Mel Stride and Priti Patel replaced in major Tory reshuffle
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is shaking up her top team ahead of the party's conference in October.

Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiously
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.

Messi retires from international football with 'nothing left to give'
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

Argentina great Lionel Messi announces his retirement from international football, saying it was a decision that "hurt" but he understands "the time has come".

Hundreds remember Heaton Park synagogue attack victims at memorial event
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

The chief rabbi and Angela Rayner are among speakers at the event, nearly a year on from the attack.

AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England chief warns
Posted on Monday August 31, 2026

The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.