PM says Russian drones – one of which was shot down over the presidential palace – serve as a ‘reminder’ of the danger Ukrainians face every day

New species of funnel-web spider found in Newcastle has been dubbed ‘Big Boy’

British-Danish platform uses air-to-air missiles, but fired from the ground; another Russian fuel depot burns. What we know on day 1,059

 

Republicans have discussed making extra disaster aid part of upcoming spending negotiations and conditioning aid to California

President said he fears he ‘almost spent too much time on the policy, not enough time on the politics’

Hamas and Israel reportedly ironed out a final stumbling block in negotiations relating to Palestinian prisoners

Lawyers say impeached president will not attend questioning, with investigators expected to seek warrant to extend his detention

DOGE, which is not actually a government department, wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending

Prominent Supreme Court attorney Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSBlog, was indicted on tax charges

UK phone, broadband and pay-TV firms can no longer impose hikes linked to unknown future rates of inflation

Review of labelling’s effectiveness finds average reduction is equivalent of 11 calories in a typical 600-calorie meal

Group led by ministers will include representatives of the judiciary, music industry, BBC and Football Association

The President-elect has vowed to make the competition ‘the greatest Games’ and said that they were ‘more important than ever to L.A.,’ in the wake of the devastating wildfires that have hit southern California

‘There’s 1,000-year-old trees out here,’ a resident complained

In an update from the hospital, Moore said he took a ‘beating’ and his right hand was ‘swollen’ and ‘purple’

In the wake of the Hamas attack that killed around 1,200 Israelis – with another 250 taken hostage – more than 46,700 Palestinians have been killed, while 1.9 million have been displaced from their homes, Alexander Butler and Tom Watling write

Rocket’s six engines appeared to shut down one after another after nearly nine minutes, while booster returned

Measures come a week after Washington also sanctioned Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s rival, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo