Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the US will now refer to the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia rather than the Persian Gulf. The move has prompted outrage from Iranian leaders, and last-minute efforts are being made to persuade Trump to pull back from…
JD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war between the two countries. Speaking at a security conference of senior military and diplomatic leaders in Washington, the US vice-president said that the…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Erin signed ‘discharge at own risk form’, court hears The jurors are shown Erin Patterson’s “discharge at own risk form” that she signed when leaving Leongatha hospital at 8.10am that day, against medical advice. Kylie Ashton recalls reaching Erin before she…
The Brazilian government has rejected a request by the US state department to designate two major criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, according to Mario Sarrubo, Brazil’s national secretary of public security. Sarrubo said the request was made on Tuesday during a meeting between US and Brazilian officials in Brasília. The US officials were concerned about…
Federal judge rules deportation flight to Libya would violate court order A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Wednesday in favor of immigrant rights advocates who asked him to block the government from deporting migrants to Libya, amid reports that the US military planned to fly detained immigrants there this week. District court judge Brian…
Tory party extinction cannot be ruled out, says former chancellor Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt, the former Conservative chancellor, has said that, although he does not expect the Tories to die out as a party, he would not rule it out. In an interview with Andrew Neil for Times Radio, asked extinction was a possibility for…