President, scheduled to speak at the historically Black campus before the start of the Israel-Gaza war, will give speech on 19 May

Power briefly went off in the House of Lords on Monday evening (22 April) as a peer was mid-way through a speech. Lights in the chamber flickered before going out while Lord Bellamy was speaking at the despatch box. After television screens and micro ...

Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rules

Outside speakers and honorees released from attending given ‘highly publicized circumstances’ over main-stage commencement program

Pro-Palestinian students interrupted a dinner held by a top free speech defender at Berkeley. A polarized and very public controversy has followed

University says it is ‘redesigning’ commencement plans days after it decided to prevent Asna Tabassum from speaking on 10 May

Feeling depressed doesn’t mean you cannot work, Rishi Sunak said as he announced major changes to the UK’s welfare system. The prime minister repeatedly stressed that the system as it stands is letting people down by not being focused enoug ...

Rishi Sunak called for “calm heads” to prevail in the Middle East after reports Israel launced a retaliatory attack against Iran overnight on Thursday (April 18). Explosions were reportledy heard near a major military airbase. Asked about t ...

Watch live as Rishi Sunak calls for an end to “sick note culture” in his welfare reform speech today (19 April).

Prime minister to say in speech there is risk of ‘over-medicalising everyday challenges and worries of life’ while Labour calls announcement ‘cheap headline’

Joe Biden joked that he "looks like he's 40" as he delivered a campaign speech in Philadelphia, where the Kennedy political family endorsed his re-election campaign. "I know I look like I'm 40 but I've been doing this a lon ...

Watch live as Oliver Dowden delivers a speech on economic security on Thursday 18 April.

President touted plan during speech on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, where union support could prove crucial

Asna Tabassum, a fourth-year biomedical engineering student from Chino Hills, California, was set to speak at the ceremony on 10 May

Professor Sir Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, has said those opposed to the ban on selling tobacco products should be “against something which takes away people’s choices,” as addiction often starts at a young age. The Prime M ...

Nigel Farage has accused Brussels of “cancel culture” after police in the city moved to shut down the National Conservatism Conference. The former Ukip leader - who served as an MEP for 21 years - was due to give a keynote speech at the gathering ...

Watch live as Rishi Sunak is set to address parliament following Iran’s attack on Israel, after home secretary James Cleverly takes questions from MPs.

Salman Rushdie, in his first major TV interview since he was stabbed in 2022, also read excerpts from his upcoming memoir about the horrific attack

A University of Michigan proposal aimed at deterring disruptions on its Ann Arbor campus after anti-Israel protesters interrupted an honors convocation is sparking backlash from free speech advocates

London mayor expected to criticise Susan Hall in speech launching panels on school roofs