US intelligence accusing Russia of planning a fake attack to justify an invasion of Ukraine is “shocking evidence of Moscow’s aggression”, Liz Truss has warned. The foreign secretary tweeted: “This is clear and shocking evidence of Russia’s unprovoked aggression and underhand activity to destabilise Ukraine. “This bellicose intent towards a sovereign democratic country is completely
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In this article GOOGL FB Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai. REUTERS While Facebook is in the midst of its biggest stock drop ever and is trading at an 18-month low, Google remains near a record and has easily outperformed all of its Big Tech peers over the past
Two more senior officials are leaving Number 10 in an apparent mass exodus from Downing Street amid the fallout from the partygate scandal. Number 10 revealed on Thursday night that both Dan Rosenfield, the prime minister’s chief of staff, and Martin Reynolds, Mr Johnson’s principal private secretary, are leaving their roles. It came just hours
Boris Johnson’s spin chief has resigned and become the second key aide to the prime minister to quit in a matter of hours. Jack Doyle, Number 10’s director of communications, quit his role and is reported to have told staff that recent weeks in Downing Street had “taken a terrible toll on my family life”.
11:06 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Chris Eubank Jr. hopes beating Liam Williams on Saturday will set up a dream fight against Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin at English Premier League team
7:26 AM ET This is the week the stars come out on the PGA Tour. And not just the celebrities who will be playing alongside the professionals for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which begins Thursday. No, the three golf courses — Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Spyglass Hill and, of course, Pebble Beach — also
The youngest patient ever to be treated using NHS pioneering beam therapy is celebrating a milestone anniversary. Teddy Slade was just 18-months-old when he was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour. For his mother Amy, it was simply “terrifying”. But having now just turned four, Teddy is at pre-school, well, happy and “a funny, little,
The leader of Islamic State has been killed during a raid by US special forces in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family as American forces approached a house in the rebel-held province of Idlib, a US official said. He was among at least
Millions of households will see their energy bills rise to a typical £1,971 a year after regulator Ofgem increased its price cap by 54%. The increase, which will on average see bills for 22 million customers on variable gas and electricity tariffs rise by £693, will take effect in April and follows a 12% rise
The films in the running for this year’s BAFTA awards have been announced. Dune, West Side Story, James Bond’s No Time To Die, Belfast and The Power Of The Dog are among the movies up for prizes in 2022, while Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith are among the acting nominees. You can read
Rihanna has shared a photo of her baby bump after announcing she and rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child together. The singer and businesswoman, 33, showed off her growing bump to her 120 million Instagram followers as she stood in a white-tiled bathroom lifting her sports jersey. “How the gang pulled up
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Shell petrol station logo on Sept. 29, 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Oil giant Shell on Thursday reported a sharp upswing in full-year profit on rebounding commodity prices. The British oil major posted adjusted earnings of $19.29 billion for the full-year 2021. That compared with a profit
Dune has bagged the most nominations at this year’s BAFTA film awards with 11, followed by Netflix western The Power Of The Dog and Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Belfast. All three go up in the best film category, along with Adam McKay’s climate-comedy Don’t Look Up and Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s drama Licorice Pizza. Dune, which
International Space Station (ISS) is entering its final decade of operational life and NASA is planning to open it for commercial activities. The space agency has detailed the transition plan in a new report. It outlines the steps being taken by NASA to develop “both the supply and demand side” of the low-Earth-orbit commercial economy.
Soldiers around the world often perform martial arts shows for their national leaders. But these North Korean soldiers took it to another level in front of their leader, Kim Jong Un. A warning, these stunts are extreme from the start – and might bring tears to your eyes. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
The Russian military, which had announced naval drills off the coast of Ireland, agreed to move them further away after fishermen vowed to disrupt them. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan speaks with some of the fishermen involved in the process. #CNN #News
A US intelligence agency said Wednesday that its newest spy satellite successfully launched into orbit atop a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SpaceX rocket took off at 12:27 pm local time (01:57am IST on February 3) from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which is in charge of
In this article FB Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Facebook is set to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Here are
Analysis by Jon Craig, political correspondent It’s being called D-day for the cost-of-living crisis. And Rishi Sunak is determined to be centre stage and show the public and Tory MPs that he has the right measures to tackle it. On a day of good news and bad news, on which the bad threatens to outweigh