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Andy Burnham’s government has pledged to “tackle the issue of mega-donors in UK politics” as soon as possible, with dozens of Labour MPs demanding an immediate cap on donations before the next election.The government outlined plans for a taskforce that will look at dealing with the influence of donors giving multimillion-pound contributions and suggested ministers wanted to find a “solution” to the issue quickly.Burnham has previously backed the idea of an annual donations cap in correspondence with a campaigner but the Guardian revealed last week that he was not in favour of including it in the new representation of the…

We are on the hunt for another small, northern summer constellation this week: Sagitta, the arrow. Although it consists of just a handful of faint stars, Sagitta’s distinctive shape (it really does look like an arrow) makes it easy to identify against a dark sky.The chart shows the view looking up towards the zenith while facing south from London at 22.30 BST on Monday.Sagitta can be found about partway along the imaginary line connecting Vega and Altair, which make up the summer triangle with Deneb.Although it is the third-smallest constellation in the sky, Sagitta has been recognised since ancient times.…

Key events21m agoKostyuk defeats Stephens 6-1, 7-547m agoVan de Zandschulp defeats Choinski 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (5)1h agoMerida knocks out Rublev 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-42h agoMichelsen beats Nakashima 6-3, 6-4, 6-42h agoMedvedev defeats Gorzny 6-1, 6-3, 7-53h agoPegula defeats Kenin 6-3, 6-13h agoJasmine Paolini (19) beats Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4 6-16h agoPreamble… and he brings up four set points at 6-2 when Hurkacz shanks a forehand! Shelton attempts an improbable winner off Hurkacz’s smash but it doesn’t land in. But he gets the job done with some heavy, heavy hitting. Shelton, the leading American hope in the men’s singles, is a set…

Amol Rajan has said goodbye to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme as he presented his final show on Wednesday morning.Speaking at the end of the programme, he thanked his co-presenter Emma Barnett, as well as his wife Charlotte and his children.Rajan became emotional as he paid tribute to father, who died shortly after he began his role on Today in 2021.Colleagues gathered in the radio studio’s gallery for his exit, and the programme played highlights from his time on Today as well as well wishes from his co-presenters.Rajan announced his intention to step down from the role in January to…

Sure, this is the first time Atiku’s policy thrust appears to resonate strongly with the people. His persistence, faith in his convictions, and audacity have strengthened the contest around our experimental presidential system of government. Whether he is playing to the gallery and seeking cheap popularity or not remains to be seen… What is certain, however, is that the destiny of 240 million Nigerians should not be tied to one impoverishing policy. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga called Atiku Abubakar a “perennial candidate for the presidency of Nigeria” in his first official attack on the former Vice President’s promise to reintroduce…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was glad Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had left the United States — though adding that if he were part of the British royal family he would not have taken them back. “I’m happy about it. I was not a fan,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office a week after the prince and his American wife moved back to Britain from their home in Montecito, California. “I thought they treated the royal family with great disrespect. I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the way she acted. I thought she was terribly disrespectful…

Save the Children data shows toll on children in Lebanon, despite government agreement with Israel to halt fighting.Published On 2 Sep 20262 Sep 2026Israel has killed an average of seven children each day in Lebanon since March, according to the Save the Children relief organisation.In a release on Wednesday, the group said that despite agreements between Lebanon’s government and Israel aimed at ending the fighting, children remain at risk due to Israel’s ongoing aggression towards civilian infrastructure.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOver the last six months, Israel has killed at least 4,300 people, wounded over 12,000 and destroyed between…

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the Oval Office at the White House on Aug. 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz — the central point of contention in the ongoing war against Iran that the U.S. and Israel started — after himself.The proposal via a Truth Social post came less than a week after Trump, who is locked in an intensifying feud with Canada, signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.””Now that we have it…

Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually came from the company. With the update, you can ask Alexa for Shopping about a message you received, and it will use AI to compare it “against a record of every message Amazon has sent,” while also analyzing its contents, formatting, and the sender.As noted by Amazon, the assistant will only confirm that a message is real if it’s “completely certain.” An example shared by Amazon shows a customer asking,…

Asked if he knew whether or not money donated by Fiona Cottrell had come from her son George, Farage said he was not “involved in the transactions”.However, he added that he “had been told it’s her money”. Reform has insisted it has always complied with donations rules.He added: “The point is, we live in a complainants’ society. If you complain about me, automatically that triggers an investigation.”He said that political parties were “constantly writing to all the authorities”, meaning Reform was “under investigation every day for virtually everything we do”.”There’s a big picture here. The old two-party system that has…