Sitting in the quad of an Oxford college, Paul Johnston, the outgoing British ambassador to Ireland who leaves his post in less than a fortnight, talks about “here”, though he refers not to the English university town but to Ireland. “We’d have really been heartbroken at saying goodbye to Ireland,” he says. [ Outgoing British ambassador Paul Johnston appointed to lead Irish Universities AssociationOpens in new window ]So how bad were the bad days? Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times“I got thousands, literally thousands of retweets with people saying: ‘You really understand Ireland. Johnston says James Cleverly, the Conservative who was UK foreign secretary from 2022 to 2023, encouraged his ambassadors “to go native”.

Read our Privacy noticeA new investigation reveals how Jeffrey Epstein worked with JPMorgan Chase while carrying out his sex-trafficking operation. JPMorgan Chase processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein, which totaled more than $1.1 billion and included payments to his victims, the Times reports. Epstein was also regularly withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars in cash nearly every month, which should have set off internal alarms, the Times reports. The Independent has contacted JPMorgan Chase for comment. After leaving JPMorgan Chase in 2013, Staley went on to become CEO of Barclays in 2015 but resigned from the post in 2021.

The topical debate programme, hosted by newsreader Fiona Bruce, sees audience members ask questions to a panel of politicians and other media figures. A special edition of the programme, held in London, will ask what Mr Trump’s presidency means for Britain and the world as he returns to the UK for a state visit this September. The US president, who was hosted by the late Queen Elizabeth II in June 2019, will make a second state visit later this month, hosted by the King at Windsor Castle. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer presented the royal-loving US president with a letter from the King inviting him for a historic second state visit in February when he visited the White House. Question Time begins on Thursday September 18 from 9pm on BBC iPlayer and 10.40pm on BBC One.

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Former skater has launched defamation lawsuit against association in his homeland after emailSEX SCANDAL Three-time Olympian allegedly admits to having sex with 17-year-old girl ‘maybe 20 times’A THREE-TIME Olympian allegedly admitted he knew he was breaking the law by having repeated sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl. Australian figure skater Brendan Kerry, 30, competed at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics - and won his national singles title eight times. 2 Brendan Kerry allegedly admitted to having sex with an underage minor up to 20 times Credit: Getty2 Kerry represented Australia at three Winter Olympics Credit: GettyKerry was also a registered coach with US Figure Skating. The non-profit organisation - established to tackle sexual abuse of minors and athletes in US sport - stated he had engaged in sexual activity with the girl. No criminal charges have been filed against Kerry in either Australia or the USA.

Many of the papers consider the toppling of the French prime minister François Bayrou in last night's confidence vote. The Guardian notes, external that Macron will have to appoint his third prime minister in only one year. The i Paper, external is more interested in the political difficulties facing our own prime minister, as his party begins its search for a new deputy leader. The Daily Mail believes, external Labour is on the brink of civil war. The Daily Mirror says, external the modern Labour party must reflect the country it seeks to govern.

A days-long strike on the London Underground system took effect in earnest on Monday, upending millions of commuters’ journeys and threatening to disrupt life in the capital for most of the week, as workers protest over pay and conditions. Transport for London, the city’s transit authority, warned that “little or no service” was expected across the Underground network, known as the Tube, from Monday to Thursday after an initial, more limited walkout took place on Sunday. Up to five million passenger journeys are made each weekday on London’s Underground, which has 272 stations and 11 lines that crisscross the city and its surrounding suburbs. London’s buses were unusually crowded on Monday morning as commuters sought alternative routes to work. It was standing-room-only at about 9:30 a.m. on the 19, a double-decker bus, just a few stops after it began its rumble from residential communities in North London to more commercial districts in the city’s center, and there were long queues at many bus stations.

The World Series of Darts Finals will take place this weekend, and all of the best are in town to compete for the title. And he already knows his opponent for the first round with the draw conducted already, and he's set to face Simon Whitlock. As we start to approach the PDC World Darts Championship, Littler is looking to add more titles to his name. World Series of Darts Finals: Dates and how to followThe World Series of Darts Finals will take place from Friday, September 12 to Sunday, September 14. Humphries heads into the World Series of Darts Finals off the back of victory in the Czech Darts Open.

