Overnight Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, while at least 10 people were reportedly injured after a Hezbollah rocket hit the city of Haifa

Israel will hold memorials for the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Monday as the war it launched in response escalates on two fronts, with heavy bombing raids and mass evacuation orders issued in Lebanon and Gaza amid the growing possibility of a retaliatory airstrike against Iran.

As Israelis across the country prepared to mark one year since Hamas launched its devastating attack, a region that has spiralled into unprecedented crisis was on high alert. In Israel, authorities said they were on the lookout for attacks timed to coincide with the anniversary after a gunman opened fire on pedestrians in a central bus station in a city in the Negev desert, killing one and wounding 10 in the second attack in the last week.

Obstetricians, midwives and obstetric anaesthetists will take part in pilots after damning report by health regulator

NHS maternity staff will take part in a mandatory training programme to improve patient safety after a damning report by the health regulator said that poor care and harm in childbirth was in danger of becoming “normalised”.

Obstetricians, midwives and obstetric anaesthetists at nine maternity units across England will all have to do extra training from Monday under government plans to raise care standards for women and babies. The scheme will be rolled out to every maternity unit in the country if the pilots are successful.

After claims of infighting and micromanagement, chief of staff is replaced by Morgan McSweeney

Keir Starmer moved to shore up his top team after his embattled chief of staff Sue Gray quit after months of sniping and criticism that she acknowledged had undermined the new Labour government.

Gray resigned less than a week before the Labour government was due to mark its first 100 days in office, after becoming embroiled in a political storm at the heart of Downing Street.

Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other diseases all affecting people at younger ages, say experts

Baby boomers are living longer but are in worse health than previous generations were at the same age, despite advances in medicine and greater awareness of healthy lifestyles, a global study shows.

Researchers found people in their 50s and 60s were more likely to have serious health problems than people who were born before or during the second world war when they reached that age.

Emergency services called at about 6pm on Sunday to flats in Kellie Place, Police Scotland said

An explosion has ripped through a block of flats in Scotland, leaving one man dead and several others injured.

Fire and emergency crews were called to Alloa at around 6pm amid reports of an explosion at a block of flats.

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

At least 10,000 more children have fallen into poverty since Keir Starmer took office, thanks to the two-child benefit cap, according to new analysis.

The policy, which was introduced by George Osborne when he was chancellor, means low-income parents are denied key benefits, including universal credit, for their third and any subsequent children born from April 2017.

Dancer and designer who wrote autobiography about strained relationship with sister died of cancer in Michigan

Christopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of Madonna, has died aged 63.

Ciccone died Friday in Michigan, his representative Brad Taylor told the Associated Press Sunday. He had cancer.

Baloch Liberation Army claims it carried out the vehicle-borne attack in the southern Pakistani city

An explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi has killed two Chinese nationals and injured several others, officials from both countries said.

Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s biggest, on Sunday night. The nature of the blast was not immediately clear, the local broadcaster Geo News cited a provincial official as saying.

Firm accused of stereotyping in advert spotted at Vauxhall and Manor House tube stations in London

Heinz has apologised after an advertisement displayed in London tube stations featuring a black family sparked anger online.

The US manufacturer, which recently launched an ad campaign for family-sized pasta sauces, was criticised for promoting stereotypes in a billboard advertisement spotted at Vauxhall and Manor House stations.

Animals crash through glass door of 74-year-old man’s home and claw at him when he tried to get them to leave

A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured after a black bear with three cubs crashed in through his sliding glass door and he was unable to get them to leave, the Colorado parks and wildlife department said.

Residents of the home were startled by a loud crash at about 8.30pm Thursday night and saw the bears coming in through the sliding door which had been left ajar.