Category: Politics

More than a hundred women formed a line and applauded as Gisèle Pelicot left the courtroom of the French mass rape trial this week. Pelicot, whose husband has admitted drugging her and inviting dozens of strangers into her bedroom to rape her for a decade, thanked supporters, putting a hand to her heart. She would, […]

Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”. Speaking at a defence conference on Friday, Putin contested US claims that Russia possessed only a “handful” of the high-speed ballistic missiles, saying that the […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 37th over: Australia 87-9 (Starc 12, Hazlewood 5) Did Starc forget the plan? Maybe in the moment, instinct taking over as he plays a good pull shot and runs. They take the single, just making it too, and that leaves Hazlewood […]

Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent, a longtime hedge-fund investor who taught at Yale University for several years, to be his treasury secretary, a statement from Trump confirmed on Friday. The job is one of the most powerful in Washington, with huge influence over America’s gigantic economy and financial markets. The move to select Bessent is […]

One of the best ways we can reduce our household’s carbon footprint is to repair things instead of throwing them away. But it’s also a way of life for many people. “Seems I’ve spent most of my life fixing stuff because I was brought up that way,” observes Phil, from Bedfordshire. “I look at everything […]

The England captain Harry Kane scored a hat-trick, with two of the goals in second-half stoppage time, to give Bayern Munich a 3-0 victory over Augsburg on Friday. The win helped the hosts open up an eight-point gap at the top of the Bundesliga. Bayern, who take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League next […]

Pep Guardiola has said he “loves” fighting Manchester City’s corner against allegations of financial breaches and his belief in the club influenced the decision to sign a new two-year contract. City’s most successful manager ended uncertainty over his future this week when extending his reign until 2027. The 53-year-old claimed the deal was agreed during […]

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment elevating her to the position of “co-president” and boosting the pair’s joint control over the state. Under sanctions for human rights abuses, Ortega himself had proposed the change, which also increases the president’s control over […]

It takes little effort for Kieran McKenna to remember his first Manchester United game. He was about to turn eight when his father took him to Old Trafford in May 1994 and, while a goalless draw with Coventry might not thrill at first glance, there was the considerable bonus of seeing Sir Alex Ferguson’s side […]

Never mind poor red-nosed Rudolph being called names, here’s a reindeer with a really raw deal. This Welsh-language dance-theatre show for children (recommended for ages five to nine) introduces the woefully cold and lonely Carw on Christmas Eve. With no companions, and the lights in the nearby village turned off, he follows a mysterious spark […]