Desalination infrastructure is crucial in arid region with very little rainfall and few rivers and lakes Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran has threatened “irreversible destruction” of ...

UK share index down more than 10% from last month’s record high, as gold slumps and mortgage rates jump ...

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PM will meet with the Commons liaison committee and chair the government’s Cobra emergency committee today ...

Iran is ramping up its rhetoric on how it would respond to a major attack on the Kharg island or a coastal attack ...

UK towns are overwhelmed with requests for more. And no wonder: inscribed on them are intimate flashes of the people we knew and loved, says life writing professor Anne Karpf ...

Paddington 2 co-creator Simon Farnaby branches out with adaptation of children’s classic boasting lively performances and some sharp gags ...

This novel is stacked with ideas about Black art and aesthetics – but its language is too clumsy and academic to bring them to life ...

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their go-to comfort films is a trip back to 1980 with Richard Linklater’s charming hangout comedy ...

The former England forward started against Ajax but failed to make an impression and was hooked early on by Robin van Persie ...

More than 30 people face charges after collision between two trains that killed 57 people in February 2023 ...

Stocks slump in Asia and Europe, gold slides and investors brace for higher oil prices after US president’s threat ...