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Q: Would Labour support a caretaker prime minster other than Jeremy Corbyn?
It has to be Jeremy, McDonnell said. He claimed Corbyn could unite the opposition and ruled out Labour backing any other caretaker prime minister.
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McDonnell confirms that Labour’s commitment to a second referendum and...
The ocean off the western coast of North America is five degrees Fahrenheit hotter than usual after warming at an unusually rapid rate, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
It has been dubbed the “north-east Pacific marine heatwave of 2019”.
Marine heatwaves are defined as oceanic...
Rome and Florence
“Anything you can do I can do vegan,” says Vegan Food Tours, which runs jaunts through Rome’s Monti, one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods (three hours, €67 adult, €29 child). While exploring the area, known for its gourmet street food and bohemian bars, travellers get to...
A senior Labour MP has used his exit from the Commons to criticise Jeremy Corbyn’s record as leader and blame the party’s current antisemitism crisis on him. John Mann is set to stand down after 18 years in parliament to take up the full-time post as the government’s...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has replaced the country’s energy minister with one of his sons, naming Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman to one of the most important positions in the kingdom.
The new energy minister is an older half-brother to the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and an experienced oil...
Taking a brief well-earned break from the creative restrictions of the Star Wars universe, Rian Johnson has treated us to a wonderfully devious Agatha Christie homage, a freeing exercise that shows just how much he can achieve without Lucasfilm breathing down his neck. The Last Jedi director (and...
Donald Trump has said that he cancelled secret peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders, after the insurgent group said it was behind an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people.
The US president said on Twitter that Taliban leaders were due to meet for...
Congress is investigating Donald Trump over a potential conflict of interest involving increased US military spending at Prestwick airport near Glasgow and visits to his Trump Turnberry resort, according to reports.
The house oversight committee has been investigating whether increasing expenditure at the airport and allegations of US military...
Serena Williams, so strong of limb and spirit, could not disguise her inner frailty when she stumbled at the tape in the US Open final, and tennis embraced another new teenage champion, Bianca Andreescu, who took an hour and 40 minutes to win 6-3, 7-5 on her grand...
Dapper dudes
Four fashion capitals, London, New York, Milan and Paris are captured in the pages of
Garçon Style, a stunning coffee-table picture book by men’s street style photographer Jonathan Daniel Pryce. He spent more than five years capturing the unique characters of the men, architecture and street culture of...
