An international team of scientists announced yesterday they have successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2.8km to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old.

New York&s top court yesterday rejected Donald Trump&s request to halt the president-elect&s sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, with a decision on a possible delay now in the hands of the Supreme Court.

Donald Trump must keep backing Ukraine with weapons and ammunition to ensure the country is not &erased off the map&, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said during a final meeting of Kyiv&s allies before the president-elect returns to the White House.

Downing Street has rejected suggestions that Keir Starmer is wavering in his insistence that a national inquiry into grooming gangs is not necessary.