Farage unveils Reform’s frontbench as former Tories handed promotions

Cucumbers have become the new ‘gold’ in wartime Russia

Official statistics show that the vegetable has doubled in price

Coronation Street fans believe they already know conclusion to major storyline

Tehran threatens US and closes Hormuz for drills amid nuclear talks

Iran has temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz for live-fire drills on Tuesday as tensions with the US escalate, even as new nuclear talks in Geneva seek to avert open conflict.

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Sri Lanka ends parliamentary pensions to prune perks for politicians

Sri Lanka’s parliament abolished pensions for all legislators and their widows on Tuesday, in line with a government pledge to prune the perks of politicians. “When people see the quality of debate and what members say in this House, they don’t think MPs deserve a pension,” Justice Minister Harsana Nanayakkara told parliament as it voted to stop pensions with immediate effect. The leftist government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake repealed the 49-year-old Parliamentary Pensions Act just...

Iran test fires missiles during war games in show of strength before US nuclear talks

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are representing the Trump administration at talks in Geneva