Britain is firing up three coal power generators ready for use on Monday as a prolonged cold snap grips the country. The National Grid said the three generators – two at Drax’s site in North Yorkshire and one at West Burton in Lincolnshire – will not necessarily be needed tomorrow. But it has asked them
Sky News has obtained access to extraordinary live radio interactions between fighter jets in Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone, known as the ADIZ. The transmissions give a unique insight into the tensions playing out between China and the island nation. Read the full story here – https://news.sky.com/story/the-remote-place-with-a-unique-insight-into-a-potentially-perilous-standoff-between-taiwan-and-china-12789922 #skynews #taiwan #china SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel
In the first school board meeting since a 6-year-old allegedly shot his teacher in Virginia, parents expressed outrage and demanded the Newport News superintendent and the entire school board resign. CNN’s Brian Todd reports. #CNN #News
Brazil’s president has sacked the country’s army chief over concerns the country’s democracy is under threat following an uprising of far-right protesters. The official website of the Brazilian armed forces said General Julio Cesar de Arruda had been removed as head of the army. He has been replaced by General Tomas Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, who
India says it has used emergency powers to block a BBC documentary about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from being shared online. The two-part programme – India: The Modi Question – questions Mr Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The first episode was broadcast in the UK on Tuesday, and while it did not
Grant Shapps has launched a crackdown on energy suppliers, following reports some are not doing enough to support vulnerable customers amid the cost of living crisis. The Business and Energy Secretary has written a letter to energy suppliers, telling them to stop the practice of forced fitting prepayment meters as the answer to families struggling
Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, says he thinks it’s more likely China will invade Taiwan in 2027. “To me, 2027 is the year that we need to watch out for,” he said. His words come at a time when tensions across the Taiwan Strait are at the highest they’ve been
Lisa Marie Presley’s cause of death has not yet been determined after an initial autopsy examination, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains that there could be a multitude of reasons for the deferral. #CNN #News
Canada’s government has been ordered to repatriate 23 Canadian citizens being held in Islamic State camps in Syria – including British-born Muslim convert Jack Letts, it is understood. Letts, who had held dual UK and Canadian citizenship, left his family home in Oxford in 2014 to allegedly fight with IS as a teenager. He previously
Jan 21, 2023 Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — An exercise rider at a Florida horse track died Saturday in a training accident, officials said. Tampa Bay Downs said Daniel Quintero, 19, died while working with horses before 7 a.m., but declined to give further details. “The entire racetrack community expresses its condolences to his family
Peruvian authorities have closed the iconic tourist attraction Machu Picchu amid ongoing protests that have left dozens of people dead since they began a month ago. Demonstrations have spread through the Andean nation since early December, with new clashes reported in Cusco, the gateway to the nearby Inca trail and ancient ruins of Machu Picchu.
Freezing fog will create dangerous driving conditions in England on Sunday, the Met Office has said, as the London Mayor warned the weather would exacerbate air pollution in the capital. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog covering much of England, including Yorkshire, the South East and the Midlands. Travellers should
12:04 PM ET Ed Reed, a Super Bowl champion and nine-time Pro Bowl selection with the Baltimore Ravens, announced Saturday he will no longer be the head coach at Bethune-Cookman. Reed was tearful during a 15-minute goodbye in front of players and parents. “We’ve been around here trying to change things,” Reed said. “My vision
Police have been granted more time to question a man arrested on suspicion of a terror offence at a hospital’s maternity wing in Leeds. The 27-year-old suspect was initially detained after he was allegedly seen with a suspected firearm and a suspicious package at St James’s Hospital, Leeds, on Friday. He was later re-arrested on
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google employees are scrambling for answers from leadership and from colleagues as the company undergoes a massive layoff. On Friday, Alphabet-owned Google announced it was cutting 12,000 employees, roughly 6% of the full-time workforce. While employees had been bracing for a potential layoff,
A team at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a utility-scale solar and storage project that can provide power to both AC and DC high-voltage lines, and thus shore up grid stability – here’s how it works. Most of the US power grid uses alternating current, or AC, which constantly
Sky’s Beth Rigby reflects on “another uncomfortable” PMQs for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tackles him on NHS failures. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-health-secretary-tells-nurses-pay-rise-would-mean-cutting-patient-care-as-48-hour-strike-begins-12593360 #skynews #pmqs #politics #rishisunak #keirstarmer #nhs 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 Follow us
A man was arrested in Beech Grove, Indiana, after video was shown on live TV of a toddler, reportedly the man’s son, waving and pulling the trigger of a handgun. The man faces a charge of felony neglect. CNN’s Jean Casarez has more. #CNN #News
Elon Musk has appeared in court to refute allegations that Tesla shareholders were defrauded out of billions of dollars by his tweets. The company’s chief executive wrote in 2018 that he had “secured” funding to take the electric carmaker private and later that investor backing was “confirmed”, causing shares to soar and then fall. Less
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alex Spiro, attorney to Elon Musk, center, departs court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared in a San Francisco federal court on Friday to defend tweets he posted to his