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Byline: Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor MPs fear the government is moving too fast to re-establish UK-China relations as some consider naming the alleged spy who used his relationship with [...]

Byline: Guardian staff Late-night hosts talk Giving Tuesday, Donald Trump 's visit to Notre Dame and the scandals surrounding his choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel [...]

Byline: Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Excessive legal threats used to silence those who tried to expose the Post Office Horizon scandal and allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed should be outlawed, [...]

Byline: David Smith in Washington Bill Clinton, the former US president, has written of his 'frustration' at being questioned about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky while acknowledging [...]

Byline: Aletha Adu Political correspondent Liz Kendall has said she sees 'no tension' in government over plans to make savings from restricted winter fuel payments to vulnerable pensioners and an [...]

Byline: George Joseph in New York Last week, on a grey September morning, the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, was struggling to get ahead of federal prosecutors. News had [...]

Byline: Arwa Mahdawi Earlier this year, at Donald Trump 's hush-money trial, adult film star Stormy Daniels told jurors how at age 27, she met a 60-year-old Trump, whose wife [...]

Byline: Arwa Mahdawi Do you have: a) unconventional scientific opinions; b) an inability to keep your thoughts and genitals to yourself; c) a soft spot for slavery; and d) a [...]

Byline: Nimo Omer Good morning. Since the party won the election in July, Labour's messaging has been downcast. Abandoning the high spirits that followed their seismic victory, Keir Starmer has [...]

Byline: Severin Carrell Scotland editor The general election result is a catastrophe for John Swinney and the Scottish National party, which has dominated Scottish politics for a decade. Now it [...]

Byline: Jane Croft Britain's next government has been urged to set up a taskforce to explore the future for the state-owned Post Office including mutualisation -- once victims of the [...]

Byline: Editorial Political scandals, once they gain sufficient momentum, evolve beyond the initial offence. Only a small number of people were in a position to profit from certain knowledge that [...]

Byline: Eleni Courea Political correspondent When the Conservatives launched their election campaign five weeks ago, 20 points behind in the polls and on their fourth prime minister in five years, [...]

Byline: Rob Davies, Jessica Elgot and Matthew Weaver Senior Conservatives and campaigners are calling for a ban on political bets by MPs, as the Gambling Commission was urged to look [...]

Byline: Dan Sabbagh and Jim Waterson When Rishi Sunak, Britain's Conservative prime minister, called a snap election in the pouring rain last month, he would have hoped his party would [...]

Byline: Jamie Grierson and agencies A Labour MP and key ally of Jeremy Corbyn claimed it had been suggested that MI5 issued a rare alert notice about a lawyer who [...]

Byline: Maya Yang block-time published-time 1.56pm BST Here is more from Senate judiciary committee chair Dick Durbin on his revelation yesterday that justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose further details [...]

Byline: Helena Horton Environment reporter Since the UK's general election was called, the Labour party has been seeking to capitalise on voters' fury over the sewage filling England's rivers and [...]

Byline: Ajit Niranjan in Vienna 'This European parliament is probably going to be the most rightwing ever -- and it will want to rip up the Green Deal,' said Lena [...]

Byline: Joan E Greve in Washington Five states and Washington DC will hold primary contests on Tuesday, and much attention will be paid to New Jersey, where the indictment of [...]

Byline: Steven Morris There was no honeymoon period and precious little breathing room for Vaughan Gething to relish the historic achievement of becoming the first Black leader of a European [...]

Byline: Andrew Sparrow block-time published-time 9.42am BST Max Hill, a former director of public prosecutions, said this morning that, although the corporate manslaughter charge could not be used to prosecute [...]

Byline: John Crace Remember Hillsborough? Remember Grenfell? Remember the Post Office Horizon scandal? Of course you do. So you probably don't have much faith in organisations and government to tell [...]

Byline: Justin McCurry in Tokyo In the past fortnight Fumio Kishida has been mentioned as a possible recipient of the Nobel peace prize and praised for a speech to congress [...]

Byline: Rupert Neate Good morning. First up, some breaking news: Israel has launched an attack on Iran, US officials confirmed this morning, after explosions were reported in the skies over [...]

