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Keir Starmer, Labour leader, set out the party's plans at tidal energy company Nova Innovation in Edinburgh yesterday (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Labour's energy plans show they grasp the scale of the challenge ahead

Boris Johnson should focus on addressing the substance of the new Partygate allegations against him (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Populist attacks on UK institutions are unconservative and dangerous

A combative Donald Trump made a rare live appearance on CNN, during which he suggested the US should default on its debts. Picture: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty

Analysis: Donald Trump invites further 'American carnage' with debt remarks

A view of an Azerbaijani checkpoint recently set up at the entry of the Lachin corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's only land link with Armenia. Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars over the mountainous enclave of Karabakh.

Why are Azerbaijan and Armenia holding peace talks?

US President Joe Biden is expected to formally announce his run for re-election on Tuesday by asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job”.

President Joe Biden announces his 2024 re-election bid

Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan. Picture: AP Photo/Marwan Ali

US special forces forced to evacuate American embassy in Sudan

Toddler becomes ‘intruder’ as they crawl through White House fence

Andy Murray will face Alex de Minaur in the first round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.

Murray to face De Minaur in Monte-Carlo opener

Florida aquarium to release orca after over 50 years in captivity

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

Pickleball paddles

Pickleball Scotland: We try the fastest growing sport with Edinburgh Leisure

A former British ambassador to the US said people should “sleep easy in their beds” despite the threat of Chinese spy balloons because “an awful lot of that goes on everywhere”.

UK can deal with spy balloons despite defence under-investment, says ex-diplomat

The ceasefire status between Russia and Ukraine is uncertain. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Putin-ordered truce uncertain as Ukraine reject ceasefire

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky presents a medal from a Ukrainian soldier to U.S. President Joe Biden during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House

Volodymyr Zelensky thanks ‘every American’ in speech to US Congress

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to visit Washington for a summit with President Joe Biden and an address to a joint session of Congress in his first known foreign trip since Russia’s invasion began in February.

Zelensky to meet Biden and address US Congress as war rages on

Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter sued for alleged rape and sexual battery of autistic 17-year-old fan

Nick Carter sued for alleged rape and sexual battery of 17-year-old

Being kind to people online and in person can help counter the corrosive effect of the growing 'age of meanness' (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Are you well? How to use kindness to defeat ‘age of meanness’ – Joe Goldblatt

Republicans are on track to cobble together what could be the party’s narrowest majority in the House of Representatives of the 21st century, rivalling 2001, when Republicans had just a nine-seat majority, 221-212 with two independents.

Republicans win House of Representatives with slim majority

Phase 2 of the Wharf development in Washington DC. Pic: PA Photo/Washington.org.

Speakeasys and Star Wars memorabilia in Washington – Scotland on Sunday Travel

The Capitol Building in Washington Pic: PA Photo/Washington.org.

Speakeasys and Star Wars memorabilia in Washington – Scotland on Sunday Travel

Flood affected children attend makeshift school organized by Islamic group Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, in Sukkur, Pakista. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Millions of Pakistan children miss school after floods

US President Joe Biden claps as he hosts a reception to celebrate Diwali in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Joe Biden: Rishi Sunak’s rise to become next PM is ‘groundbreaking milestone’

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. - The effect was achieved through varying the lens' focal length. Picture, Getty

China’s President Xi Jinping calls for military growth amid tension with US

Kwasi Kwarteng.

Kwasi Kwarteng sacked by Prime Minister Liz Truss

Kwasi Kwarteng has cut his trip to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, USA short.

Will Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announce a budget U-turn today?

The chancellor has insisted he is "not going anywhere" amid the economic turmoil in the UK and said he remains "totally focused" on delivering the government's growth plan.

Kwasi Kwarteng acknowledges turbulence after mini-budget

US President Joe Biden walks to boards Air Force One before departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on October 6, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images

Joe Biden: Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since Cuban Missile Crisis

Joe Biden asked for Jackie Walorski, the former Republican representative for the state of Indiana who died in a car crash

Watch Joe Biden asks whether dead congresswoman is in audience in speech gaffe

Kim Jong Un is shown on a television screen at a train station in Seoul after passing a law allowing it to carry out a preventive nuclear strike
(Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/ Getty Images)

North Korea rules on when it would use nuclear weapons

Andy Murray is preparing for the US Open.

