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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni share a moment at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Italy. Picture: Phil Noble/PA Wire

Analysis Why Starmer's meeting with Italy's Giorgia Meloni is a risky strategy

Labour leader and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has agreed closer ties with the Italian government

Trump declared 'safe' in 'assassination attempt' at his golf course

“President Trump is safe," his campaign communications director Steven Cheung has said

Jared Isaacman was the first person to take part in a private spacewalk, with all the others having been professional astronauts (Picture: SpaceX)

First private spacewalk is much more than an adventure for super-rich

Humanity’s travels in space are only just beginning

What line do countries have to cross to lose their right to a party invitation?Jane Bradley
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10 out of this world images from Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Royal Observatory Greenwich Announces the Winner of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16

Trump's election as President would be real risk to European security

If Donald Trump is elected US President, he appears ready to try to force Ukraine to sue for peace w...

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Protesters wave Scottish flags and hold placards as they march in support of Scottish independence in Glasgow earlier this year (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Any future referendum must have an 'undeniable' result

Referenda run on the ‘50 per cent plus one’ principle don’t produce ‘undeniable’ results, a reader says

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A piper plays as Donald Trump opens his Trump Turnberry golf resort in 2016 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

A message to Donald Trump from his 'homeland': you are a traitor Ian Johnston

People watch the ABC News presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at a debate watch party (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

How Kamala Harris got under Donald Trump’s skin in fiery TV debate

What line do countries have to cross to lose their right to a party invitation?Jane Bradley
Jane Bradley
A man comforts injured Jaroslav Bazylevych after his wife and three children were killed in a Russian missile attack in Lviv on Wednesday (Picture: Yuriy Dyacnyshyn)

As Russia kills children in Ukraine, West protects Putin's warplanes Stewart McDonald

A Ukrainian serviceman drives a self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 13

British Challenger 2 tanks ‘used in Ukraine’s Russian incursion’

Ukranian dance show Rêves

Fringe Dance reviews: Rêves | Circus Sonas: Down With Gravity + more

The Olympic rings are raised during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Games at the Stade de France (Picture: John Walton/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Olympic glory is less important than the health of the nation

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The debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was the first time the two presidential hopefuls had met. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Analysis 5 ways Kamala Harris got the better of Donald Trump in raging debate

Taylor Swift performs on stage during the Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in June (Picture: Gareth Cattermole)

How Taylor Swift and the Childless Cat Ladies will be Trump's downfall Janet Christie

By April 2025, all visitors who do not need a visa will need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The £10 fee visitors entering Scotland will have to pay from April

A tiny partula snail, marked with reflective paint, prepares to retake its homeland in French Polynesia (Picture: RZSS)

Why humanity should apologise to snails travelling halfway round world Scotsman comment

(From L to R) Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru, Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei and Kenya's Selly Chepyego Kaptich in the women's marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on August 26, 2023. (Photo by Ferenc ISZA / AFP) (Photo by FERENC ISZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after petrol attack

Prince Harry polishes his own Combined Cadet Force (CCF) boots in his room at Eton College, in 2003. The prince was among thousands of school pupils who have been part of the Combined Cadet Force. (Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Why Russia's new military training for children 'sounds like our CCF' Jane Bradley

The mosquito-borne virus causing deaths in European holiday hot spots

The overturning of the Roe v Wade case by the US Supreme Court has led to bans on abortion in a dozen states (Picture: Stefani Reynolds)

How US Christian right is waging Taliban-style war on women Susan Dalgety

Linda Madaci and Leila Hamami protesting outside SNP conference. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Palestinian Scots 'will never vote SNP again' after 'insulting' meet

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Why the Scottish Government switched off comments on Holocaust article

Edinburgh City Chambers, off the Royal Mile. Picture: Getty Images

Taiwan 'friendship' agreement axed after China university visa threat

Guards raise Taiwan's national flag on Democracy Boulevard in Taipei (Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)

Have Your Say: Is Edinburgh right to drop Taiwan deal to please China? Ian Johnston

Air bubbles rise in surface meltwater on the ice sheet that covers most of Greenland (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How loss of trillion tonnes of ice a year is transforming planet Earth Ian Johnston

Hannah and Mike Lynch who died after the luxury yacht Bayesian sank in a storm on Monday whilst moored around half a mile off the coast of Porticello, Sicily.

Mike Lynch family ‘devastated’ after bodies recovered from yacht

How Iran inches closer to nuclear capability as Israel conflict grows

The fee would need to be paid by those travelling from Scottish airports to EU destinations. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

The €7 EU visa every British passport holder must have next year

The rocket engine explodes during its test launch at the spaceport in Shetland.

What next for space launch bids after rocket explosion in Shetland?

Lorna Norgrove, mother of aid worker Linda Norgrove meeting a group of 20 women from Afghanistan, who are now banned from education under the Taliban, after they arrived at Edinburgh Airport to complete their medical degrees in Scotland.

Female medical students in Scotland to defy Taliban education ban

People walk in front of a rising supermoon at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles

The 10 best pictures of a rare blue supermoon

British businessman among six people missing after British boat sinks off Sicily

Daniela Grudsky met Angus Robertson in Edinburgh

SNP members bid for Angus Robertson to be suspended over Israel talks

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walk out on stage together during a campaign event on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

I'd never heard of Tim Walz a week ago and now I think we'd be friends Alexander Brown

Elon Musk has been described as 'one of the most dangerous men' in the world by former First Minister Humza Yousaf (Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Yousaf right to warn Musk is one of world's 'most dangerous men' Scotsman comment

Taylor Swift onstage during the Eras Tour in her Reputation costume.

Taylor Swift concerts plot suspects plan to 'kill as many as possible’

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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

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries