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Rachel Reeves will face further questions this morning after being accused of presiding over a manifesto-busting budget that rose taxes by £26bn.

Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put up taxes on working people - that their manifesto plans for government were fully costed and, with the tax burden at a 70-year high, they were not in the business of raising more taxes.

Hitchin in Hertfordshire does well in the polls.

Donald Trump has called for every Afghan national who entered the US under the Biden administration to be investigated following the shooting of two National Guard troops near the White House.

At least 44 people have been killed after a fire engulfed several buildings at a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong.

If a jeans advert hinting at actress Sydney Sweeney's "good genes" sent the internet into a frenzy over eugenics - how about one for a company that's actually selling good genes?

Britain's top military chiefs held a "very difficult" meeting this week over how to fund plans to rebuild the armed forces amid fears of further cuts, defence sources have said.

The son of a British couple detained in Iran has said the UK government is not doing enough to secure their release.

A former Royal Marine wept in court as he admitted driving into crowds at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade.

Soldiers have appeared on state TV in Guinea-Bissau to say the country's military has seized power, accusing its president of interfering in Sunday's election as he revealed he had been "deposed".