Italy&s state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) plans to launch a high-speed service connecting London and Paris by 2029, it said yesterday, in the latest challenge to Eurostar&s monopoly of train services through the Channel Tunnel.

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has rejected a new Israeli proposal to control aid deliveries in Gaza, saying it risks &further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour&.

Food scientists have discovered a mushroom chemical they say is the most bitter substance known, a finding that sheds light on how the tongue helps us perceive taste.

Prince Harry made a rare public appearance in Britain yesterday at London&s Royal Courts of Justice to fight the government over changes made to his security after he stepped down from royal duties, which his lawyer branded unjustified.