Possession 9pm, Sky Atlantic Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in an atmospheric drama that quickly becomes a supernatural race horror. She plays British lawyer Claudia – strait-laced but can’t help puffing on a vape – who is sent to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim on a former plantation. Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller) wants to know…
Prof Saul Faust, the director of the NIHR Clinical Research Facility in Southampton, said it gave “equivalent” immune responses to the conventional vaccine as well as being “safe and well tolerated” in the early stage studies. Faust added: “This obviously has potential to remove cold chain dependence, reduce wastage and improve access.” A larger trial…
Welsh Fire captain Phil Salt would ideally like The Hundred to be a week longer after his side played three matches in five days. His second-placed side won at Birmingham Phoenix on Saturday afternoon and defeated Southern Brave in Cardiff on Monday evening, before losing to Manchester Super Giants on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s been a…
Iran says it has reached an agreement with Oman on a route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei did not give any further details on the agreement, which he said was “in the final stages”. Baqaei warned however that a deal with Oman would not guarantee safe navigation through…
The geographical coordinates of the route in the waterway have been agreed upon with Oman, according to Tehran. Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026 Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that talks with Oman over future transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz have been “moving forward”, with the coordinates of the routes now agreed…
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is essential to bringing down the cost of living in the UK, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said as he met his US counterpart Marco Rubio. The Labour minister is in Washington for his first official one-on-one meeting with Rubio. The pair were expected to discuss the war in Ukraine…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran has said it has reached an agreement with Oman on the details of a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, in the clearest signal yet from Tehran that a diplomatic push to reopen…
Kemi Badenoch has been clear about the qualifying criteria for prospective Conservative MPs. They must be “serious people who understand common sense,” she has said. The situation in local government is different, as demonstrated by Mrs Badenoch’s ill-judged support for a former neo-Nazi, selected to stand as a councillor in Somerset next year. Joshua Bonehill-Paine…
There are some pretty gigantic non-negotiables for an orchestral musician. You have to be able to perform the right notes in the right order, with a combination of technical expertise, artistry, skill and understanding that demands years, decades and lifetimes of devotion. But there is one figure on the orchestral concert platform who is both…
A person’s posture may subtly affect both emotional state and decision-making, according to new research from McGill University. In a laboratory study, participants who sat upright reported more positive feelings and performed better during a task involving risk and reward than participants who slouched or sat in the control condition. The effects were relatively small…
