In this issue

May 20, 2023

Soaring prison population stokes overcrowding fears

Jails 'powder keg waiting to blow' as cell spaces dwindle

4 mins

Britain says Russia will 'pay the price' for war in Ukraine

Rishi Sunak has issued a warning to Vladimir Putin that he and other Western leaders are “not going away”, at the start of the G7 summit in Japan

3 mins

US signs off on F-16s and pilot training for Ukraine

US president Joe Biden told G7 leaders yesterday that Washington supports joint allied training programmes for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, senior US officials said in a significant endorsement as Kyiv seeks to boost its air power against Russia

1 min

Zelensky: Arab leaders are 'turning a blind eye' to war

Volodymyr Zelensky has accused some Arab leaders of “turning a blind eye” to Russia’s invasion of his country. The Ukrainian president yesterday attended an Arab League summit in SaudiArabia in an effort to seek support in the region for his war effort

1 min

Russia called 'terrorist state' as flights to Georgia resume

Anti-war protesters branded Russia a “terrorist state” as they clashed with police in Georgia after flights resumed yesterday

1 min

PM wants migration cut to the level that he 'inherited'

Rishi Sunak believes immigration into the UK is “too high” and has said he wants to bring it down to below the level he “inherited”

3 mins

Westminster is falling down

A disastrous fire in parliament, which seems more and more likely, would be a sad symbol of Britain

4 mins

Sunak will struggle to make boats equal votes in 2024

Net migration to the UK will rise to a record level when official figures are published next Thursday, up from 504,000 to more than 700,000 a year. There have been reports the figure could rocket to 1 million, but the suspicion at Westminster is that this might have more to do with expectation management than reality

3 mins

PM's shared fortune drops by £200m in under a year

The personal fortune of prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty has fallen by more than £200m over the past year after the value of her stake in her father’s company plummeted

2 mins

Johnson's wife Carrie is pregnant with third child

Boris Johnson and Carrie Johnson are expecting their third child, the couple have announced

2 mins

Pedestrian who swore at cyclist and caused her to fall into path of car loses appeal

A woman jailed for manslaughter after shouting at a cyclist who then fell into the road and was killed by an oncoming car has had an appeal against her three-year jail sentence rejected

3 mins

Niger is a safe haven beset by jihadis and mercenaries

Mohamed Bazoum, who is president of the African nation, tells Kim Sengupta his country wants to forge stronger links with the UK and the West. But is its democracy sustainable?

4 mins

'Paranoid' Putin's bunker 50m under Black Sea palace

Tunnel network has church and hookah lounge, plans reveal

3 mins

Only Black GOP senator launches presidential bid

Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican member of the upper chamber, has officially declared himself a candidate for president in next year’s Republican primary election

1 min

'Months without rain

Award-winning photographer Fredrik Lernery captures the devastating impact of severe drought on mothers in Somalia

3 mins

Nationwide gives £340m to customers after huge profits

The UK’s biggest building society is set to hand £340m back to millions of its customers, after enjoying record profits of £2.2bn

2 mins

The public want Britain to take a harder line on China

As G7 leaders meet, with Beijing set to be a big topic, polling shows where the electorate stands

4 mins

Howe sniffed out bargains for Barcodes despite riches

Eddie Howe has spent a season not mentioning the Champions League

3 mins

Firmino will depart Anfield with plenty to smile about

With a final flash of his smile, Roberto Firmino will depart Anfield for the last time today, marking the end of a bright chapter in the story of Jurgen Klopp’s tenure as manager

2 mins

Leinster are out to exorcise demons in crunch rematch

The surface wounds of a bruising afternoon have long since healed but the thumping bass beats of French celebration still echo in the dark reaches of Leinster heads

3 mins

Taylor puts it on the line in pursuit of ring immortality

Katie Taylor has been on a long, glorious and hard road to the ring tonight in Dublin

3 mins

Why we need to be talking about a hung parliament

Local elections make it clearer than ever: Labour ought to be preparing to govern without a majority

8 mins

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