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Former defence minister Al Carns says he has turned down an offer to serve in Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government.Carns followed John Healey, then defence secretary, in resigning from former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government last month in a row over planned military funding, which both men said was not high enough.At the time, Sir Keir replaced Healey with Dan Jarvis, increased funding for the long-delayed defence investment plan (Dip) by a little but notably left a £4.7bn funding gap.Now Carns says he has been offered a ministerial role by the chief whip, Anneliese Midgely, but declined because he…

The US Food and Drug Administration has questioned the evidence as demand surges for the compounds promoted for sleep, muscle growth, and anti-ageing.Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026Peptides, a class of compounds increasingly marketed as wellness treatments, have exploded in popularity in recent years, moving from niche bodybuilding and biohacking circles to now being promoted for everything from weight loss to longevity.But as questions grow over whether many of them are safe or work as advertised, regulators in the United States are set to decide whether some of them should become available through licensed pharmacies.Recommended Stories list of 4…

Trump administration says ‘historic’ agreement will ‘reinforce global nonproliferation standards’ and create jobs in US.Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026The United States and Saudi Arabia have reached a civilian nuclear cooperation deal, the administration of President Donald Trump announced, as Washington and Riyadh push to deepen their ties.The US Department of Energy hailed the agreement as “historic” on Wednesday, saying that American companies will provide nuclear technology to the kingdom.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe deal consists of an accord under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, known as a 123 agreement, “alongside an…

Tesla reported a decline in quarterly profit Wednesday as the company sold more electric cars but made less money on each sale.Net profit in the second quarter was $1.1 billion, Tesla said, compared with $1.2 billion a year earlier. Sales rose sharply to $28.2 billion, compared with $22.5 billion. Analysts had expected sales of $27.6 billion and profit of $1.3 billion, according to estimates compiled by the company.Tesla also reported big jumps in operating expenses and capital expenditures as it poured money into new technologies like self-driving taxis that do not yet generate significant revenue. Tesla is also investing in…

The building where Adolf Hitler was born in Austria more than 137 years ago opened as a police station on Wednesday morning, the country’s interior ministry announced, concluding a yearslong effort to prevent any attempts from making the location an attraction for Nazi sympathizers.The refurbishing and repurposing of the building has reignited a debate about what to do with sites associated with the Nazis in a country that is still grappling with how to acknowledge its role in the Holocaust.“You could make the point that now is a watershed moment,” said Stefan Benedik, the deputy director of the House of…

South Carolina and Nevada have emerged as the two front-runners to begin the 2028 Democratic presidential nominating calendar, but their jockeying has grown acrimonious and pitted Black and Latino party leaders against each other, according to interviews with more than a dozen party officials involved in the discussions.A powerful panel of 49 insiders of the Democratic National Committee is set to meet this week in Washington to sketch out the order of the early-state calendar. The full party body would then vote next month to finalize the choices.The order of primary states is deeply consequential. Different states have different upsides…

Natalie Fleet says she has stepped down as safeguarding minister after finding the role “overwhelmingly triggering”, telling the BBC that it was making her ill.The Labour MP, who was groomed and raped as a teenager, added she told the team of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham that she “sadly couldn’t stay” in the job.Fleet described it as the “bravest thing I’ve ever done” and offered her support to her successor.She was appointed to the role on 12 May this year following the resignation of Jess Phillips, who said opportunities for progress had been “stalled and delayed” under the leadership of…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who previously pledged to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited the city, now says he does not have the “authority” to do so.In a video posted on social media, Mamdani instead called on US officials to act on the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister over alleged war crimes. Technically, if Netanyahu set foot in an ICC member state, he could be arrested and handed over to the court – but the US is not a member of the ICC. President Donald Trump has said Netanyahu would not be “arrested,…

A few weeks ago, Rena Dixon, the head of Fact Forward, a South Carolina nonprofit that offers adolescent health and sex education classes, got a letter from the Trump administration with crushing news. The government was terminating the organization’s $1.6 million grant from a federal program to reduce teen pregnancies, effective immediately.The administration’s priorities, it said, do not align with “content that encourages, normalizes or promotes sexual activity for minors.”The move is the latest in a campaign that began in the first Trump administration to defund or overhaul the 16-year-old, $100 million initiative. Courts blocked the effort in 2018, but…

Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs has won the GOP primary to face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November, setting up a marquee governor’s race in one of America’s most competitive states. Biggs, a former chair of the hardline House Freedom Caucus and a close ally of President Donald Trump, easily dealt with his only serious challenger, Rep. David Schweikert, on Tuesday. Before the primary results were official, he had already begun pivoting to the general election against Hobbs, who is seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic governors this fall. Republicans feel bullish about their odds of flipping the governorship,…