Fire eliminated after narrow defeat by Spirit

Birmingham Phoenix win battle to avoid Hundred wooden spoon vs MI London

The Hundred: Ellyse Perry's half-century sees Birmingham Phoenix win battle to avoid wooden spoon vs MI London Wednesday's Hundred action sees Birmingham Phoenix win game to avoid wooden spoon vs MI London as Ellyse Perry starred; earlier, Welsh Fire ended their Hundred campaign in the women's competition with a victory over London Spirit Wednesday 12 August 2026 18:45, UK Birmingham Phoenix prevailed in the battle to avoid the wooden spoon in The Hundred women's competition as Ellyse...

Ella Baron on Nigel Farage and the Clacton byelection – cartoon

Ex-Myanmar ambassador to UK on trial for trespassing in diplomatic residence

Kyaw Zwar Minn was ousted for declaring loyalty to Aung San Suu Kyi after 2021 coup but refused to leave his homeMyanmar’s ousted ambassador to the UK has gone on trial on trespassing charges for refusing to leave a diplomatic residence after being unceremoniously locked out of the embassy in 2021.Shortly after Myanmar’s military seized power in 2021, triggering mass protests that spiralled into a civil war, Kyaw Zwar Minn was locked out of the embassy for declaring his loyalty to the...

Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling

Move defies US envoy’s claim that Americans could be extracting crude by as early as next yearThe Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president’s envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by next year. Amid Trump’s imperialist threats, tensions have been rising on Greenland’s eastern coast after the oil company brought drilling equipment ashore in July without...