Murray waits for test results as he tries to solve cramping issues

Pensioners on low incomes in particular face a difficult winter (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

UK energy price crisis is being made dramatically worse by Westminster

Andy Murray toiled physically in the final set against Mikael Ymer of Sweden.

Murray plans to solve cramping issues in wake of Washington exit

Andy Murray walks off the court after losing to Mikael Ymer of Sweden at the Citi Open.

Murray suffers gruelling loss to Ymer in first round of Citi Open in Washington

Richard E Grant and his late wife Joan Washington

Hollywood star Richard E Grant ‘grateful’ for 38 years with Aberdeen-born wife

The Kremlin has warned that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving American basketball star Brittney Griner needs to be negotiated quietly without fanfare.

Kremlin and US could partake in prisoner swap for Griner and Whelan

Boris Johnson is finished as Prime Minister (Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images)

Johnson's fate must serve as a warning to all about importance of honesty

US President Joe Biden has signed the most sweeping gun violence Bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings.

Biden declares ‘lives will be saved’ as he signs landmark gun legislation

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on May 16. (Photo: Pedro Ugarte/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday readers' letters: Washington speech greenwashing the Sturgeon...

Nichola Sturgeon is flying to Washington seeking investors to back Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon heads to the US seeking investments

Journalist Sarah Smith has left Scotland to take up a job as the BBC's North America editor (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Sarah Smith's parting shot shows what Scotland has become – Brian Wilson

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin

World leaders in Ukraine talks as Russian invasion fears mount

Donald Trump continues to deny he lost the US election (Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

What if Trump had succeeded in destroying US democracy? – Scotsman comment

Ukrainian soldiers Mykhailo, left, and Pavlo build a bunker on the front line with Russian-backed separatists in Zolote, Ukraine, last month (Picture: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Get ready for trouble. Putin means business over Ukraine – Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev & American President Ronald Reagan pose together in the White House library, Washington DC, 8 December, 1987. PIC: White House Photos/Getty Images

Book review: The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind, by Martin Sixsmith

Sophie Raworth has been announced as the interim presenter of BBC One’s flagship Sunday morning programme, currently known to viewers as The Andrew Marr Show.

Andrew Marr's temporary replacement announced by BBC

Alexander McCall Smith. Picture: Jayne Wright/JPIMedia

Libraries are one of our greatest public goods - Alexander McCall Smith

(FILE PHOTO) Actor Richard E Grant has paid tribute to his wife of 35 years Joan Washington in a heartfelt message on social media after she reportedly died last night. British actor Richard E Grant (R) poses with his wife Joan Washington (L) on the blue carpet as she arrives to attend the European premiere of the film "The Iron Lady" at BFI Southbank in London on January 4, 2012. The biopic set in the present day is a story of ambition; power won and power lost; and also love, with flashes of memory whisking the viewer off to a time when Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep, was the Western world's first female leader and possibly Britain's most divisive prime minister. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Richard E Grant announces the death of his wife Joan Washington

Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, after a US drone airstrike in Kabul. Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

UK a 'long way' from giving diplomatic recognition to Taliban in Afghanistan

Do you have any traditions to mark the start of a new month? (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why people say 'white rabbit' on the 1st of a new month

US president Joe Biden accused Vladimir Putin of being “a killer”, who “doesn’t have a soul” and said the Russian president "would pay the price" for attempting to meddle in November's presidential election. (Pic: Getty)

Joe Biden: why did the US president call Vladimir Putin a ‘killer’ - and did Rus...

Farming: Foot and mouth outbreak a warning from history on animal welfare standa...

Republican Mitch McConnell has found himself on the receiving end of a scathing personal attack from former president Donald Trump. (Pic: Getty Images)

Mitch McConnell: why has Donald Trump lashed out at the Republican politician?

Elon Musk, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO, has hinted profits from Starlight could be used for his ambition to send people to Mars by 2050. (Pic: Getty Images)

Starlink: what is the SpaceX satellite internet service?

Trade secretary Liz Truss has been tasked with striking a UK-US trade deal. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty

UK government runs up £400,000 bill in attempt to strike US trade deal

Joe Biden quoted poet Seamus Heaney to make the point that democracy can be delayed but never permanently denied (Picture: Reuters)

Johnson must heed Biden's words on democracy amid Indyref debate –Joyce McMillan

Trump supporters, fuelled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, invaded the US Capitol. (Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Trump's role in Capitol attack shouldn't have been a surprise – Ian Swanson

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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