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Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft quits as government whip over cuts to disability benefits

Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has quit her job as a government whip in opposition to the government’s plans to cut disability benefits. She wrote...

Technology

Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment in the artificial intelligence...

Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO

‘Loving father’ shot dead in suspected case of mistaken identity prompts appeal for information

The family of a father shot dead in a suspected case of mistaken identity in north London have said he “deserves justice” as they...

Politics

Whitehall officials tried to convince Lord Gove to cover up grooming scandal, he tells Sky News

Whitehall officials tried to convince Lord Michael Gove to go to court to cover up details of a report into the grooming scandal in...

Politics

MP who introduced assisted dying bill ‘confident’ it will be voted through

The politician who introduced the assisted dying bill has said she is “confident” MPs will push it through to the next stage on Friday....

Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft quits as government whip over cuts to disability benefits

Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has quit her job as a government whip in opposition to the government’s plans to cut disability benefits. She wrote...

Science

Apollo Astronauts Found Orange Glass Beads on the Moon, Scientists Now Know Why

When Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, preparing to face a lifeless wasteland, they were taken aback to find the surface covered in gleaming orange...

Business

Government considering measure to slash industrial energy prices

Ministers are considering a commitment to cut soaring industrial energy prices for British companies to the same level enjoyed by competitors in France and...

Business

Why are UK industrial electricity prices so high – and what can be done about it?

Britain has the highest industrial electricity prices in the G7, a cost businesses say makes it impossible to compete internationally and risks “deindustrialising” the...

Science

Fast Radio Bursts Reveal Universe’s Missing Matter Hidden in Cosmic Intergalactic Fog

Astronomers have at last found the universe’s missing ordinary matter, the particles that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang and...

Science

World’s Oldest Tailored Dress Found in Egyptian Tomb Dates Back Over 5,000 Years

Over 5,000 years ago, an Egyptian weaver, maker of the so-called Tarkhan Dress, created the world’s oldest woven and tailored garment. The linen dress was...

Science

Ancient Footprints in White Sands Confirm Humans Reached America 23,000 Years Ago

When Vance Holliday accepted a research invite to New Mexico’s White Sands in 2012, he didn’t know he was stepping near what would become...

Sports

Royal Ascot: Favourite Trawlerman wins Gold Cup

Jun 19, 2025, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions 1 Related The race attracted eight entries, with 2024 winner Kyprios absent after being retired...

Science

AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Achieves Controlled Flight Using Jet Engines

A jet-powered human robot has taken to the skies, and this time it’s managing to stay in the air and even move around mid-flight, thanks...

Science

Curiosity Rover Enters Uyuni Quad, Begins New Phase of Mars Exploration with Fresh Targets

NASA’s Curiosity rover has recently begun a new chapter in its journey on Mars after entering the “Uyuni” quadrangle, a 1.5 km by 1.5 km...

World

Govt urged to keep citizenship promise to Hong Kongers – after threat to double timeline

The government should honour its promise to Hong Kongers to gain settled status after five years – not a proposed 10 years, MPs have...

World

Amputations, badly burned bomb victims and lack of medicine: British surgeons on life in Gaza

Doctors are a very special category of people. Doctors who opt to work in war zones are an entirely different level of special. They...

Post Office scandal redress must not only be fair – it must be fast

“Exonerate and acknowledge” say victims of the Post Office Capture scandal. And it’s easy to see why patience is wearing thin. To understand what...

Technology

Creators say they didn’t know Google uses YouTube to train AI

Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Google is...

Environment

Oil prices rise about 3% as Israel vows to intensify attacks on Iran

Smoke blankets the sky above Tehran, Iran, following explosions in the capital after the Israeli army hit Iranian targets, on June 18, 2025. Anadolu...