Month: December 2025

New Iraqi parliament holds first session, elects speaker Haybat al-Halbousi, from the Taqaddum (Progress) Party, has been elected as speaker of the new parliament. Haybat al-Halbousi has been elected speaker…

Myanmar pro-military party claims huge lead in contentious elections Campaigners condemn the elections, citing a crackdown on dissent. A polling official assists a woman during voting at Kyauktada Township Polling…

Matthew Upham and another man went missing in the sea in Devon on Christmas Day.

Protests, strikes after Iran’s economic situation rapidly deteriorates Iranians are further squeezed every day amid a tanking economy, an energy crisis, water bankruptcy and lethal pollution. Current and pre-revolution Iranian…

2025: Trump’s year of ’emergency’, ‘invasion’ and ‘narcoterrorism’ The US president claims widespread and varied emergencies to justify executive authority in the first year of his second term. President Donald…

One man, a serving police officer, escaped the fire but his wife and their two children died in the blaze.

Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment 3 hours agoHugh PymHealth editor PA Media A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out…

Trump says progress made in Ukraine talks but ‘thorny issues’ remain 6 hours agoBernd Debusmann Jr,Washington DCandHarry Sekulich Reuters Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky said progress had been made to…

John Simpson: ‘I’ve reported on 40 wars but I’ve never seen a year like 2025’ 6 hours agoJohn SimpsonBBC world affairs editor BBC Sensitive content: This article contains a graphic…