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A Scottish Labour councillor has defected to Reform UK on the eve of a pivotal Holyrood byelection, as the rightwing populist party’s leader, Nigel Farage, defended a controversial advert attacking Anas Sarwar that has prompted accusations of racism. The Reform leader welcomed Jamie McGuire, who represents Renfrew and Braehead, as he campaigned on Monday in […]

An al-Qaida-linked group has launched an assault on a Malian army base in Timbuktu, according to military sources and local officials, a day after it claimed responsibility for another attack near the border with Burkina Faso. “The terrorists arrived today in Timbuktu with a vehicle packed with explosives,” a local official told Agence France-Presse. “The […]

Lisa Nandy has removed herself from the final decision over who will lead the new football regulator, after it emerged the preferred candidate had donated to the culture secretary’s Labour leadership campaign. David Kogan, a media executive who was nominated by the government as chair of the independent football regulator earlier this year, revealed last […]

The UK government should impose sanctions on key figures in the Egyptian government in response to its refusal to release the British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, Labour’s most prominent human rights lawyer has proposed. Writing in the Guardian, Helena Kennedy called for the UK to take the case to the international court of […]

Starmer says he wants UK to be fastest military innovator in Nato Starmer says the world has changed, and that means “the front line, if you like, is here”. He says the strategic defence review is “a blueprint to make Britain safer and stronger, a battle-ready, bomb-clad nation with the strongest alliances and the most […]

White House: Tariffs to stay despite legal setback Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that president Trump’s top economic advisers have said they would not be deterred by a court […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Andreeva holds serve and is just three games from victory at 6-3, 3-1 ahead. Gauff pounces to set up three break points, but Alexandrova shows tremendous grit to prevail in two long rallies and get back to deuce. But it’s all […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Argentina XI Share Kieran Pender is braving the elements in an outdoor press box at GIO Stadium and all set to report on the historic game between the Matildas and Argentina. Thanks for taking one for the team, Kieran! The crowd […]

Russia launches deadly attacks across Ukraine before Istanbul talks with Kyiv Russia has also been launching attacks ahead of the second round of direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Turkey today. Russian shelling and air attacks killed five people outside the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, while a drone attack on the northeast region […]

William Blake may be known for seeing angels up in trees, for writing the alternative national anthem Jerusalem, and for his emblematic poem The Tyger. But his story is far more subversive and far queerer than cosy fables allow. It’s why Oscar Wilde hung a Blake nude on his college room wall. It’s why Blake […]