The state of our armed forces, after decades of cutting military spending, is much worse than we thought, UK Defence Minister John Healey has announced. The politician highlighted the need to change the culture of management in the army.more

US Vice President Kamala Harris travelled to Wilmington, Delaware yesterday to meet campaign staff. Harris announced, among other things, that she would fight for women's right to abortion, as well as strengthen the middle class. At least 2,579 Democratic delegates have declared their support for her as the party's candidate in the US presidential election.more

Ministers should integrate health services into job centres to unlock a hidden workforce of about 3 million “economically inactive” people who are without jobs, according to pioneering research that could provide a blueprint for government thinking on the labour market.more

Yesterday, an attacker with a gun stormed into a retirement home in the town of Daruvar in central Croatia and opened fire. He killed five people on the spot and wounded several more, one of whom died of his wounds in hospital, Croatian Health Minister Vili Berosz reported.more

Piotr Zielinski made his debut in the colours of Inter Milan. The Polish national team player played in the second half of a friendly against the Pergolettese team, played at the ‘Nerazzurri’ sports centre in Appiano Gentile. Inter defeated the Serie C rival 2:1.more

The Piccadilly line is to be partly closed for more than a fortnight in August – causing massive travel disruption across north and west London.more

Questioned by the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee yesterday, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stated that the attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was the agency's "biggest operational failure" in decades.more

High street pharmacist Boots says the last remaining stores in its 300-shop closure list will be gone by the end of summer. In June last year the retailer announced it would shut 300 pharmacy outlet branches to save £618million, reports 'The Mirror'.more

Hubert Hurkacz announced that he would not take part in the Olympic Games in Paris. "It was a very, very difficult decision," wrote on Instagram the Polish tennis player, who suffered a knee injury during the recent tournament in Wimbledon.more

53.9 percent Poles believe that Jaroslaw Kaczynski should stop serving as PiS president. 16.5% support it and 20.4% support it. it is indifferent, while 9.2 percent respondents have no opinion on this matter - according to a SW Research survey for "Rzeczpospolita".more

Estate agents are seeing Londoners up sticks and move to a smaller and cheaper city in the South West. Called a 'little London' by some, Bristol is just an hour and a half away from the capital and has seen an influx of London buyers and renters in the last few years.more

Several thousand residents of Majorca protested yesterday in Palma de Mallorca, the main city of this Balearic island, against the mass influx of tourists.more

Iga Swiatek remains the leader of the world ranking of tennis players. Her advantage over the second-placed American, Coco Gauff, is still 3,112 points. In turn, Hubert Hurkacz still ranks seventh, the highest in his career, in the world ranking of tennis players. The leader is Italian Jannik Sinner.more

Car washes and parts of the beauty sector will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the home secretary has announced.more

The Department of Health (DoH) has secured a derogation from the EU's new mercury regulations. Northern Ireland dentists can continue to use dental amalgam until 31 December 2034, or until the date agreed by the global Minamata Convention, to which the UK is a signatory, whichever is earlier.more

Sandra Hemme was 20 years old when she was found guilty in November 1980 of killing library employee Patricia Jeschke of St. Joseph, Missouri. She was sentenced to life imprisonment. On Friday, she was released after 43 years in prison - reports the BBC.more

Less than a week before the opening ceremony, organizers of the Paris Olympics announced a record number of tickets sold, over 8.8 million. More than 2,000 athletes have already settled in the Olympic Village.more

BT has been fined £17.5m for a "catastrophic failure" of its emergency call handling service which led to thousands of 999 calls not being connected. The network fault, which lasted for more than 10 hours on 25 June last year, led to 14,000 calls to emergency services failing to connect.more

"The anniversary of this event is always my hardest day of the year," admitted Magdalena Fahre, head of the 22nd of July Center, a center documenting the terrorist attack on the Norwegian island of Utoya. Exactly 13 years ago, on July 22, 2011, 77 people died there and over 300 were injured.more

Prince George, the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is celebrating his 11th birthday on Monday.more

Kevin De Bruyne has agreed personal terms of moving to Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad, English media report. The Belgian footballer's contract with Manchester City expires at the end of the 2024/25 season.more

We are observing a tenfold increase in COVID-19 cases within a month - said Chief Sanitary Inspector Dr. Paweł Grzesiowski. Prof. Robert Flisiak pointed out that a further increase in the number of patients can be expected in the fall. Work is underway to update the vaccine.more

Health service IT systems are back online following Friday’s global outage, according to NHS England. However, it has warned that there may still be disruption, particularly with GP services who may need time to rebook appointments.more

President Joe Biden, 81,'s decision to withdraw from the race for a second term in the White House was unexpected after weeks of resisting calls from many Democrats for him to step down. According to mainstream American media, it created chaos and shock.more

I imagine it will be a difficult year. I see Real Madrid getting stronger. Of course, I will always be a supporter of Barcelona players, whatever happens. But you have to assess the competition realistically, said Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen.more