The Kremlin has praised Donald Trump after he criticised Ukraine’s use of US-supplied weapons for attacks deep in Russian territory. Western allies have provided Ukraine with air defence systems to help it protect critical infrastructure, but Russia has sought to overwhelm the air defences with combined strikes involving big numbers of missiles and drones. “It’s
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Ed Miliband does not regret voting against the UK taking military action in Syria in 2013, he has told Sky News. His comments to Sky’s breakfast presenter Anna Jones come following the collapse of the Bashar al Assad regime in the region. Back in 2013, when Mr Miliband was Labour leader, UK MPs voted against
Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m for missing postal delivery targets. Regulator Ofcom said 74.7% of first class mail and 92.7% of second class was delivered on time in 2023/24. The targets were 93% and 98.5%. A “challenging financial position” was blamed by the company for its poor performance, the regulator said. There were also
Michael Voepel, ESPN.comDec 12, 2024, 04:15 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Open Extended Reactions The Virginia women’s basketball team is getting what the school calls a
Associated Press Dec 13, 2024, 12:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka was among nine wild-card entries awarded Friday for the Australian Open in January. Tennis Australia said Wawrinka would be joined at Melbourne Park — where the main draw begins on Jan. 12 — by Australians Tristan
The economy remained in a reverse gear during October, according to official figures covering the month ahead of the government’s first budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output fell 0.1% following the 0.1% decline recorded for the previous month. The figures showed zero growth in the powerhouse services sector, with manufacturing and construction
It might be tempting, given how much coverage has focused on it recently, to assume the forthcoming changes to inheritance tax regime are the single biggest issue facing farmers these days. But the reality is these tax changes come at a moment of extraordinary pressure, with farmers having to contend with a swathe of unsettling
Russia has established “direct contact” with Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) rebel group, according to state media outlet Interfax. It reported that deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov told journalists that Russia was aiming to maintain its military bases inside Syria. Mr Bogdanov said contact with HTS was “proceeding in constructive fashion” and that Moscow
Duncan Norvelle, a comedian famed for his “Chase me” catchphrase, has died aged 66. The entertainer passed away in hospital surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, after suffering from a chest infection and sepsis. His death was announced on his Facebook page, with a note signed off by Norvelle’s partner, Lynn Trevallion, and his
“Drastic change” is needed to end the “backwards” British stunt industry’s use of men in wigs pretending to be women, according to leading female stunt experts. “From my point of view, it’s heartbreaking,” says stunt co-ordinator Tiger Lilli Rudge talking to Sky News at Space Studios in Manchester. A stunt performer for 15 years, she
In this article AVGO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday and said artificial intelligence revenue for the year more than tripled. The chipmaker’s stock ticked higher in extended trading, rising over 9% after Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said the company
There’s a reason previous governments baulked at the net zero challenge – it’s absolutely colossal, something Labour’s new Clean Power 2030 plan lays bare. Offshore wind generating capacity, which has taken 20 years to reach 14.8GW, must more than triple to about 50GW within just six years. The plan calls for a tripling of solar
The Wanted’s Max George is facing surgery and “a difficult few months” after tests found “issues” with his heart. George, 36, was rushed to hospital after falling ill yesterday – and has now told fans he will remain there over Christmas while medical professionals determine “what surgery I will need to get me back on
Nobody doubts the level of ambition Keir Starmer is showing on housing. But will it work? That’s unclear. The prime minister acknowledges that 1.5m homes in this parliament is the hardest of his milestones to meet. Today’s plan tries to inject pressure on one corner of the system – the role of planning involving local
Plans to “green” the UK’s power system will protect consumers from future energy crises and has the potential to “bring down bills for good”, the government has said. Achieving clean electricity by 2030 was a key election promise for the Labour party, and reiterated by Keir Starmer last week as he outlined government ‘milestones’. To
Three men have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of plying them with drinks laced with drugs, then raping them while they were unconscious. The separate lawsuits, seen by Sky’s US partner channel NBC News, allege similar incidents in hotel rooms or his private home between 2019 to 2022. Combs‘s legal team has described the complaints as
Joe Biden has said he will commute the sentences of almost 1,500 non-violent offenders and pardon 39 others in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The outgoing president said in a statement that America “was built on the promise of possibility and second chances”. He called it a “great privilege” of his
Reform UK could replace the Conservatives as the second largest party at the next election, Baroness Harman has predicted. The Labour peer and former deputy leader said Nigel Farage’s party “seem to have an argument and they seem to know what it is”. Speaking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Baroness Harman said
A baroness has been recommended for three weeks’ suspension from the House of Lords for calling a peer “Lord Poppadom” and touching an MP’s braids without her permission. Baroness Catherine Meyer is accused of referring to Lord Dholakia as “Lord Poppadom” twice during a taxi journey while on a visit to Rwanda with parliament’s Joint
A US man who says he was locked up after crossing into Syria by foot seven months ago has been found safe after rebels liberated the country. There was hope it could be missing Austin Tice, a US journalist who went missing in Syria in 2012. However, the man told reporters his name was Travis
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