Politics

Boris Johnson is capable of winning the next general election, a cabinet colleague has insisted, as he claimed the ability to look forward is "a good thing" after the prime minister said he was eyeing a third term.

A move by the British government to rip up post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland is "illegal and unrealistic", the European Union's ambassador to the UK has warned.

Western leaders appeared relaxed as they started their three-day G7 summit in Germany, with Boris Johnson joking about the group being "tougher" than Vladimir Putin, while also showing a united front in their response to his Ukraine invasion.

Former MP Neil Parish has revealed the police "kindly" confiscated his shotguns to stop him shooting himself after being caught watching porn in the House of Commons.

Boris Johnson wants to serve a third term as prime minister despite a bruising week in which the Conservatives suffered two by-election defeats.