Iran's injured new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has used Persian Gulf Day to warn Trump of a future 'free of America', as the 2026 war drags on, Hormuz stays blockaded, and oil prices keep climbing.
Pete Hegseth spent nearly six hours in front of the House Armed Services Committee defending the $25 billion Iran war, and the cracks showed every time lawmakers quoted him back to himself.
Trump is being briefed on fresh military options against Iran, including a special forces raid on its uranium stockpile and seizing part of the Strait of Hormuz, even as a fragile ceasefire and war crime warnings hang over the conflict.
A Ukraine charity volunteer says Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden lifted his plan to donate 40 unused NHS ventilators, then redirected them to Cuba. A standards complaint has been filed.
Allies say Donald Trump has privately called himself 'the most powerful person to ever live', comparing himself to Alexander the Great, Caesar and Napoleon. Here's what the reporting actually says, and why it matters for the UK.
Brent crude has spiked nearly 7% to $126 a barrel, its highest since 2022, after reports that Trump is about to be briefed on fresh military options against Iran. Here's what it means for UK wallets.
US petrol prices have hit $4.23 a gallon, the highest since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, as the Strait of Hormuz crisis squeezes global oil supply and Trump's approval slides.
Jerome Powell held rates in what looks like his final meeting as Fed chair, but the 8-4 split, sticky inflation, and a politically charged succession say plenty about what comes next.
JD Vance dismissed a report saying he was worried about America's depleting missile stockpile, then admitted on Fox News he was. The numbers behind the Iran war suggest he has every reason to be.
Pete Hegseth's bruising six-hour House Armed Services hearing on the Iran war was only the opening act. Thursday's Senate appearance, stacked with hostile Republicans and a personally aggrieved Mark Kelly, looks far more dangerous.
Prosecutors want Cole Tomas Allen held until trial after newly released selfies show him armed in a Washington hotel room hours before the Correspondents' Dinner shooting.
The US Justice Department has unveiled 34 rulemaking notices rolling back federal gun regulations, just as the Senate confirmed career agent Robert Cekada as the new ATF director.