Brent crude spikes to a daily high of $79.26, gas prices rise, stock markets slide and government bond yields surge on inflation and rate hike fears ...

Iranian foreign ministry said earlier US and Israeli attacks had rendered interim accord to end war “ineffective” ...

President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens Spain ...

Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelection ...

Meeting begins this morning after president threatens to pull American troops out of Europe as he arrived in Ankara yesterday ...

Join Tom Bassam for the latest from the 158.3km stage in southern France ...

Activist is challenging ruling last year that restored colonial-era homophobic law against same-sex intimacy ...

John Edwards resigned in June after independent investigation following claims of sexual harassment and bullying ...

His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins ...

VW to propose 100,000 job losses to board and says car plants could be put under foreign ownership to save jobs ...

A goalkeeper with 27.5m Instagram followers and a forward whose future is opaque make our team of players looking for new clubs ...

London City Lionesses have announced the signing of Alexia Putellas at an event in New York ...