UK politics

UK politics

King Charles III's state visit to the US will have 'appropriate security in place in relation to the risk', following shots fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Mairi McAllan stated that there should be more drilling in the North Sea, provided it is compatible with climate targets and necessary for energy security.

The United Nations last month described Afghanistan as a graveyard for human rights that enforces gender apartheid using torture and corporal punishment. Women and girls aged over 11 are excluded from education and banned from most forms of paid employment.

The new powers would allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations, creating new criminal offences for people who support or promote groups formally listed as state-supported threats.