The joint facility, which will host more warships in the Pacific, comes at a time of concern about rising Chinese influence America will partner with Australia to develop the Lombrum naval base on Manus Island, telegraphing a strategic commitment to the region at a time of concern about rising Chinese influence. The joint facility, which crowds out an aspiration by Beijing to develop the port, was first

The dean of Christ Church is facing a tribunal – but Martyn Percy says he doesn’t know what the charges are or who’s behind themIt is a quintessential institution of the establishment, producing 13 British prime ministers, 10 chancellors of the exchequer and 17 archbishops. Among its former students are King Edward VII, Albert Einstein, Lewis Carroll and WH Auden. One fictional alumnus, Lord Sebastian Flyte, came to personify its privileges in the pages of Evelyn Waugh’s

'He was a good father. He was a hero'

Priest among dead following clashes between sectarian armed groups in Alindao

Businessman sought Trump strategist’s help to raise funds for Leave.EU in the USThe controversial businessman Arron Banks was keen to involve Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a scheme to raise US cash for his Brexit campaign as far back as 2015, emails leaked to the

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French president’s progressive global ambitions come up against reality of nationalism and authoritarian regimesEmmanuel Macron’s domestic difficulties and

US president calls Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan 'friend' of his

'This is a very sad place to be'

ACIC was forced to abandon biometric identification project after huge delays and a reported cost blowout Australia’s criminal intelligence agency warned the auditor-general that it may seek to suppress parts of his report on its failed biometric identification project, which was dumped after cost overruns and delays. The $46.8m project was

EU says longer transition would lead to a bigger bill as PM prepares for critical week Theresa May’s hopes of securing her Brexit deal were dealt a new blow on Saturday night as the EU warned the UK would have to pay about £10bn more to Brussels to win extra time for a smooth exit. Ahead of what Downing Street said was a “critical” week for the prime minister, cabinet ministers also piled on the pressure by publicly insisting that she change the proposals. Pro-Brexit cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom said there was “still more to be done” to achieve the Brexit “that 17.4 million people voted for”.

Death at ‘gilet jaunes’ demonstration caused by panicking driver as anti-fuel tax blockade grips country One protester has died and more than a hundred were injured after a nationwide wave of peaceful protests aimed at French president Emmanuel Macron turned to tragedy. Demonstrators from the

Syrian Democratic Forces fighting in campaign against last IS-held area since September

The Camp Fire death roll rises to 71

Religious groups urged to be vigilant

19-year-old placed towel over his head and sniffed spray during drug relapse

President Macron and other member states fear Britain could gain advantage over them by undercutting EU environment lawsFrance is pushing the UK to incorporate future European climate change directives into law automatically in return for an ambitious trade deal with the EU. A large number of member states fear that the UK could enjoy an economic advantage after Brexit if it were able to diverge from European laws and regulations, and they want to use their leverage now to force a commitment from future British governments.

As an unstable coalition falls apart, MPs are resisting the return of former strongman president Mahinda RajapaksaIn 1987 grenades ripped through Sri Lanka’s parliament, killing two people and narrowly missing the country’s president and prime minister. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who until three weeks ago occupied the prime minister’s office, had been in the building that day, he reminded journalists on Friday. “I’ve been here when a bomb was thrown,” he said. Even so, the scenes in Sri Lanka’s parliament this past week have been shocking, he said. “This is the breaking-up of parliament by a group of people claiming to be the government.”

Thousands joined demonstrations in cities around the country over politicians suggestion that abortion laws could be tightened

Exclusive: Conservative MPs have told The Independent Brexiteers have miscalculated the situation

Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and Liam Fox among Eurosceptics seeking changes Five Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are pressing Theresa May to make last-minute changes to her controversial Brexit deal. Having opted to remain in the government, Michael Gove will work with other Brexit-backing cabinet ministers to urge the prime minister to seek to go back to Brussels and renegotiate, in particular over the Irish backstop, Whitehall sources say.

Confrontations break out at parades across country as tradition of white people blacking up sparks backlash

As US officials label Cuba part of a 'troika of tyranny', activists warn against moving away from the detente of the Obama years

Five major bridges were closed to traffic by protesters demanding greater action on global warming.

A total of 81 people on the cargo ship, some from Sudan, say they are staying put Eighty-one migrants have refused to disembark from a merchant ship off the coast of Misrata in Libya, according to reports. The migrants were rescued by the ship’s crew a week ago on 10 November, 115 miles east of Tripoli, after leaving Libya on a raft.

President Petro Poroshenko says the Russian Orthodox Church has become a willing extension of Kremlin power

UN draft resolution to demand end to Saudi-Houthi fighting and start of peace talks

Johnston Press, owner of the i, The Scotsman, and The Yorkshire Post, has been bought by newly-formed JPIMedia after putting itself into administration

US intelligence agency concludes royal ordered killing of regime critic

Tombs contained remains of more than 100 people and vessels used by Incas for performing death rites

The Camp Fire death roll rises to 71

Potential rising cost of quality ingredients could also mean the return of the Turkey Twizzler, caterers claim

Newsreader who introduced first BBC television news broadcast dies at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford

Social media giant cuts ties with firm hired to find compromising information on senators and rival tech companies

Controversial right-wing strategist Steve Bannon spoke at the Oxford Union where some 1,000 protesters clashed with police outside the campus. He was smuggled into event in police van.

