By Eniola Amadu  The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), has unveiled a long-delayed proposal to suspend certain trade provisions with Israel in response to its military operations in Gaza. The plan, announced on Wednesday, also recommends sanctions against two far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet — National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich — as well as against violent Israeli…

Labour risks a near-wipeout in next year’s Welsh elections, with a new poll suggesting the party could lose two-thirds of its seats as Reform UK and Plaid Cymru gain ground. Labour currently holds 29 of 60 Senedd seats but is projected to slump to just 11 when the parliament expands to 96 members under a new proportional system in May. A YouGov/ITV Wales poll places Plaid on 30%, Reform on…

A former Labour councillor has been charged over the Westminster “honeytrap” scandal where MPs were coerced into sharing personal contact details. Oliver Steadman, 28, faces one count of blackmail and one charge of improper use of a public communications network, prosecutors confirmed. The charges relate to one victim. He has also been charged with four further counts of improper use of a public electronic communications network after allegedly sending unsolicited…

Police have arrested four men in the UK after images of Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle, hours before the US president’s state visit began. Thames Valley Police said the men, aged between 36 and 60, were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications following the stunt on Tuesday evening. They remain in custody while investigations continue. Officers acted quickly to stop the projection…

The UK rolled out full royal pageantry on Wednesday as King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania to Windsor for an unprecedented second state visit. The couple arrived by Marine One and were greeted with a ceremonial carriage procession, gun salutes in Windsor and at the Tower of London, and the largest guard of honour ever assembled for a visiting head of state.…

The King, Prince William and the Princess of Wales attended the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday.

Google has announced plans to invest £5bn in the United Kingdom over the next two years to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence services, in a move the government has hailed as a major boost for the economy.

The State pension is expected to increase by 4.7% next April, pushing annual payments above £12,000 for the first time, according to the latest official figures. The rise is determined by the government’s triple lock system, which guarantees pensions grow each year by the highest of inflation, average earnings growth, or 2.5%. With inflation forecast at 4% in September, wage growth figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)…

The first group of children from Gaza has arrived in the UK to receive urgent, life-saving treatment on the NHS, report reveals.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ordered a fresh investigation into how MI5 provided false evidence to three courts in a case involving a neo-Nazi informant. The move follows rulings by the High Court and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, both of which rejected the security service’s explanations for what happened. The case centres on Neo-Nazi informant also known and  “Agent X”, an MI5 source who used his role to coerce…

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has admitted that further defections to Reform UK are likely, following a series of high-profile losses to Nigel Farage’s party. On Monday, Danny Kruger, the MP for East Wiltshire and former shadow welfare minister, became the first sitting Tory frontbencher to switch to Reform, describing it as the new torch of conservatism. Less than 24 hours later, Maria Caulfield, a former health minister who lost her…

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has launched a policy commission to push back against what she calls growing restrictions on free speech and to press Labour to act on its findings. Badenoch said the public debate has become overly censorious, arguing that offending someone has effectively been turned into a crime and that policing has become politicised. She said her party will defend what she described as British values of open…