Prominent UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson to appear in court charged with harassment

Political activist Tommy Robinson is due to appear in court accused of harassing two journalists.

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UK chancellor Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs as Keir Starmer fails to back her

Keir Starmer&s office scrambled to express support for a visibly emotional chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday after the UK prime minister himself failed to fully back her following a U-turn on the government&s flagship welfare reforms that derailed her fiscal plans.

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Reincarnation, trouble with China and a stateless people: inside the Dalai Lama&s succession story

In March 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama left the Tibetan capital of Lhasa in the dead of night to flee from Mao Zedong&s Communist regime. Over the course of the next seven decades, the Dalai Lama has inspired generations of Tibetans in exile as first the political and then spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk&s war of words reignited over controversial tax-cut and spending bill

Donald Trump threatened to cut off the billions of dollars in subsidies that Elon Musk&s companies receive from the US federal government, in an escalation of the war of words between the president and the world&s richest man.

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Connor Stringer: Could Elon Musk really take on Donald Trump with new ‘America Party?

?After three weeks of relative silence, Elon Musk returned to the spotlight with a political moonshot.

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Ukraine looks to produce more arms with support of EU allies as US halts some shipments

Ukraine is forging ahead with early plans for joint weapons production with some international allies, top officials said, while warning yesterday of potential consequences of the US decision to halt some arms shipments promised to help Kyiv fight off Russia&s invasion.

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