watch Leo Varadkar’s resignation speech in full as the Irish taoiseach announced he is stepping down as prime minister and Fine Gael leader before Ireland’s next general election. In a press conference from the steps of government buildings ...

watch live as Vaughan Gething is expected to be officially nominated as the next first minister of Wales on Wednesday, 20 March.

watch live as Rishi Sunak faces Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 20 March, ahead of his expected appearance before the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs.

Stephen and Carol Baxter were found dead in their armchairs at their home in Mersea Island

watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their content

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un watched on as experts successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile. Kim oversaw the test on Tuesday (19 March) at the Sohae Launch Site, a frequent venue for previous la ...

Ex-UK PM was required to seek permission for paid role with Merlyn Advisors, for whom he spoke to Venezuela president

Incredibly tough plants can tolerate intense cold and prolonged darkness, but temperature has also been rising

watch as doctors who have worked on the frontlines of medical care in Gaza appear before the United Nations in New York to share their accounts of the human toll they have seen wrought by the Israel-Hamas conflict on Tuesday, 19 March.

Ewan McGregor has screen sex with his real-life wife in his new TV series – which is bound to delight his kids. He’s not the only celeb whose steamy scenes with their spouse have mortified their children …

watch live from Washington, DC and Seattle as cherry blossom trees reach peak bloom on Tuesday, 19 March.

Donald Trump is suing ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation over an interview on March 10 with Representative Nancy Mace. The lawsuit said the anchor of ABC’s Sunday news programme “falsely stated on several occasions that Plaintiff h ...

watch the moment former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro surrenders to authorities on Tuesday 19 March, at a prison facility near Miami, Florida to begin a four-month jail sentence. He will be the first Donald Trump-era official to be jailed f ...

CCTV footage captures the moment a bear ran through a town in Slovakia on Sunday 17 March, causing people to flee. According to local media, five people were injured when a bear attacked them in the city centre of Liptovsky Mikulas before retreating ...

Commons leader Penny Mordaunt ignored questions about replacing Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, saying she is “getting on with my job”. Ms Mordaunt was approached by various journalists and photographers outside the Cabinet Office in Whiteha ...

David Neal says government failed to publish his report on conditions for asylum seekers in east Africa country

watch live as Jeremy Hunt answers questions on the economy from MPs in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 March.

watch live as US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes his opening remarks at the Ramstein US Air Base on Tuesday (19 March).

The prime minister has maintained hopes of spring flights carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as the Government overturned all attempts by the House of Lords to change to its deportation legislation. The Government saw off 10 amendments from peers to t ...

Oprah Winfrey fought back tears as she opened up about her battle with obesity and how food “took over her life”, admitting she “blamed” herself. Speaking in An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, on Monday (18 March), ...