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Incident comes after UK seized a Russia-linked oil tanker, the Smyrtos, off the coast of the Isle of Wight

Former president compares AI to the ‘garbage’ people were fed by Church and State at the time she was growing up

Jury heard three men offered payment to set fire to car and two houses linked to UK PM by Russian-speaking figure named El Money

Proposal will see children’s access to platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X restricted

Vessel will ⁠be ​held and monitored ​off the south coast of England as investigations ‌continue

Switzerland provides an alternative model for the UK

Common Travel Area ‘works for citizens in the United Kingdom and for Irish citizens as a benefit’, Taoiseach says

Russia and Iran have long enlisted proxies to perform hostile acts on European soil, but targeting minors represents a new twist on their subversive gig economy

Prime minister’s comments follow remarks by JD Vance blaming the murder of British teenager on mass migration

Coding and accountancy were once trumpeted as secure careers, but AI is showing otherwise

Two people arrested following death of student (21) on Clarendon Street after gig on Grafton Street

Coroner found at least four of those shot dead in Springhill Westrock massacre were unarmed, including a girl shot in face

Henry Nowak was killed by Vickrum Digwa, who falsely alleged a racist attack, in Southampton last year

Financial pressure, a sexual harassment allegation and an editor resigning after he claimed to be subject to anti-Semitic bullying

Singer, whose musical The Last Ship comes to London’s West End, says deindustrialisation brought loss of physical productivity for men

Debate: UK move seeks to balance personal freedom and benefits to individuals’ health and the common good

Markets fear moves to topple Keir Starmer will entail a leftward shift politically and looser spending protocols

Effect will be to raise the current age limit of 18 by one year every year, until smoking dies out with the last of its adherents

Catherine Connolly speaks of need to ‘decolonise’ Irish minds in embassy address in London

Lake, which supplies 40% of NI’s drinking water, has been blighted by noxious blue-green algae in recent years

MP tells prime minister it is clear he will not lead Labour into next election and therefore he should step down

Would-be challenger Andy Burnham in need of sitting MP to give up seat and win byelection to have chance of becoming PM

Wes Streeting expected to fire the starting gun on Thursday on bid to unseat UK prime minister Keir Starmer

At what point are citizens in the North entitled to say they do not want to live in a country run by Farage?

Cruise ship hit by outbreak is due to ⁠anchor near Tenerife in the Canary Islands early on Sunday morning

Six cases of the virus confirmed and two others probable, World Health Organisation says

Prime minister Keir Starmer says he ‘won’t walk away’ despite damaging results across UK

Short of manpower and might, Kviv has devised a machine-based modern war strategy instead

Judge described Holder’s (54) actions as ‘a despicable piece of sexual violence’

Television: Excellent drama about an unglamorous cabal of customs officers tackling gangs who are flooding the UK with heroin

Local, mayoral and parliamentary contests could upend political landscape as Reform, Greens and Lib Dems surge

Getting Westminster’s agreement to a fresh independence referendum will not be easy

Swiss case brings virus outbreak to a total ​of eight, three of them confirmed by laboratory testing

Plus: New mothers advised to seek help with mental health ‘sooner rather than later’ if they are struggling

UK Green Party leader is hoping to eat into Labour’s vote from the left in local elections this week

In a country rife with No Kings protests, Charles was a tonic, presenting himself with elegance, intelligence and wit

British king to ‘raise a dram’ to teetotal US president but soft power of recent state visit does not erase hard realities of politics

Sculpture depicts man marching off a plinth, carrying a billowing flag that obscures his face

Man, who had been ‘attempting to stab Jewish members of the public’, arrested following incident in Golders Green

Royal’s speech comes during four-day visit to US during tense time in relationship between two countries over Iran war