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Top officials from four countries to continue talks for peace and security as Saudi forces down more Houthi missiles.
Top officials from four countries to continue talks for peace and security as Saudi forces down more Houthi missiles.
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Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces a battle to stay in power amid fierce competition from a bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Arab parties are projected to play kingmakers.
<p>Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic role in slave trade</p><p>King Charles’s upcoming Caribbean tour could accelerate moves to remove him as head of state in several countries unless he does more to confront the monarchy’s historic links to slavery, campaigners have warned.</p><p>The king will embark on a nine-day tour on Tuesday, visiting the Bahamas and Guyana before travelling to Antigua and Barbuda, and will attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/king-charles-apology-slavery-commonwealth-caribbean">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Many punters say inconvenience of bus rerouting is small price to pay for more space, but not everyone is happy</p><p>To the east of Oxford Circus, there is chaos. A steady stream of red London buses swing round the last junction before the newly pedestrianised Oxford Street begins. The streets are crammed with pedestrians, some squabbling over who poked whom with their umbrella first.</p><p>To the west, pedestrians walk freely through the temporary bollards on to a green welcome banner rolled along the tarmac, declaring Oxford Street traffic-free.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2026/oct/27/shoppers-praise-oxford-street-pedestrianisation">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Proposed lifting of paywall would reveal who owns vast majority of land in England and Wales</p><p>Plans by the government to give the public free access for the first time to information on who owns England’s land are at risk of being scuppered by landowners, campaigners have said.</p><p>On Tuesday the government set out its proposals to lift the paywall on the Land Registry, arguing that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/18/government-to-lift-paywall-from-large-parts-of-land-registry">opening it</a> would help the UK build more houses, protect nature and improve strategic planning. The plans will be open to public consultation for eight weeks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/landowners-could-scupper-free-land-registry-access-plans-campaigners-warn">Continue reading...</a>