A total of 11 government whips have announced they are backing Liz Truss’s campaign to become the next Conservative leader in the latest blow for rival Rishi Sunak. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey, herself a supporter of the foreign secretary, revealed the move in a graphic posted on social media on Tuesday morning. The
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Johnny Depp “might” return to the Fantastic Beasts film franchise after his legal victory against his ex-wife Amber Heard, the actor who replaced him has said. Mikkelsen replaced Depp as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2020 after Depp was forced to quit when he lost an earlier High Court libel
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Workers have suffered a record real-term pay slump in the face of soaring prices, official data reveals. Regular wages, excluding bonuses, plunged an average of 4.1% on the year in the three months to June when inflation is taken into account, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is the highest fall since
6:06 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ faint hopes of having Walker Buehler in their postseason rotation ended Monday, when it was announced that their ace pitcher would require season-ending elbow surgery. The Dodgers were vague in their description of Buehler’s injury because an initial MRI did not provide enough clarity, a source with knowledge
Three Britons have pleaded not guilty to mercenary charges at a Russian-backed separatist court in Ukraine. John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy are among a group of five European men on trial in a court administered by Kremlin-backed separatists in the city of Donetsk. Mr Harding, Vjekoslav Prebeg, who is Croatian, and Mathias Gustafsson,
A$AP Rocky has been charged with two counts of assault with a firearm in Los Angeles, authorities have said. The US rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, allegedly pointed a handgun at a victim in an incident that occurred in November of last year. On Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged the New
Thunderstorms and heavy rain are predicted across England and Wales on Tuesday, with warnings over flash flooding and disruption. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for most of the UK on Tuesday. Conditions could also cause transport disruption and power cuts in areas hit by heavy rain. Hail, frequent lightning and flash
In this article VYGR Voyager said it has roughly $1.3 billion of crypto on its platform and holds over $350 million in cash on behalf of customers at New York’s Metropolitan Commercial Bank. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images During a five-hour Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing earlier this month for crypto firm Voyager Digital, a customer
Across Europe, countries are seeing extreme temperature and severe drought. In France, both animals and humans are being affected by the heat crisis. Sky’s Europe Correspondent Siobhan Robbins?reports from the South of France. #drought #Weather #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Some top Republicans are claiming that the FBI planted incriminating information in the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump after their search. Conservative political activist George Conway reacts to these claims. #CNN #News
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced Monday that it plans to invest in Adam Neumann’s new residential real estate company called Flow. Neumann is the founder and former CEO of the coworking space company WeWork, but he left in 2019 after the company botched its plans to go public. The company’s 2019 IPO filing showed
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is the target of a criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts to interfere in the 2020 election result in Georgia. Mr Giuliani’s lawyer said on Monday the special prosecutor in Atlanta had sent a notification that the former New York mayor is being investigated by Fulton County District
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have both promised to increase scrutiny of the Scottish government if they become the next prime minister – ahead of a visit north of the border. Ms Truss, who remains the favourite to win the race, said she would get “Scotland’s economy moving” and would give Members of the Scottish
Donald Trump has accused the FBI of seizing his passports during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. Describing it as an “assault on a political opponent”, the former US president claimed agents “stole” three of his passports. The FBI searched his home last week after officials discovered boxes containing classified information were taken to his
We tested Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, and it was a scary experience. FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles to drive autonomously to a destination entered in the car’s navigation system, but the driver needs to remain vigilant and ready to take control at all times. Since the
The American consumer goods group which owns Reebok and an interest in David Beckham’s branded products portfolio is close to unveiling a cut-price £200m takeover of Ted Baker, the London-listed fashion retailer. Sky News has learnt that the board of Ted Baker is preparing to recommend a 110p-a-share offer from Authentic Brands Group (ABG), run
Scanning a document on your iPhone in the Notes app. Sofia Pitt You don’t need a bulky machine to scan and sign a document. Instead, you can use your iPhone or iPad to scan a document and, in less than a minute, turn it into a PDF and send it wherever it needs to go.
Labour MPs should not be on picket lines if they want to be in government to help those struggling with the cost of living crisis, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader told Sky News “you can’t sit around the cabinet table and then go to a picket line” in some of his most
The government has agreed to offer £100,000 in compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal. It comes after decades of campaigning and government denial of responsibility. The announcement has had a mixed reception, because while survivors will now get long-overdue help and recognition, many others have already died and, apart from spouses, relatives of