A fresh batch of explosive documents linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US have been released.

It is no coincidence that authoritarianism is once again appealing to people. Liberal democracies are struggling and entire generations have no living memory of what the alternatives bring.

US President Donald Trump has launched an expletive tirade at Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel escalates its military campaign in Lebanon.

The rampaging bull was so popular with people stamping on its groin area for good luck that it needed to be restored – but when the new tiles were revealed, two important bits appeared to be missing.

Emails and records in the Justice Department files indicate that Epstein had been banking his sperm for several years and did not want it to be discarded if he died.

Another Israeli leader might bank the military gains and walk away – but Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to finish off the Islamic regime, regardless of the costs.

The conversation between the two leaders was reportedly heated, with US news outlet Axios saying the US president lashed out at Netanyahu in the expletive-laden call.

Lava has burst from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano, one of the most active in the world.

Iran has backed out of peace negotiations with the US.

The world is paying a high price for illegal wars of hubris which did not need to be waged. Meanwhile, China marches on without firing a shot.

A woman assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein in the early 1990s says Buckingham Palace sat on evidence the former prince had leaked confidential government information.

The virus is also being detected across a widening swath of the DRC’s conflict-hit east as health authorities struggle to trace exposed contacts and determine the true scale of the epidemic.

There’s a row on Savile Row over a proposed seven-floor development that will allow visitors on to the rooftop where the band performed their legendary final live concert in London in 1969.

Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape.

Israeli troops have captured a strategic Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in decades.

Israel raised its flag over the historic Beaufort Castle, presenting a fresh challenge to the emerging US-Iran deal to extend the ceasefire in the war.

Negotiations to end the Iran deal have been delayed again.

Football fans have clashed with riot police in Paris after the Champions League final.

The difficult mission to rescue remaining villagers trapped in a cave in Laos has become even more dangerous with heavy rain flooding the chambers.

The clock is ticking for the two men from the tiny village of Nampha, which is just a few kilometres from the cave they are trapped in, as volunteers and rescue crews race to save them.