International Energy Agency says 17m vehicles will be sold this year, up more than 20% compared with 2023

‘The opportunistic criminals who want to manipulate your children into disturbing acts of sexual abuse are not a distant threat – they are trying to talk to them now on phones and devices you can find in any family home,’ expert warns

As the pound fell to its lowest point against the dollar for around five months, dropping to 0.2 per cent to $1.23, the blue-chip index leapt

The witness told investigators having a recorded interview would be a ‘risk’ for him in ‘the Trump world’

UK’s blue-chip index ended trading at 8,023, its highest close ever, as pound falls against dollar

Stories of dismay but also resilience as crisis in food production builds after 18 months of exceptionally wet weather

Official UK figures show 33% jump in deaths from alcohol-specific causes from 2019 – the highest since records began in 2001

Former president accused of falsifying business records to cover up an attempt to influence 2016 election

Folk singer revives music believed to have been rejected by hymn book committees, after she found recordings in archive

Lloyd Martin’s mother says her son ‘achieved his dream’

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Saleh Ahmed Handule Ali, now 33, had indefinite leave to remain in UK, but Home Office failed to keep a record

Europeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report finds

For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds

Chris Packham held his head in his hands as he cringed at Matt Hancock’s London Marathon video. The former health secretary recorded a clip saying he was taking part in the race to raise money for the Accessible Learning Foundation, a charity that ...

Lock-ups are being marketed as more than just storage amid overcrowding and record rent rises

People affected by serious sexual and violent offences can face large fees to obtain written records from their cases

New album The Tortured Poets Department flies off the shelves as Swift breaks record for most Spotify streams in a single day

German big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner has surfed what is possibly the biggest wave ever measured at 28.57 metres (93.73ft). Steudtner’s attempt came off the coast of Nazare, Portugal, two months ago on Saturday 24 February. The height of the w ...

A Nigerian chess champion has played the game non-stop for 58 hours to break the world record. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa with his marathon attempt that began in New York City’s Times Squar ...