The majority of people living in and around Times Square are saying no dice to a proposed casino backed by Jay-Z, a new poll shows. 6 Rendering of Caesars Palace Times Square rooftop bar overlooking a New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square. “Opposition to a Times Square casino is broad, intense, and deeply entrenched,” Tulchin said in its memo. In the only credible poll that matters, 2/3 of New Yorkers who participated in the public input process have spoken in favor of Caesars Palace Times Square,” Caesars Palace Times Square said in a statement Sunday. Image by Binyan Studios6 The Caesars Palace Times Square casino partnership did not respond to a Post request for comment.

Throngs of theater lovers braved the rain to enjoy a series of free performances from Broadway hits in the heart of Times Square on Sunday as part of the city’s ongoing 400th anniversary celebrations. 5 Fans brave the rain in Times Square on Sunday to watch performances from 23 different Broadway shows. James KeivomThe crowd was a mix of theater lovers who specially traveled to Times Square for the event and tourists who happened upon it and were equally delighted by what they found. Others sought out the Times Square show because of the rare opportunity to catch a performance without paying. “The heart of Times Square is the perfect place to celebrate Broadway’s legacy.”Theater-lovers who enjoyed the show agreed.

It was positioned underneath a CCTV camera overlooking one side of the Royal Courts of Justice. The grand court complex, on the Strand in central London, houses the High Court and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The co-founder of Palestine Action is waging a legal battle in the High Court against the government’s decision to put the organization on the same legal footing as groups such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State. The government ban came after two members of Palestine Action broke into a British military base and damaged planes to protest Britain’s military support for Israel. Palestine Action is the first organization to be banned under a segment of Britain’s legal definition of terrorism that covers serious property damage, rather than violence against people, to advance a political cause.

Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4 was evacuated and closed on Monday evening following reports of a possible hazardous materials incident, before authorities later declared it safe to reopen.The London Fire Brigade said it had been called to the scene and deployed specialist crews as a precaution. “Specialist crews have been deployed to carry out an assessment of the scene, and part of the airport has been evacuated as a precaution whilst firefighters respond,” the brigade said, as quoted by AFP.Operations were stood down roughly three hours later. “Around 20 people have been assessed on scene by paramedics from the London Ambulance Service,” the fire brigade added.London’s Metropolitan Police also confirmed that “no trace of any adverse substance was found.”The airport operator reassured passengers that normal services would resume. “Emergency services have confirmed Terminal 4 is safe to reopen and we are doing everything we can to ensure all flights to depart as planned today,” it said in a post on X.“We are very sorry for the disruption caused, the safety and security of our passengers and colleagues is our number one priority,” the airport added.During the closure, Heathrow urged passengers not to travel to Terminal 4, while confirming that all other terminals were operating normally. The UK’s National Rail network also reported that its trains were “unable to call” at the terminal during the incident.Located southwest of London, Heathrow is the UK’s main international airport and one of the busiest air hubs in the world.

Prince Harry returned to Britain on Monday for a four-day visit crowded with meetings and ceremonies but dominated by a single, all-consuming question: Will he meet with his father, King Charles III? It’s not an idle question. Harry’s rift with the 76-year-old monarch has taken on canyon-like proportions after lawsuits and an emotional BBC interview by the estranged prince in May. It has become the central fault line in Britain’s royal family, dividing not just Harry and his father but also the prince and his older brother, William. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, are currently staying in Balmoral, the Scottish castle where Queen Elizabeth II died three years ago on Monday.

The government of François Bayrou, a centrist prime minister who has been in office for just nine months, collapsed on Monday in the latest sign of a France reduced to chronic political instability and incapacity to confront its growing financial crisis. The National Assembly, or lower house of Parliament, voted overwhelmingly against Mr. Bayrou in a confidence motion he had called with the aim of setting out the gravity of France’s ballooning debt and budget deficit, and the need to confront them by finding annual savings of at least $51 billion. The vote was 364 against Mr. Bayrou’s government and 194 in favor in the 577-seat lower house, a crushing defeat for the prime minister. Fatalistic in the face of a parliamentary impasse, Mr. Bayrou had, even before the debate began, invited his entourage to a “convivial moment,” or farewell soirée, this evening. With four prime ministers in the past 20 months, and a fifth likely to be appointed now, the fall of French governments, once unusual, has become close to mundane.