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Wes Streeting has resigned as health secretary, writing in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer that despite the prime minister’s “courage and statesmanship”, “where we need vision, we have a vacuum”.Here is that resignation letter in full:Dear Prime Minister,Labour leadership crisis: Follow live updatesAt a glance: Starmer fights to stay on as prime ministerThe potential challengers to the PMHow would a Labour leadership contest work?The only question that matters in government is whether we leave our successors a better situation than we inherited. Ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes are now the fastest in five years. A&E waiting…
Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian power minister, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8bn naira ($24.7m; £18.5m), a rare conviction against corrupt officials in the West African nation.Last week, Mamman was found guilty of 12 counts, including using private firms to funnel money linked to government-funded power plants.The 68-year-old was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday – according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mamman has been “out of circulation” and “without trace” since his conviction.On Monday, the high court in the capital Abuja issued an arrest warrant for Mamman, who was power minister from…
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At least four people have been killed and children are among dozens wounded after Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.Three of the dead were pulled from the rubble of a partially destroyed apartment building in Kyiv, police said, where a rescue operation is under way after the capital was bombarded.At least 44 people have been injured, including two children, the city’s mayor said. Twenty-one of those are being treated in hospital, including one child.It marks the third day in a row Ukraine has reported deaths, as Moscow ramps up its…
A US citizen has been convicted of helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government.A jury found that Lu Jianwang, 64, opened and operated the station in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighbourhood in early 2022 for China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS).He was found guilty on charges of acting as an illegal agent of the government of China in connection with the station and with obstruction of justice for destroying related evidence.The conviction comes the same week a California mayor resigned after she was charged with acting as…
Pomp and pageantry: Key moments from day one of Trump’s visit to ChinaChina welcomed US President Donald Trump with cheering children and a troop parade on Thursday, before a nearly two-hour long meeting with Xi-Jinping.46 mins agoWorld
LIVERayner says she has been cleared over tax affairs, paving way for any UK leadership bidThe former deputy prime minister said she had been “exonerated” of the accusation she had “deliberately sought to avoid tax”.
A mother who published a children’s book about grief after the sudden death of her husband was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of his murder.A jury in March found that Kouri Richins of Utah killed her husband in 2022 by poisoning him with a fentanyl-laced drink.Richins, 36, had racked up millions of dollars in debt, taken out life insurance policies on her husband and was having an extramarital affair, prosecutors said during her weekslong trial this year.When issuing the sentence on Wednesday – the day Eric Richins would have turned 44 -…
Embattled Sir Keir Starmer has warned his ministers and MPs that a Labour leadership contest could result in “chaos” amid speculation that Health Secretary Wes Streeting is plotting to challenge him imminently.The prime minister sought to rally his quarrelling MPs behind a package of new laws aimed at ending “the status quo that has failed working people”.Speaking in the Commons before he met the ministers and MPs, he promised reforms to areas including health, housing and immigration. He is battling to save his job after four ministers quit and dozens of Labour MPs urged him to resign after last week’s…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he “secretly visited” the United Arab Emirates and met its president during the war with Iran.Netanyahu’s office said the meeting between the Israeli PM and President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed led to a “historic breakthrough”.However shortly afterwards, the UAE foreign ministry denied said the claims about the visit were “entirely unfounded”, and insisted relations between the two countries were not based on “unofficial arrangements”.Iran hit several targets in the Emirates during the conflict, and Tehran has repeatedly criticised the country for what it sees as its closer ties with the US and Israel.He added…