The messages, which included password reset links, two-factor authentication codes and shipping notifications, were left exposed on a server

Northern Irish party refuses to attend parliament and vote on bills as part of long-running abstentionist policy

The former first lady said people try to talk her into running for public office 'all the time'

Nobody else injured in suspected suicide bombing in Grozny

Biodiversity experts say mass extinction of wildlife is as big a danger as climate changeAs a UN conference convenes to work out a new deal for protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the focus falls on the nations that are not attending. Amid the worst loss of life on Earth since the demise of the dinosaurs, the agenda at the

Killer dubbed 'Ogre of the Ardennes' serving life for rape and murder of seven girls and young women

With the number of cattle infected with bovine TB still rising, farmers and campaigners remain divided on the causeThe beam from Lynn Sawyer’s head torch scans the dark trees on a Gloucestershire hillside before settling on a barely visible cage hidden in a thicket of brambles. “They’ve been trapping and shooting badgers here for six years and they are still doing it,” she says, trudging over a carpet of rotting leaves towards the empty cage.

Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and Liam Fox among Eurosceptics seeking changes Five Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are pressing Theresa May to make last-minute changes to her controversial Brexit deal. Having opted to remain in the government, Michael Gove will work with other Brexit-backing cabinet ministers to urge the prime minister to seek to go back to Brussels and renegotiate, in particular over the Irish backstop, Whitehall sources say.

Latest killing brings the number of homicides in the capital this year to 122

Driver accelerated when panicked by ‘yellow vest’ demonstration in Savoie, prefect says A protester has died after being hit by a motorist as demonstrators angry at fuel tax rises caused gridlock in parts of France on Saturday. Police said 47 other protesters had also been injured, three critically, as France’s newest people’s movement, the

People have descended on central London for ‘a day of rebellion’ in protest over the looming climate crisis. They began massing on five bridges over the River Thames from 10am on Saturday. By 11.30am organisers said all five target bridges had been occupied.

Authorities have used information obtained through background checks to arrest people who came forward to offer home to children

Samuel Little is now thought to be one of the most prolific serial killers in the US after confessing to a many as 90 murders

Peter Seeclear, of Liverpool, was 'killed' as fishing trip ended in tragedy

Trump stresses Saudi trade ties after report that Mohammed bin Salman’s brother advised journalist to attend Istanbul consulate The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, the Washington Post has reported.

Man, 55, arrested at scene in Peckham on suspicion of murder A 75-year-old woman has died after being stabbed during a suspected domestic incident in south London. The woman was attacked at a residential address on Ethnard Road in Peckham on Friday afternoon and was pronounced dead shortly after ambulance crews arrived. Medics said she had multiple stab wounds.

Company must 'obsess' over customers, says billionaire

High sugar and calorie-laden options dominate child-targetting promotional displays despite pledged crackdown

'We will spend a lot of time in Hungary,' says US strategist

Researchers claim the awful year was likely caused by a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in Iceland and it kick-started a century of economic misery, disease, death and suffering.

Car accident kills mother as 50,000 people reportedly take part in road blockade campaign

UN resolution to call for halt to Saudi-Houthi fighting and start of peace talks

The 29-year-old driver shot at police in Arkansas, US, before speeding off, letting out a female passenger, and taking off again

'No excuse for such brutality against these beautiful animals,' rescue group says

Michael Berry should have undergone 'urgent mental health assessment', says ombudsman

Driver accelerated when panicked by ‘yellow vest’ demonstration in Savoie, minister says A motorist has accidentally hit and killed a protester taking part in a campaign of road blockades across France triggered by fuel tax rises, officials have said. The demonstrators are trying to block motorways and fuel depots as part of a grassroots movement billed as the “yellow vests”. They are angry at higher fuel taxes introduced by President Emmanuel Macron.

Despite tumbling diagnosis rates, 43 per cent of cases still diagnosed too late to prevent immune system damage

Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and Liam Fox among cabinet members seeking changes Five Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are pressing Theresa May to make last-minute changes to her controversial Brexit deal. The leader of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom, is believed to be co-ordinating the group, which includes Michael Gove, Liam Fox, Chris Grayling, and Penny Mordaunt. The ministers believe there is still time for the prime minister to go back to Brussels and renegotiate her deal, the Telegraph reports.

