After one final dig, world heritage site Ness of Brodgar is to be covered up to protect it for future generationsIn a few weeks, archaeologists will gather at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney and for the next two months excavate at one of Europe’s greatest prehistoric sites.For the last 20 summers, scientists and volunteers have dug here, revealing wonders...

Collin Davis asks court to green light investigation as experts call case a ‘coordinated fear campaign’As soon as the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade two years ago, anti-abortion activists started debating if and how they could limit Americans’ ability to cross state lines for legal abortions. Now, a Texas man has asked a court to greenlight...

Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the cityIsrael orders central Rafah residents to evacuateIn case you missed it yesterday, the UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership.Israeli tanks have reached the Salahuddin Road which crosses Rafah, dividing its centre...

Ukraine says it is pushing back against assaults and battling for control of territoryFierce fighting has continued for a second day on the fringes ofthe Kharkiv region in north-east Ukraine. Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was pushing back against the attacks and battling for control of the territory.Russia launched the...

Four other people also injured in West Midlands incident as officers work with fire service to establish causeTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died and four people were injured in a house fire in Wolverhampton.Emergency services were called to a house in the Dunstall Hill area at 2am on Saturday. Continue reading...

New York trial heard salacious details about actor’s encounter with ex-president, but it ‘doesn’t move the needle’ with his supportersStormy Daniels may have regarded sex with Donald Trump as brief, unimaginative and regrettable but the porn star gripped the nation with a salacious and lengthy retelling of the encounter to a New York court this week.Daniels’s...