Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis presented a Screen Actors Guild award (SAG) to Irish actor Colin Farrell, jokingly saying he “gave” her Covid. Farrell, 48, won the outstanding performance by a male ...

The British actress, 38, won the female actor in a television movie or limited series prize for her role in the Netflix dark comedy.

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world, lashing out at voices of division and anger who see them as a barrier to their quest for power and ...

The outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture went to Conclave, fronted by British actor Ralph Fiennes.

Just Eat Takeaway.com is set to be bought by a Dutch technology investor in a deal worth around 4.1 billion euros (£3.4 billion). Prosus, which is majority-owned by South Africa’s Naspers, is planning ...

The Conservative leader has written to the public broadcaster calling for a probe into the commissioning of Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone.

A report has called on the Department for Education to discourage ‘the punitive withdrawal of playtime’ in schools.

The FTSE 100-listed energy infrastructure group is selling off parts of its portfolio to help fund investment plans.

Axel Rudakubana murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe at a Taylor Swift-themed class in Southport last year.

The Trump administration is also seeking a vote on its proposal – which does not mention Moscow’s invasion – in the more ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest.