Mr Rutte said his priorities would be Nato’s support for Ukraine, increasing defence spending and strengthening partnerships around the world.

Activity in the UK’s manufacturing sector grew at a slower pace last month amid a drop in business optimism, according to new data. The closely watched S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI survey recorded ...

A lorry has fallen more than 60 feet from a bridge on the M6 in Cheshire. The vehicle plummeted from the Thelwall Viaduct between junctions 20 and 21, landing on the embankment below, Cheshire ...

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as US president, Jimmy Carter has reached the century mark. The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, turned 100 on Tuesday October 1, ...

The former Home Office minister insisted he was unable to go into ‘particular cases’ when pressed to back up his claim.

A luxury cruise ship has set off from a Belfast dock after unexpectedly spending four months in the city ahead of a three-year voyage. Passengers cheered, applauded and hugged the liner’s chief when ...

The strike action is affecting 36 ports and is the first by the International Longshoremen’s Association since 1977.

The Georgia Democrat and 39th president was born on October 1 1924 in Plains, where he has lived more than 80 of his 100 years.

Victoria Lupton has been in Lebanon with her husband and two-year-old daughter since September 17 and has a flight out booked for Wednesday.

Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly has said he supports Israel’s military incursion into Lebanon. The former foreign secretary said that Israel has “the right to defend itself” but that his ...

Following recent heavy rainfall river levels are continuing to rise on the Middle Dorset Stour, Lower Dorset Stour and the Lower Dorset Frome. Flood warnings have been issued for Hammoon, Bere Marsh, ...

The expansion of medical associate roles is causing ‘an increasing amount of disquiet’, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said.