2025

Netanyahu’s office says cabinet won’t meet to approve ceasefire deal until Hamas backs down on ‘last minute concessions’ Israel’s security cabinet has delayed a planned meeting to approve a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas in Gaza, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s office accusing Hamas of attempting to obtain ‘last minute concessions’ on some aspects of the…

Keir Starmer has travelled to Ukraine to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since he entered Downing Street, hailing a “closer than ever” partnership days before Donald Trump returns to the White House. The two countries will sign a partnership deal to deepen the existing defence relationship, with further military assistance to Kyiv on…

The NSW government is hoping the Fair Work Commission will end a long-running standoff with the rail unions over a new pay deal as industrial action causes havoc for Sydney commuters for a second day. On Thursday, the premier, Chris Minns, said his government had lodged an application to the Fair Work Commission to end…

It’s very name conjures images of warmth, and now Sunbury-on-Thames has been named as a property hotspot. According to listings website Rightmove, the Surrey town recorded the biggest rise in asking prices in Great Britain last year, registering a 12.5% leap in the average, from £527,005 to £592,976. The town has long been popular with…