Author: James Carter

Cracks have emerged in the newly announced peace deal between the United States and Iran, after Israel declared it would not withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon, insisting the agreement “does not bind us in any way” — just a day after Washington announced the breakthrough aimed at ending more than three months of conflict. The dispute centres on two key issues: the status of Israeli troops in Lebanon, and the question of free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Lebanon has remained one of the most contentious elements of the negotiations, with Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continuing to exchange…

US President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday with separate phone calls to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as fighting continued on both sides of the front line and Britain announced the first detention of a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in the English Channel. Zelensky and Trump spoke for around half an hour, discussing the ongoing war, diplomacy and peace negotiations, with Zelensky also taking the opportunity to wish Trump a happy birthday. Putin separately spoke with Trump about the invasion of Ukraine and an upcoming visit by senior US envoys to Russia.…

Morrisons shoppers have until the end of the month to take advantage of a reward scheme offering 10 per cent back on spending across the supermarket’s 1,860 UK stores, provided they hit a £250 spending threshold. Under the More Plus Scheme, customers who spend at least £250 by 30 June will receive a 10 per cent reward, applicable to both in-store and online purchases. To qualify, shoppers simply need to scan their Morrisons More card every time they shop, whether in person or online, with their spending tracked via the Morrisons More app or website. According to Morrisons, the scheme…

Nigel Farage has used the launch of a new Substack newsletter to argue that Britain has become a “two tier state against white people,” pledging that a Reform UK government would evict foreign nationals from social housing and repeal the Equality Act. In his first essay, titled “Britain Is A Two Tier State – Against White People” and published on Sunday morning, the Clacton MP argued that “the British state is no longer working for everyone in this country,” citing the murder of student Henry Nowak, who was reportedly handcuffed by police as he lay dying after his killer claimed…

A major UK holiday park operator that collapsed into administration owing more than £103 million to creditors has expanded its workforce by 158 staff, as administrators work to keep its sites running while a buyer is found. Argyll Holidays, run by Cove Communities Venture 2 Argyle OpCo Limited, entered administration in November after struggling with mounting debts, rising costs and falling consumer demand. Fresh documents show that staffing levels at the company’s Scottish sites have grown from 97 to 255 employees, as administrators look to maintain operations across the group’s holiday parks. Despite the financial collapse, all eight of the…

President Donald Trump is marking his 80th birthday with a UFC cage-fighting event on the South Lawn of the White House, a spectacle that stands in stark contrast to the quiet family celebration his predecessor held on reaching the same milestone, as questions continue to surround his health and cognitive fitness. Ahead of the event, Trump shared a series of throwback and AI-generated images on social media. One showed a younger Trump posing on a chair, captioned: “Years ago after saving the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park – Long before I fixed The Reflecting Pool, and everything else in…

Sir Keir Starmer is bracing for a wave of ministerial resignations following Thursday’s Makerfield by-election, with Andy Burnham widely expected to win the seat and immediately position himself to challenge for the Labour leadership and Downing Street. The vote takes place on 18 June, with the result expected in the early hours of the following morning. The Greater Manchester mayor is running in the constituency after Labour MP Josh Simons resigned to clear the way for him, following months of speculation about whether Burnham would mount a comeback to Westminster. Polling by Survation has put Burnham on around 49 per…

Classic luxury watches once treasured as status symbols are increasingly being sent to the melting pot rather than the auction room, as soaring gold prices mean the precious metal inside some timepieces is now worth more than the watches themselves. Models including Omega’s Constellation, famously worn by George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, are among those being scrapped for their gold content, according to insights gathered by Reuters from more than a dozen traders and industry experts. The trend is particularly affecting used watches from prestigious but less exclusive brands such as Omega and LVMH-owned TAG Heuer. British dealer Jon White,…

Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after shares in his rocket company SpaceX surged by more than 20 per cent on their New York stock market debut, lifting the company’s valuation from $1.8 trillion to more than $2 trillion in what was the world’s biggest initial public offering. Musk, who joined a ceremonial bell-ringing at Nasdaq remotely from SpaceX’s Starbase headquarters in Texas, used the occasion to declare his ambition was “to make life multi-planetary.” He told viewers: “Whoever you are watching this, SpaceX wants to be able to take you to the moon, take you to Mars and…

Pakistan declared on Friday that a final, agreed text of a peace deal between the United States and Iran “has been reached” and that “peace has never been this close as it is now” — only for a leaked Iranian account of the document’s contents to spark a furious dispute that exposed how far apart the two sides remain on key terms. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has played a central mediating role throughout the negotiations, wrote on X that “a final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached” and that Pakistan was “now working closely…