The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world ...

Calculating the actual savings and impact of the bulldozing US department that vowed to cut $1tn in waste is difficult ...

Meteorological office reports high temperatures across country and record measured at Seyðisfjörður in east ...

If you’ve been affected by cancellations to Eurostar services, we would like to hear from you ...

Crystal Palace are willing to break their club record to sign Brennan Johnson but Bournemouth are also interested and the player is undecided on his future ...

Khalil Dawas was thought to have been recruited from Israeli jail but large parts of his story remain shrouded in mystery ...

When the people of Waddington teamed up to broadcast self-written soap operas, horoscopes and magic tricks, little did they know it would be the most successful channel in the world – despite the chao ...

It was the end of a fabulous decade, when spontaneous, unpredictable parties seemed not just possible but typical. A new millennium was dawning. What could possibly go wrong?

The story of a Palestinian man suspected of helping Israel ...

Aspirant Americans tell of exclusions from ceremonies by sudden policy introduced on ‘security’ grounds ...

I’m fascinated by Maundy Gregory, who sold honours for Lloyd George. He wouldn’t be tolerated today, but don’t assume our system is flawless, says author and biographer Stephen Bates ...