It comes as Australia faces pressure from the White House to dramatically lift its military spending.
Month: June 2025
Race Across The World winners crowned
The duo will share a cash prize of £20,000 after racing through China, Nepal and India.
These touts made millions – and claimed staff at big ticketing firms helped
The touts alleged staff at resale sites Ticketmaster once owned helped them trade in bulk, the BBC reveals.
UK will end use of asylum hotels by 2029, Reeves says
The Chancellor pledged £200m to “cut the asylum backlog” and speed up deportations.
First heat-health alerts issued for 2025 while storms bring flood risk
Lightning, hail, gusty winds and flash flooding are likely to affect parts of the UK over the next few days.
Chris Mason: This Spending Review is a gamble on patience in an era of impatience
The big bet for the government remains on economic growth – finding it and sustaining it.
WhatsApp tells BBC it backs Apple in legal row with UK over user data
The messaging app says the UK government’s demands over data access could set a “dangerous precedent.”
Teenagers in court accused of murdering boy, 14
Ibrahima Seck had been on his way to play football with his friends and brothers, a court hears.
Tories accuse PM of funding tax cuts for Mauritians
Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK’s £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.
Belfast Zoo closed for a second day after E. coli outbreak
The zoo closed on Tuesday as a “precautionary measure” and authorities hope to reopen “as soon as possible”.