Customer claims he suffered soft tissue damage after huge man was 'wedged' into the seat next to him on 13-hour flight

New Hampshire hosts the first presidential primary, and any politician’s visit is viewed as testing the waters for a White House run On a wintry night last week Ohio’s Republican governor John Kasich took to the stage in a theatre in New Hampshire’s largest city as a snowstorm churned its way toward town. He quickly abandoned the podium to speak to the audience from the ground, at their level and out of the spotlight that had been shining. The governor lauded the important work done by journalists across the world to hold the rich and powerful accountable while also attacking the sitting president and speaking about the need to unify as a nation.

Google Doodle honours the 44th anniversary of the Arecibo Message

'Devious fraudsters will try every trick in the book'

Customers will soon be able to pick up smoky barbecue-flavoured crickets at Sainsbury's supermarkets as part of their weekly shop

About 52,000 people displaced amid the country’s deadliest fire in a century, as list of missing jumps by hundreds once again Rescue workers said on Friday they were searching for more than 1,000 people reported missing in a northern California town reduced to ashes by the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, as the death toll increased to 71. The sheriff’s “unaccounted for” list from the Camp fire leapt by hundreds of people for a second successive evening, up from 631 missing a day earlier.

Vessel discovered 800m below Atlantic Ocean surface

Washington Post says Mohammad bin Salman’s brother, the Saudi ambassador to the US, advised journalist to attend Istanbul consulate The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, the Washington Post has reported.

Union members on Northern and South Western railways go on strike in train guard dispute

The prime minister said her detractors are thinking too much about their 'privileged position and too little about their responsibility'

'It's often harder for the other half because they are watching it and feel protective and think "why are they saying that to my wife"'

After spending years amid Yemen’s devastation, I have seen conflict and hardship overtake millions of ordinary people The women wanted two things: food and cash. Hunger was a constant. Their families were skinny, and the children had no shoes.

'A little nod to the good old days, back when black visionaries could invent rock-and-roll, but only a white man could become the king'

Fixed-odds betting terminals prey on the poorest, destroying lives along the way, says former sports minister It’s 9.30am on Chatham’s high street and already three bookmakers are doing a brisk trade. Customers are perched on stools in front of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), the controversial machines at the heart of a cross-party row that triggered the

The former first lady recalls campaigning in 2008, and how her daughters got used to a new normal

The EU is fed up with the UK’s Brexit drama, but would extend article 50 to allow for a second referendum As Britain

Midterm elections proved that Republicans have only a tenuous hold over the coalition that propelled Trump to the White House in 2016 As the returns poured in on the night of last week’s midterm elections, a narrative swiftly began to take shape: Although Democrats succeeded in retaking the House of Representatives from Republican control, the vaunted ‘blue wave’ had failed to materialize. But just over a week later, the assessment has evolved just as rapidly amid a series of gains by Democrats in contests that on election night were too close to call. Democrats have now picked up 34 seats in the House – a tally that may inch closer to 40 with a number of results still outstanding.

ARA San Juan detected 800 metres deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia, a year after it disappeared Searchers have found the

Gary Anderson and Wesley Harms both deny responsibility for ‘rotten’ fart smell during Wolverhampton tournament The world of professional darts has been rocked by two players accusing each other of repeatedly breaking wind during a match. Gary Anderson of Scotland and Dutch man Wesley Harms blame each other for “rotten” farts during their clash in the Gland Slam of Darts.

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad warns economic integration leaving many behind but Australia, China and Russia condemn protectionism Fault lines were quick to emerge over the future of free trade as leaders gathered for the Asia-Pacific summit on Saturday, with some calling for radical change while others argued for a return to the status quo on globalisation. Speaking at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in Papua New Guinea, the Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, warned that globalisation was leaving some people behind and fuelling inequality.

List of missing could fluctuate as officials say it could contain duplicates

American spy agency claims it investigated multiple sources

About 52,000 people displaced amid the country’s deadliest fire in a century, as list of missing jumps by hundreds once again Rescue workers said on Friday they were searching for more than 1,000 people reported missing in a northern California town reduced to ashes by the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, as the death toll increased to 71. The sheriff’s “unaccounted for” list from the Camp fire leapt by hundreds of people for a second successive evening, up from 631 missing a day earlier.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says wearing the robe is not mandatory in Islam, but in practice nothing has changed Saudi women have mounted a rare protest against the abaya, posting pictures on social media wearing the obligatory body-shrouding robe inside out. The conservative petro-state has some of the world’s toughest restrictions on women, who are required to wear the typically all-black garment in public.

Katharine Murphy talks to Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells about the current cultural climate within Australia and abroad, including in the Pacific and Israel. In the wake of the Bourke Street attack, the senator explains her views on why this is a crossroads moment for Muslims in Australia.

Publisher had recently been looking at ways to refinance £220m of debt that became repayable in June

May faces 'rebellion that has been brewing for months within her own party', WSJ tells readers

Washington Post says Mohammad bin Salman’s brother, the Saudi ambassador to the US, advised journalist to attend Istanbul consulate The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, the Washington Post has reported.

Mr Graham was once a prominent critic of the president's but now is a fierce supporter

Up to 2.3 million vehicles on UK roads thought to be clocked and potentially dangerous