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Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden in five key swing states, poll suggests

Donald Trump is ahead of US President Joe Biden in five key swing states a year ahead of the 2024 election, according to a...

Business

Average Ryanair fares up 24% – as company forecasts record profits

Ryanair has reported a surge in fares – as a record number of passengers flew with the airline over the summer. Compared to a...

World

Israel-Hamas war: Gaza loses communication as Israel says it has split territory into two

Gaza lost communications in its third total outage of the conflict so far, as Israel’s military said it had divided the Palestinian territory into...

Politics

Rishi Sunak says allegations a Tory MP committed series of rapes are ‘very serious’

Rishi Sunak has responded for the first time to allegations that a Tory MP committed a series of rapes, saying the claims were “very...

Business

Watchdog apologises to ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose for suggesting she breached data rules over Farage bank details

The UK information regulator has apologised to the former NatWest chief executive Dame Alison Rose, who resigned after discussing the banking affairs of Nigel...

Sports

‘What a year’: Blaney wins 1st NASCAR Cup title

Associated Press Nov 5, 2023, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Blaney needed only to defeat Kyle Larson and William...

Sports

USC, Riley fire DC Grinch after 52-42 loss to UW

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNNov 5, 2023, 04:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After USC surrendered 101 total points in the past two games, defensive coordinator...

Sports

USC out of AP Top 25 for first time under Riley

Associated Press Nov 5, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions USC dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for the...

Sports

Deion preaches ‘the process’ as Buffs fall to 4-5

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 5, 2023, 02:11 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended...

Sports

Harvick places 7th in Phoenix in NASCAR farewell

Associated Press Nov 5, 2023, 08:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Harvick pulled onto pit road after his final race...

Business

16m Britons have missed payments on crucial bills this year – 2m of them for the first time

More than 16 million people have missed payments on key household bills this year – two million of them for the first time. The...

A ‘very close’ US election is a year away today: What will decide it?

The next US presidential election will take place a year today – and the Democrats think it will be “very close”. A memo from...

Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden in five key swing states, poll suggests

Donald Trump is ahead of US President Joe Biden in five key swing states a year ahead of the 2024 election, according to a...

Matthew Perry laid to rest in Los Angeles – as Friends co-stars attend funeral

Matthew Perry has been laid to rest in Los Angeles – with all five of his Friends co-stars attending the service. A private funeral...

Mark Zuckerberg has surgery after injuring knee during training for mixed martial arts fight

Mark Zuckerberg has torn one of his anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) while training for a fight. The mixed martial arts (MMA) enthusiast posted a...

Israel-Hamas war: How much influence does Biden’s America have over its ally?

Maybe there will be a breakthrough in the hours or couple of days ahead. But it doesn’t feel likely from the language we’ve heard...

Sports

ESPN’s Melbourne Cup Day tips: Who should you back in every race?

Jarryd Barca Nov 5, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re back! It’s the race that stops the nation and, in 2023, it’s...

‘Where is the water?’: Residents queue to collect bottles after major incident leaves thousands without water supply

A major incident has been declared by Surrey County Council as thousands of households are without water. Thames Water has apologised to residents for...

King’s Speech: The King will have to announce measures we know he is bound to dislike

This is King Charles’s first King’s Speech as monarch. This matters to him, not only because he knows the world will be looking to...

Luis Diaz pleads with father’s kidnappers to release him, saying he and his brothers are ‘desperate’

Liverpool’s Colombian winger, Luis Diaz, has pleaded with his father’s kidnappers to release him, saying he and his brothers are “desperate”. The 26-year-old’s parents...