Byline: Paul Taylor Ursula von der Leyen became president of the European Commission in a backroom deal in 2019 without facing Europe's voters. Now she is running for re-election almost [...]

Byline: Martin Pengelly in Washington The far-right Florida Republican Matt Gaetz forced Kevin McCarthy out as House speaker last year 'because he slept with a 17-year-old' and wanted a congressional [...]

Byline: Martin Belam block-time published-time 9.55am BST While he was on the media round, Work and Pensions secretary Mel Stride was questioned on why the government would raise pensions in [...]

Byline: Eleni Courea and Charlie Moloney A Conservative MP has revealed that he was targeted in the Westminster sexting scandal and was the MP that first alerted the authorities. Luke [...]

Byline: Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent The Danish health minister should 'get on a plane and visit' some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of [...]

Byline: Peter Walker Deputy political editor Rishi Sunak is to face another tricky byelection in the coming weeks after the former Conservative backbencher Scott Benton quit parliament before the conclusion [...]

Byline: Pippa Crerar Political editor On the fringes of cabinet last Tuesday ministers chatted in hushed tones about the Tory mega-donor Frank Hester's 'clearly racist' remarks about Diane Abbott, revealed [...]

Byline: Editorial Some political controversies are complicated. The row about offensive remarks made by Frank Hester, a businessman and Conservative donor, is not in that category. What he said was [...]

Byline: Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent Plans for automated surveillance of millions of bank accounts to catch welfare cheats should be scrapped, campaigners have said, warning the approach risks a [...]

Byline: Daniel Boffey Chief reporter Alan Bates, who has led the campaign for justice for post office operators, has told MPs that he can see 'no end' to the scandal, [...]

Byline: Helen Pidd North of England editor There was no sign of life inside Labour's campaign headquarters in Rochdale on Tuesday morning. With just two and a half weeks to [...]

Byline: Amelia Gentleman Ministers were poised five years ago to offer a route to a reprieve for thousands of international students who may have been wrongly accused of cheating, but [...]

Byline: Lili Bayer A scandal rocking Hungarian politics is exposing Viktor Orbán's vulnerabilities and testing his opposition as the country prepares for local and European elections in June. The Hungarian [...]

Byline: Mark Sweney MPs have criticised the government for not acting over the Horizon IT scandal through its representative on the Post Office board, with one calling it a 'fatal [...]

Byline: Josh Taylor It's been five years since Australia's last Photoshop scandal, involving then-prime minister Scott Morrison's white shoes, but it feels like a world away. This week the Animal [...]

Byline: Josh Butler Once considered the Liberal party's messiah, Scott Morrison leaves behind a complicated and controversial legacy. Australia's 30th prime minister announced on Tuesday that he will quit parliament [...]

Byline: Archie Bland Good morning. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party now polls above 20% in Germany -- and it is showing no signs of going away. Earlier this [...]

Byline: Rob Davies The UK business minister, Kemi Badenoch, has written to Fujitsu to demand talks on how much it would pay towards compensating Post Office Horizon victims, after the [...]

Byline: Alexandra Topping The senior leaders of the Welsh-language broadcaster will be replaced after a year-long crisis, after the chair said he would not stand for a second term. Rhodri [...]

Byline: Julia Kollewe block-time published-time 9.58am GMT The business committee hearing is about to start. You can watch it live here. First up are: Neil Hudgell, executive chairman at Hudgell [...]

Byline: Rob Davies The role played by the technology firm Fujitsu in the Post Office Horizon scandal will come under the microscope this week, with the judge-led inquiry and a [...]

Byline: Harriet Sherwood Parliament should consider formal regulation of the growing practice of private prosecutions to ensure the power is not abused, the chair of the Bar Council has said. [...]

The welcome but belated recognition by MPs of the terrible injustice done to subpostmasters needs reflection after more urgent issues are addressed ( Horizon scandal: hundreds of post office operators [...]

Byline: Ben Quinn Political correspondent All major parties face questions about why it took an ITV drama to provoke meaningful political action on the Horizon scandal. Campaigners have spent decades [...]

Byline: Caroline Davies The ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, on the campaign for justice by former post office operators led by Alan Bates, has caused a national [...]