The ritual of execution by firing squad may be different on a military base, but this is how it works on a civilian death row: marksmen – usually five of them – are recruited from local law enforcement. One is given a blank, the rest live...
Andy Burnham has said UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a prime minister has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum. The prime minister, who is...
The Green party is reeling from a fortnight of self-harm. It increased its vote share in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but still came a distant second to Labour. Its candidate was the party leader, Zack Polanski, who looks fatally...
To file under “self-serving and predictable but still somehow astonishing”: Donald Trump, squeezed on diesel supply as the midterms approach, has done a deal with Moscow. Vladimir Putin has agreed to release a total of 1.8m tonnes of diesel...
A survey of the world’s largest giant tortoise population has discovered the endangered species is thriving in the Seychelles. Researchers found 180,000 Aldabra giant tortoises are living on the Seychelles island the Aldabra Atoll. In the...