Nigel Farage has defended allowing labelled chlorinated chicken from the US into the UK as part of a trade deal, as a poll suggested his Reform UK party could be on course to take the highest number of seats at a general election.more

The Church is at a crossroads after the death of Pope Francis, who had long despised the increasingly strong nationalism in the West, the American daily "Washington Post" assessed today.more

Iga Świątek is still in second place in the world ranking of tennis players, behind Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. There was only one change in the top ten of the WTA list, with the winner from Stuttgart, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, moving up to 18th place.more

The nationalities of foreign criminals in the UK are due to be published for the first time under plans being unveiled later. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish the data, including crimes that have been committed, by the end of the year.more

Japan's population has been falling steadily for 14 years, the Asahi Shimbun reported, commenting on data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The data showed that the country's population fell by 898,000 to 120.3 million in a year, marking the biggest decline since 1950.more

A number of MPs and peers have called for Donald Trump to be blocked from addressing parliament when he visits the UK. The US president has suggested Buckingham Palace is “setting a date for September” for him to come to Britain.more

The so-called Dubai chocolate and social media have greatly increased demand for pistachios, and consequently caused the prices of these nuts to skyrocket, wrote the Financial Times. The daily calculated that the price of about half a kilogram of pistachios has increased by a third in a year.more

Chris Wood’s 19th goal of the season fired Nottingham Forest back up to third in the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Tottenham. Forest had slipped to sixth after the weekend’s results, but Nuno Espirito Santo savoured a sweet three points against old club Spurs after early goals from Elliot Anderson and Wood in the capital.more

The popularity of disposable e-cigarettes or vapes has fallen ahead of a UK-wide ban, external on their sale on 1 June, a study suggests. The percentage of people aged 16-24 who mainly use disposable vapes has dropped by nearly half in the last year from 63% to 35%, University College London (UCL) researchers say.more

Top seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka lost to Jelena Ostapenko 4:6, 1:6 in the final of the WTA 500 indoor tennis tournament on courts in Stuttgart. The Latvian tennis player eliminated Iga Świątek in the quarter-finals.more

Britain's King Charles III has stated that he is ‘deeply saddened’ by the death of Pope Francis. He conveyed his ‘sincerest condolences and deepest sympathy to the Church which the Pope served with such determination’.more

Barcelona footballer Robert Lewandowski, with 25 goals and 50 points, is third in the Golden Boot - the award for the top scorer in European leagues in a given season. Liverpool's Egyptian Mohamed Salah leads the way, with Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting Lisbon in second.more

The UK Ministry of Defence said yesterday that two British fighter jets had intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea near NATO alliance airspace. The two separate incidents occurred on Tuesday and Thursday.more

Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. today, announced the Church's Cardinal Camerlegno Kevin Farrell in a press release issued by the Vatican press office. The Pope was 88 years old. He died while convalescing from severe pneumonia, a day after he arrived for the Urbi et Orbi blessing to greet the faithful.more

In this year's summer flight schedule, Wizz Air offers 163 routes from Poland, 25 of which are new, the carrier announced. The new ones include flights from Krakow and Warsaw to Genoa, and from Katowice and from the capital to Pisa.more

English Premier League runners-up Arsenal London, featuring Jakub Kiwior, beat Ipswich Town 4:0 away in the 33rd round. This means that Liverpool's players are yet to secure the title.more

A pocket watch found among the belongings of a passenger who died when the Titanic sank, could fetch up to £50,000 at auction. The ladies' pocket watch was recovered from the body of Danish second-class passenger Hans Christensen Givard, 27, who had been travelling to the US with two of his friends who also died in the disaster.more

Global Airlines, the British start-up airline planning a transatlantic network, has started selling tickets for its first flight. Seats have gone on sale one month before planned inaugural flight from Glasgow to New York. An Airbus A380 is scheduled to depart from the Scottish city at 11am on 15 May. more

Brussels is preparing for a mass outflow of residents at Easter. 1.2 million passengers will depart from one of its airports alone. But the EU capital is empty not only for the holidays. The European district, associated with concrete and boredom, has a problem attracting "ordinary families". However, the city wants to change that.more

Barcelona, ​​with Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczęsny in the line-up, won at home against Celta Vigo 4-3 in Saturday's match of the 32nd round of the Spanish football league, despite losing 1-3. The Polish striker was replaced in the 78th minute due to injury.more

Thousands of trans rights protesters have marched through central London days after a Supreme Court ruled on the definition of a woman. Supporters, trade unions and community organisations came together for what was billed as an “emergency demonstration” which started in Parliament Square before heading towards St James’s Park.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is trying to present himself in the eyes of US President Donald Trump as a supporter of peace who creates solutions, not problems, by offering a 30-hour ceasefire, British station SkyNews assessed.more

Second-seeded Iga Świątek lost to Jelena Ostapenko 3-6, 6-3, 2-6 in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 indoor tournament on clay courts in Stuttgart. This is the sixth defeat of the Polish tennis player against the Latvian, against whom she has not yet won.more

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery in London, one guest will be able to spend a night there among outstanding works of art by, among others, van Gogh, Monet and Renoir. The winner will be chosen by lottery. Interested parties can apply until 28 April.more

The State Pension age in the UK will rise from 66 to 67 starting next year, and the increase is expected to be fully implemented for all men and women by 2028. This change to the official retirement age has been legislated since 2014, with another planned increase from 67 to 68 between 2044 and 2046.more