The world’s richest man has been granted broad latitude by Donald Trump to reduce the size of the federal government.

One of four University of Essex students who died after a car crashed into a building was “an extraordinary young man, full of life and promise”, his family has said.

No group immediately claimed the blast that occurred next to a vehicle carrying agricultural workers on the outskirts of Manbij.

Junior minister Pam Cameron said there is no timeline at this stage for the delivery of redress for victims and survivors.

Elon Musk, who is leading a civilian review of the US federal government, said the department was ‘beyond repair’.

The death of a man who fell down an escalator at an Underground station was a “very sad and unfortunate accident”, police said. Ian Airlie, 48, was found dead at his home in Greenwich, south-east ...