020 as officials searched for the mother of a newborn baby in a bathroom at the terminal.