Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly approved plans for a military operation in Rafah which includes the evacuation of the population. Now all eyes are on Washington where red lines (albeit blurry ones) have been set by President Joe Biden. Last month, the president said that Israel should not attack Rafah without “a credible
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Police believe they have contacted all the families of 35 people whose remains were recovered from a Hull funeral parlour. Humberside Police said National Crime Agency experts were helping establish “if what has been respectfully recovered are in fact human ashes”. “I can confirm that whilst formal identification procedures are ongoing, we do believe we
Associated Press Mar 15, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control is making a late charge down the stretch of Maryland’s legislative session. The measure, released Thursday with less than a month to
AI chatbots are more likely to recommend the death penalty when a person writes in African American English (AAE) compared to standardised American English, according to new research. AI was also more likely to match AAE speakers with less prestigious jobs. African American English is generally spoken by black Americans and Canadians. The paper, which
“One, two, three, four – let me hear you scream if you want some more…” Anyone who got within a sniff of a dancefloor in the mid-noughties will know the lyrics, the hypnotic electro beat, possibly the gymnastics-inspired video typical of chart-friendly club tracks of the era (because if it didn’t look like a sexy
Billie Piper has admitted co-parenting her two children with Laurence Fox comes with “enormous difficulty” in rare comments about their divorce. The British actress, 41, has been largely coy about her divorce from actor-turned-political activist Fox in 2016, after a nine-year relationship. Fox, a self-professed “anti-woke” campaigner, has found himself in the middle of several
A group of lenders to Thames Water’s parent company have engaged advisers weeks before a £190m debt held by Britain’s biggest water utility falls due. Sky News has learnt that a syndicate of financiers which is owed the sum by Kemble Water, under which Thames’s regulated operations sit, has drafted in the big four accountancy
For weeks, the ceasefire talks have been at a virtual standstill – not completely broken down but with little movement to report. Hamas’s new proposal though, is a potential – albeit small – breakthrough in the deadlock. Until now, Hamas had insisted on a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, a
Around 2,000 Nepali men have been recruited by Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine, Sky News understands. Driven by poverty, many of the Nepali mercenaries are now desperate to return. Ganesh, 35, is one of the few recruits lucky enough to have made it home. He spent four and a half months fighting
Tesla has started using the Cybertruck as a literal mobile billboard as part of its advertising effort for the Model Y. I have previously argued that ‘Tesla Cybertruck is a mistake turned marketing tool‘. A mistake not in the sense that the vehicle itself is bad but because of the fact that Tesla has been
A Shell logo displayed on a sign at a gas station in Nakuru, Kenya. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday announced plans to moderate its near-term carbon emissions cuts, while maintaining its pledge to become a net-zero company by the middle of the century. In its latest energy
A court case against Donald Trump in Georgia cannot go ahead unless the district attorney steps aside or removes a special prosecutor she had a relationship with, the judge has ruled. Mr Trump is accused of attempting to overturn the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election in Georgia. District Attorney Fani Willis, who is
Bitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell to $66,885 in the early hours of Friday – down 9%. Only yesterday, the digital asset had been touching an unprecedented price of $74,000. Image: Bitcoin’s price over the past week. Pic: CoinGecko It is difficult to pinpoint a single reason
A federal judge has rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out a criminal case that charges him with illegally holding on to classified documents after leaving the White House. US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued the ruling after a day-long hearing in Florida during which the former president’s lawyers argued the Espionage Act
McDonald’s customers say they have been turned away from restaurants around the world, including in the UK, after the fast food chain was hit by major IT problems. British diners have complained about restaurants being shut, despite many being able to place orders through the company’s app. McDonald’s Japan has halted all operations at most
When Martin Greenbank moved into his home in Guildford 15 years ago, he thought it was just right for his growing family. Near a good state secondary school, and with a blooming back garden, where daffodils spring up beneath a cooking apple tree, and lavender and shrubs border his proudly maintained lawn. It would be
Ministers have been criticised for encouraging parents to secure a place for their child at their preferred nursery now ahead of September in order to beat long waiting lists. Applications will open on 12 May for the second wave of the rollout of reforms that expand the amount of funded childcare families can claim, the
The father of a teenager who shot four classmates dead has been found guilty of manslaughter a month after his wife was also convicted. Ethan Crumbley is serving life in prison for murder after killing four classmates at Oxford High School, near Detroit, in Michigan, in November 2021, when he was 15. In a landmark
In a fire sale, Volkswagen is offering $13,000 off the 2023 ID.4 AWD Pro S Plus with a new lease deal as it gears up to launch new EVs. 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 lease deal offers $13,000 off The Volkswagen ID.4 was the fourth best-selling EV in the US last year, with sales up 84% from
The U.S. flag is displayed at Tesoro’s Los Angeles oil refinery in Los Angeles, California Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Crude oil futures rose on Thursday, adding to the previous session’s gains as the International Energy Agency now forecasts a supply deficit for 2024. The West Texas Intermediate contract for April rose 86 cents, or 1.08%,