We and the EU must show the Russian leader we mean business and seize $300bn of his country’s central bank funds

Raw sewage was pumped into the Unesco world heritage site for nearly 10 hours in February

When on holiday in Berwick the artist often gave his work away. Now a new exhibition reveals the value of drawings that survived in a shoebox

The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak prime minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance on Saturday 18 May. Mr Fico's condition has stabilised but remains serious, the country's health minister said, providing an update follow ...

Thunderstorms have killed at least four people and left more than half a million homes and businesses without power in south-eastern Texas. It could take “weeks” for power to be restored in some parts of Houston following fierce storms with winds ...

Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR’s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People

Patrick Grant says rise of low-cost retailers means new clothes ‘haven’t got cheaper, they’ve just got worse’

French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having started a fire that charred and blackened the insides of a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday 17 May. Interior minister Gerald Darm ...

Deputy prime minister Robert Kalinak says Fico’s state is still ‘very serious’

An eyewitness captured fierce wind as a severe storm pummeled Houston, Texas, on Thursday (16 May), killing at least four people. The storm blew windows out of high-rise buildings and left some 800,000 homes without power as much of the city was plun ...

Campaigners say move to electronic permits by the end of the year is a ‘recipe for disaster’ that could leave immigrants without proof of status

Jess Phillips has revealed Sir Keir Starmer told her to “f*** off” when she expressed sympathy for Rishi Sunak. During an appearance on Have I Got News for You on Friday 17 May, the Labour MP was asked if Sir Keir “is as much of a laug ...

A rare squid has been filmed wrapping its arms around a camera deep below the ocean surface, where conditions are near pitch black. The Taningia Danae, at a depth of more than 1km, is seen spreading its tentacles over the camera lens. Scientists from ...

There was more business than usual and some bemused regulars after El Califa de León was rewarded for its ‘exceptional’ offering

Eight-year-olds’ video, which racked up 14m views, hits a sore point for mobilers who have struggled with the cost of living

Yonaguni is a tourist hotspot – but its location just 100km from Taiwan means residents must wrestle with the creeping militarisation of their home

‘Strikingly large’ sum being recouped from people who fell foul of system that did not flag overpayments

DePape, a rightwing conspiracy theorist, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home in 2022 and hit Paul Pelosi with a hammer

A man has been arrested after a standoff with a SWAT team following a shooting that occured earlier that day

Writedown by Canadian pension fund Omers highlights growing financial crisis at utilities firm