Britain is to step up its development of nuclear power under plans to boost the country’s long term energy security while delivering thousands of jobs and cheaper bills. The government said up to eight reactors could be delivered by 2030 – accelerating the pace from one a decade to one a year – as the
The General Staff of the Ukraine’s Armed Forces has warned that the Russians are now preparing an “aggressive” assault on the towns and cities of eastern Ukraine. However, the war has already arrived in Severodonetsk. After five weeks of fighting, this Ukrainian city of more than 100,000 people has become a shadow of its former
A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia has been extradited from Germany and will appear in a UK court on Thursday, police have said. David Smith, 57, was arrested by German police on 10 August last year and is accused of collecting information from the British embassy in
Part of National Grid will be returned to public ownership under a new plan to help Britain reach its climate targets. The utility company will sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) arm to the government and will then become part of a new Future System Operator (FSO). The new authority will oversee Britain’s electricity systems
The US has announced sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters. The latest move is partly in response to scenes in Bucha, near Kyiv, where more than 300 bodies have been discovered, including some civilians with their hands tied behind their backs. The US believes many of the Russian president’s assets are hidden
Norway is again breaking electric vehicle adoption records with 82% of new vehicles sold last quarter being battery-electric. Tesla Model Y is leading the charge with a lot of deliveries last month. Norway has been the leading market for electric vehicles in terms of adoption per capita. As many markets are introducing plans to “ban”
Contaminated soil from the Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone might have been spread as far as Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and possibly even to Belarus and Russia. Ukranian nuclear experts told Sky News that tanks rolling through the area could have carried contaminated earth for miles. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us
CNN’s Matthew Chance reports on the economic situation inside Russia after Western nations imposed crippling economic sanctions in retaliation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. #CNN #News
A visual representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Edward Smith | Getty Images There’s a new and low-cost way to quickly send U.S. digital dollars around the world without a bank. And it’s built on bitcoin. Blockchain start-up Lightning Labs announced Tuesday that it’s launching the Taro protocol, a technology that will route fiat-pegged stablecoins and other
In this article UBER Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a product launch event in San Francisco, California on September 26, 2019. Philip Pacheco | AFP via Getty Images Uber is driving ahead with its plan to become a travel “superapp”. The San Francisco-headquartered firm announced Wednesday that it is adding trains, buses, planes and
Boris Johnson has said there is a “limit to the amount of taxpayers’ money” that can be used to address rising bills ahead of launching a long-awaited energy strategy. The government will publish its Energy Security Strategy on Thursday to help tackle soaring energy prices and reduce reliance on Russian oil and gas. But Mr
The world must cut down greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change, a new UN report has warned. It added that unless emissions peak in the next three years, the world will experience extreme climate events. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said if urgent action
The Treasury has blocked a proposal to expand the energy scheme to upgrade household insulation and energy efficiency, Sky News understands. It had been reported that Number 10 and business ministers were calling for an expansion of the Energy Company Obligation (Eco) scheme – which uses money raised from a levy on energy bills to
US police have identified the so-called “I-65 Killer”, also known as the “Days Inn Killer”, who murdered three motel clerks near a Midwest highway in the late 1980s. Harry Edward Greenwell, who died aged 68 in 2013, has been named after testing of crime scene samples found a match that was “99.9999% positive”, Indiana State
Mars is much more similar to Earth than previously thought. Researchers have found that the Red Planet is experiencing ‘Marsquakes’ due to ongoing volcanic activity beneath its dusty, barren surface, just like earthquakes strike our planet. The researchers discovered 47 previously undetected Marsquakes beneath the Martian crust in a specific region, called Cerberus Fossae, that
The latest test of NASA’s giant Moon rocket SLS has been pushed back to allow for a SpaceX rocket to launch later this week, the US space agency announced Tuesday. The dress rehearsal for the giant Space Launch System had been scheduled for Friday at launch pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the same
Ukraine claims its troops have retaken control of the entire territory of the Kyiv region. Sky’s Nick Quraishi and former senior RAF officer Air Vice Marshal Sean Bell analyse what Russia could do next. 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
Exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky discusses President Vladimir Putin’s mindset and what his remaining options are in the war against Ukraine. #CNN #News
During the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Teledyne Brown Engineering, along with partners Sierra Space and Nissan North America, announced it is designing a crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to support future NASA missions on the Moon. All three companies have varying levels of experience in space technology and hope to transport astronauts on
Climate change has not been caused by one bad actor, and it won’t be solved by one silver bullet. Instead, climate change is being caused by a web of problems and is being addressed by another web of mitigation and adaptation strategies. Globally, there has been significant progress to limit greenhouse gas emissions and slow