Day: May 11, 2026

The hit Netflix drama wins a record four Bafta TV Awards, including one for 16-year-old Owen Cooper. ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday pledged to hang on after his party suffered the worst local election losses for a governing faction in decades. The results of last week’s races, largely seen as a referendum on Starmer, triggered calls for his resignation; he is planning a “reset” speech ...

China’s exports rebounded in April as overseas buyers rushed to stockpile goods in the second month of the Iran war. The data also showed Beijing’s trade surplus widened, just ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China later this week. Trump has taken issue with the surplus. The leaders ...

The US and China are both heading into a landmark summit in Beijing this week with fundamental misunderstandings of the other, analysts said. Beijing is gripped by a “dangerous new overconfidence” stemming from an entrenched belief in American decline, one expert wrote, as Western scholarly frameworks have been purged from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he believes the Ukraine war is “coming to an end,” hours after vowing victory over Kyiv at a pared-down Victory Day parade devoid of its usual military hardware display. The Kremlin’s spokesperson tempered Putin’s remarks, saying “reaching a peace agreement is a very long road ...

The Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international art exhibition, is engulfed in controversy this year. The inclusion of Russia, which is participating for the first time since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, has set off protests, while the Biennale’s international jury resigned following backlash over its decision to not award ...

The embattled PM will seek to persuade his MPs not to ditch him as Labour leader in a speech on Monday. ...

The passengers landed in the UK on Sunday and none have reported symptoms, but they will will be monitored in hospital for 72 hours. ...