Some 250,000 mourners paid their respects to Pope Francis over a three-day lying-in-state, the Vatican said on the eve of his funeral. World leaders and dignitaries were arriving in Rome on Friday, to ...

Rachel Reeves met Scott Bessent on Friday, after saying Britain’s relationship with the EU is ‘arguably even more important’ than with the US.

Mark Williams and Hossein Vafaei are locked at 4-4 after a gruelling opening session of their own second round match that continues on Friday evening, while Zhao Xintong will take 5-3 lead into ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced she is prepared to support the expansion of Gatwick airport if the project is adjusted.

With Mullins not represented until race three, Skelton has the chance to extend his lead with Riskintheground, who following two wins in the space of a week earlier in the month, goes in search of the ...

Bowen also rode Fairlawn Flyer (11-4 favourite) to what looked an unlikely success in the QuinnBet Highland National Handicap Chase for his father and brother, Peter and Michael, while Murphy employed ...

US President Donald Trump has said in an interview that “Crimea will stay with Russia” as Ukraine comes under mounting pressure to make concessions to end the war between the two countries.

Lucinda Collins ploughed through a junction after being told on a call to her mother that her father was dying.

The Government “is not for bending” on net zero, Ed Miliband has said as he urged opponents of the policy to “bring on the fight”. Speaking at the end of an international energy security summit in ...

Syria’s foreign minister has attended a UN Security Council briefing after raising his country’s new flag at the international body’s headquarters. It was the first public appearance by a high-ranking ...

Emma Raducanu’s hopes of another strong WTA 1000 run ended with a second-round loss to Marta Kostyuk at the Madrid Open. The former US Open champion reached the quarter-finals of one of the WTA Tour’s ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has praised Pope Francis’s “unwavering commitment to justice and peace”. Ms O’Neill has confirmed she will travel to Rome to join leaders from across ...