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Last year Lesotho celebrated 200 years since the founding of the nation by Moeshoeshoe I. This year the small country in southern Africa will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence from colonial Britain. As it does so, the number of Basotho people who personally saw colonialism end is…

FCA will look at allegation the biomass power station misled investors, and Whitehall, about its wood sourcing

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister also critical of Bank of England and European Central Bank

Novak Djokovic overcame an early scare to reach the third round of the US Open on Wednesday as defending women's champion Aryna Sabalenka prepared to step up her title bid.

Editorial: There are signs of ministerial courage in making the case for closer ties to our neighbours, but the government could go further and faster

A senior Taliban official says Afghanistan is ready to accept deported migrants under Nigel Farage's Reform UK leadership, citing easier dealings with him than Labour.

COMMENT: It isn’t just that unemployment has hit an all-time high – up 500,000 since Keir Starmer took office – businesses are being stymied by hiring freezes, the hospitality sector is increasingly reliant on agency staff, and the number of NEETs is on the rise. Under Labour, Britain simply isn’t…

What a difference four years can make. Across both traditional and social media, many Britons are now looking at Donald Trump’s leadership and wishing for the same in their own country.

Nick Thomas-Symonds indicates closer ties with Europe in future and promises to agree agriculture deal

Nick Thomas-Symonds promised a ‘new relationship of mutual benefit’ with the EU - but admitted there would be a ‘political fight’ in order to get there

COMMENT: Several of the draconian schemes that a Reform UK government would implement in Britain have already been tried by Athens – and failed, says Thimios Tzallas