Northern Ireland secretary holding talks with both sides as Garvaghy Road group launches fresh legal challenge

The app has updated the satellite imagery for much of the Palestinian territory with photos from February 2026 that lay bare the effects of the Israeli offensive

Statement by Minister McEntee on the Garvaghy Road developments

The dispute over the controversial parade is a reminder that the peace process is not over.

Portadown District Orange Lodge had declined a request from Judge Patricia Smyth to postpone the parade along the Garvaghy Road

Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

Instead, constrain it legally and fight it politically. The world is watching, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.

Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight

Prof. William Smith is Associate Professor of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He researches in the field of contemporary political theory, with particular ...

This paper examines the compounded threat that post-truth populism poses to the foundations of deliberative democracy. While most scholarship treats populism and post-truth politics as separate phenom...

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By making rule-breaking a selling point, Reform is signalling it's open for influence trading, says anti-corruption expert Liz David-Barrett.

The far-right party is trying to form a government in the state after falling three seats short of a majority.

The Reform UK leader promises to deliver on key priorities in the first 100 days of government, if the party wins power.

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Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined

The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".

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