Fianna Fáil emerges as largest party
PA Media Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin previously served as taoiseach from 2020 to 2022 Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following…
Migrants moved from secretive UK military island after three years
Getty Images Diego Garcia hosts a joint UK-US military base Migrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to…
Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud. Tom Hayhoe’s first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of PPE bought during the pandemic…
40 years since the tragedy killed thousands in India
Forty years ago, an Indian city became the site of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. On the night of 2 December, 1984, a poisonous gas leaked from Union…
Russian agent ‘wanted successful UK operation after Skripal’
BBC Yulia and Sergei Skripal survived being poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury A Russian agent who controlled a spy cell operating in the UK said a “successful operation on British…
UK does not need to choose between US and EU
The prime minister has vowed not to choose between allies of the UK in a speech on foreign policy. Attacking the Conservatives for having “turned their back on the world”,…
Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah targets military post
Israel says it struck targets in Lebanon on Monday evening after vowing to retaliate for an attack by Hezbollah on a military post, with both sides accusing each other of…
Protesters demand Western path not Russian past
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock On the fifth night of protests, police used water cannon to push people away from parliament Night after night, Georgians have filled the broad central avenue that runs past…
Ukraine’s exhausted troops in Russia told to cling on and wait for Trump
Getty Images Ukrainian soldiers say they’ve been ordered to hang onto territory in Kursk region until Trump takes office, with new policies, in January The tone is dark, even angry.…
Queen to miss start of Qatari state visit
Reuters The Queen will miss some elements of the Qatari state visit this week due to a lingering viral chest infection, a Buckingham Palace source says. A Palace source said…