Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in the “appropriate regions” in a row with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. It comes after Mr Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, told the US president on Thursday to remember that Moscow had Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of…

British banks and lenders have been spared a huge bill as the Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that could have meant millions of motorists were due compensation for mis-sold car finance. However the court sided with one of the claimants, Marcus Johnson, and awarded him individual compensation due to the circumstances in his case…

Two people have admitted rioting following the deaths of two teenagers in an e-bike crash in Cardiff. Jamie Jones, 24, and Lianna Tucker, 19, have admitted to the charge of riot in the Ely area of Cardiff in 2023. They initially denied the offence but changed their plea at a hearing before Merthyr Crown Court…

Police say an adult was also taken to hospital – alongside eight children – following a suspected poisoning incident at a summer camp in Leicestershire on Sunday. The update comes as officers continue to question a 76-year-old man, arrested on Monday evening at a nearby pub on suspicion of administering poison or a noxious thing…

Two Cambodian soldiers have been returned by Thailand ahead of a key meeting aimed at maintaining a ceasefire between the countries. In Bangkok, Thai government spokesperson Jirayu Houngsub said on Friday that two Cambodian soldiers had been sent back, and the remaining 18 were being processed for violating immigration law. “The Cambodian soldiers intruded on…

The Met Office says a storm is set to hit the UK next week – and has named it Storm Floris. According to forecasters, the storm is set to bring “unseasonably strong winds” to the UK on Monday, along with “heavy rain”. Northern areas of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are set to be the…

Donald Trump’s trade war has been difficult to keep up with, to put it mildly. For all the threats and bluster of the US election campaign last year to the on-off implementation of trade tariffs – and more threats – since he returned to the White House in January, the president‘s protectionist agenda has been…

Andrew Flintoff has praised the “love and compassion” of “superhero” staff in a visit to the hospital that treated him after his crash. The cricket legend was seriously injured during the incident on the Top Gear track in Surrey in December 2022. He was airlifted to St George’s in Tooting, with a surgeon calling Flintoff’s…

A man who murdered his wife and two children with a machete has become the ninth person to be executed in Florida this year. Edward Zakrzewski’s death sets a new annual record for the state – and two more are scheduled this month. The 60-year-old was pronounced dead on Thursday after being given a three-drug…

Two senior US officials will visit Gaza later today, amid growing concerns about the scale of the humanitarian crisis. Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will inspect a food distribution site – and report back to the president immediately. Our US correspondent David Blevins says the visit “is…