Sweden and Finland formally apply to join Nato
Sweden and Finland have formally submitted their applications to join Nato, in one of the biggest geopolitical consequences to date of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Beijing city reports 39 new local COVID infections over past 24 hours
Beijing reported 39 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections during the 24 hours ending at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Sunday, a disease control official at the Chinese capital said.
The city has had a total of 727 COVID infections since April 22, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director at Beijing Municipal Health Commission, told a news briefing.
UK inflation soars to 9%, the highest level in more than 40 years
Headline CPI rate fuelled by increase in household energy bills plus rising food and transport costs
Senior Twitter engineer says the social media giant is "censoring the right" and that he and his co-workers are communists.
A senior Twitter engineer has been secretly recorded admitting that the social media giant is “censoring the right” — and that he and his co-workers are “Commie as f–k.
Irritation all round at handling of move against Brexit protocol
Analysis: leak blindsided US officials, caused shock waves in Europe and appears to have annoyed No 10
Younger children most affected by Covid lockdowns, new research finds
Educational progress and social development of four- and five-year-olds suffered severely
Numbers of nurses and midwives leaving NHS highest for four years
More nurses leave NHS than at any time since Covid struck, many reporting stress as their main reason
Rishi Sunak faces Tory clamour to act now on cost of living crisis
Conservative MPs to urge chancellor to tackle inflation with VAT cuts, energy bill support and improved benefits
Sajid Javid told dementia patients ‘need change now’ as 10-year plan launched
Campaigners welcome health secretary’s promise of ‘seismic shift’ in care, but say it must be backed by urgent funding and delivery
Alarm as leak reveals Prevent ‘carrying the weight’ for mental health services
People ‘who do not necessarily pose terrorism risk’ referred to anti-extremism programme to speed up access to support
What are Elon Musk’s options in the Twitter takeover deal?
The Tesla chief says the deal cannot go ahead unless the platform proves that fewer than 5% of users are bots
Joe Biden says ‘white supremacy is a poison’ after Buffalo shooting
President attacks those who promote racist conspiracy theory ‘for power, political gain and for profit’ but says ‘evil will not win’