By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 16:13 BST, 16 July 2026 | Updated: 16:14 BST, 16 July 2026 Sadiq Khan has been handed a peerage alongside 15 other Labour figures, in one of Keir Starmer’s final acts as PM. The London Mayor is entering the House of Lords in…
The Eastern Pacific is a tropical storm factory, and the Atlantic Basin shows signs of life » Yale Climate Connections
by Irene Sans, Yale Climate Connections July 16, 2026 As the Pacific hurricane season ramps up, the Atlantic Basin seems to be waking up, but it will have trouble sustaining activity over the next few weeks, as wind shear remains strong over the Caribbean and few tropical waves could survive…
Get paid for YOUR feedback: Help shape the future of Daily Mail Health
By JACK BARHAM Published: 14:25 BST, 16 July 2026 | Updated: 15:38 BST, 16 July 2026 The Daily Mail is building something for readers who want to meet their health goals – and for the (many) people who struggle to stick with them. Before we build it, we want your…
A laser disappears into the Milky Way’s heart photo of the day for July 16, 2026
The Gemini South Observatory shoots out a beam of light. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek) A laser star guide beams up from the Gemini South Observatory and into the Milky Way on Cerro Pachón, a mountain in central Chile. What is it? The Gemini South Observatory, located in Chile,…
Revealed: The moment that enraged Jude Bellingham so much he slapped Argentina star after World Cup loss
The Argentina star on the receiving end of a slap from Jude Bellingham had goaded England’s stars throughout their fiercely-contested World Cup semi-final clash. Valentin Barco, an unused substitute during Argentina’s dramatic 2-1 victory, was seen sprinting on to the field of play and taunting the Three Lions after Enzo…
Moment dog walker is fatally attacked by migrant in ‘psychotic state’ minutes after landlord was stabbed
By CAMERON CHARTERS Published: 14:26 BST, 16 July 2026 | Updated: 14:40 BST, 16 July 2026 Jurors were played shocking footage of a ‘psychotic’ Afghan migrant’s knife rampage in which he killed a dog walker and left his own landlord fighting for his life. CCTV captured Dawood Safi, 28, brandishing…
Watch SpaceX launch 21 ‘data transport’ satellites for US military today
Starship won’t be the only SpaceX rocket flying today, if all goes according to plan. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today (July 16), carrying 21 satellites for the U.S. military’s advanced new “Tranche 1 Transport Layer” (T1TL) constellation to orbit. Liftoff…
Henry Nowak killer’s confession: Sikh murderer admitted stabbing student multiple times as he spoke to his brother in Punjabi in back of police van
Henry Nowak’s killer confessed to repeatedly stabbing the teenager in a recorded conversation with his brother in the back of a police van. Vickrum Digwa, 23, admitted to his brother, Gurpreet, that he had used a kirpan – a Sikh ceremonial knife – to stab his 18-year-old victim in the face…
Hospital staff swapped two babies at birth who were then raised by unsuspecting families… until DNA test 36 years on exposed the scandal, lawsuit alleges
Two North Dakota families have launched a lawsuit against a hospital claiming that staff mistakenly switched their baby boys at birth over 38 years ago. The shocking mix-up allegedly unfolded at United Medical Center in Grafton, North Dakota on January 26, 1988. Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison were the only…
Is dark matter ‘tuned in’ to a hidden dimension?
Two major mysteries in science, the nature of dark matter and the possible existence of higher dimensions, could be linked, new research suggests. The team behind a new study proposes that dark matter may be so strange and ghost-like because it is in tune with a fifth dimension. When scientists…