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Reduction in EV sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions as UK faces impact of global heatingAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundr...
President claims families not worried, despite relatives raising concerns, but confirms USS George Washington will replace aircraft carrier on Iran missionTrump administration asks US supreme court to allow construction of White House ballroomSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Trump administration, in its appeal to the supreme court today, said that “this case involves an extraordinary and...
Festival organiser says she has booked next year’s headliners but would not say if Taylor Swift is among themMadonna will not be performing at next year’s Glastonbury, the festival’s organiser, Emily Eavis, has said.The singer, who has the most top 10 singles in UK chart history of any female artist, has never featured at Britain’s biggest music festival. Continue reading...
When asked if family members are worried about situation onboard vessel, president said ‘no, they’re not’, despite ship’s record-breaking deploymentTrump administration asks US supreme court to allow construction of White House ballroomSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Trump administration, in its appeal to the supreme court today, said that “this case involves an extraordinary and unlawf...
Storm expected to strengthen to hurricane as state of emergency declared amid danger of ‘life-threatening’ floodsTropical Storm Lala is set to hit Hawaii’s Big Island with hurricane force in a matter of hours, bringing dangerous winds, heavy rainfall and high surf in a sign of what a strengthening “super” El Niño in the Pacific may bring.The tropical storm is currently about 420 miles (675km) sout...
Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexationIsrael’s defence minister wants to transfer law enforcement powers for Israelis in the occupied West Bank over to the police, a plan that Palestine’s vice-president described as a “flagrant violation of international law” and step towards full Israeli annexation.Israel Katz ann...
Defense team file motion to dismiss state murder case on double jeopardy rules after Mangione tells Manhattan court ‘I shot Mr Thompson and he died’Full report: Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking chargesat the courthouse in ManhattanMangione’s legal team is helmed by Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnifilo. The team has scored several major legal coups in Mangione’s federal and state ca...
Incident near Essex town of Wickford happens day after two passengers seriously hurt in East Sussex derailmentThe UK’s fifth heatwave of the summer has “presented exceptional challenges to the railway”, Network Rail has said, after two trains derailed in less than 24 hours.On Friday, British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed the rear carriages of a Greater Anglia train derailed “in an upright posit...
Incident near Essex town of Wickford happens day after two passengers seriously hurt in East Sussex derailmentThe UK’s fifth heatwave of the summer has “presented exceptional challenges to the railway”, Network Rail has said, after two trains derailed in less than 24 hours.On Friday, British Transport Police confirmed the rear carriages of a Greater Anglia train derailed “in an upright position” a...
Thursday has been described by residents as ‘horrendous’, ‘distressing’ and ‘one of the scariest days of my life’People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated more than a dozen homes as “horrendous” and “distressing”, with one describing blazes that surpassed the height of residential houses.Multiple fires spread across the West Midlands on Thursday as temperatures reached record ...
Facility also had no air conditioning for two days amid extreme heat, according to one of the people detainedPeople detained at an overcrowded federal immigration camp in Mississippi were sickened by a mystery gas leak, then denied medical care when they complained of headaches and other symptoms, it has been alleged.A lengthy power outage at Adams county detention center, an Immigration and Custo...
Plea comes weeks before separate case is scheduled to start in New York, and could throw proceedings into disarrayLuigi Mangione trial – latest updatesLuigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in 2024.Mangione confessed that he shot and killed Thompson outside a New York City hotel on 4 December 2024. In his fe...
Reform UK leader says he stayed away from vote count in Clacton to avoid being ‘humiliated by nobodies’Nigel Farage’s attempt to draw the sting from inquiries into his financial affairs appeared to have backfired on Friday as the standards watchdog reopened its investigation and MPs from all sides condemned the needless byelection.The Reform UK leader declared victory in the Clacton vote as he was...
One person killed and hundreds evacuated in Croatia as blazes also hit Germany, Greece and SpainAlmost 500 people have been arrested on suspicion of starting wildfires in France since the start of the summer, authorities have said, as firefighters in half a dozen European countries tackle ferocious blazes amid a record-breaking heatwave.A fire engulfed homes in a Croatian holiday resort on Friday...
Group backs Elijah Manley in primary election in bid to unseat veteran Democrat in newly drawn districtA progressive group has endorsed a 27-year-old substitute teacher who overcame childhood homelessness in his bid to unseat the veteran Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida.The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) said it is backing Elijah Manley in next week’s primary election in ...
Constitutional council says curbs infringe freedom of expression and privacy as president vows to rework legislationFrance’s top court has blocked a ban on social media access for under-15s, ruling that it infringed freedom of expression and privacy.The decision is a blow to President Emmanuel Macron as momentum builds around the world for Australian-style restrictions on children’s use of social ...
One person killed and hundreds evacuated in Croatia with Germany, Spain and Greece also affectedAlmost 500 people have been arrested on suspicion of starting wildfires in France since the start of the summer, authorities have said, as firefighters in half a dozen European countries tackle ferocious blazes amid a record-breaking heatwave.A fire engulfed homes in a Croatian holiday resort on Friday...
Defense team file motion to dismiss state murder case on double jeopardy rules after Mangione tells Manhattan court ‘I shot Mr Thompson and he died’Full report: Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking chargesat the courthouse in ManhattanMangione’s legal team is helmed by Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnifilo. The team has scored several major legal coups in Mangione’s federal and state ca...
Reform UK leader says he did not attend vote count in Clacton to avoid being ‘humiliated by nobodies’• UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage’s attempt to draw the sting from inquiries into his financial affairs appeared to have backfired on Friday as the standards watchdog reopened its investigation and MPs from all sides condemned the needless byelection.The Reform UK leader declared vict...
Government launches investigation into potential unsafe practices at Spanish healthcare company Grifols A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada said Friday it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices.Grifols, the Spanish healthcare company that runs 17 clinics across Canada and is the country’s only privat...
‘A great deal of public opposition is likely’ to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force saysPolice in Scotland have issued a stark public warning about the need for “robust security measures” to stop proposed AI datacentres from being attacked by protesters.The alert follows mounting opposition to AI infrastructure worldwide, including in the US, where such projects have become a major po...
Planning consultation told ‘robust security measures’ will be needed amid growing resistance to such developmentsScottish police have warned that a proposed datacentre will require “robust security measures” to prevent “incursion” amid growing public resistance to such developments in Scotland.“A great deal of public opposition is likely” to a datacentre planned in Larbert, about 30 miles west of ...
Planning consultation told ‘robust security measures’ will be needed amid growing resistance to such developmentsScottish police have warned that a proposed datacentre will require “robust security measures” to prevent “incursion” amid growing public resistance to such developments in Scotland.“A great deal of public opposition is likely” to a datacentre planned in Larbert, about 30 miles west of ...
PM also says fire and rescue services will be given more cash This election is a novelty with a record 34 candidates, including Howling Laud Hope of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party and Marcus White from the Everyone is God Party.They have pounded the streets of Clacton over the past few weeks as they seek to win the support of about 80,000 voters. Continue reading...
Students narrowly missing grades are being rejected, while some on oversubscribed courses are asked to deferStudents across the UK have found themselves unexpectedly squeezed out of their desired university courses as this year’s bumper crop of A-level grades has not always translated into the places many were hoping for.With close to a third of the A-levels awarded in England, Wales and Nort...
Students narrowly missing grades are being rejected, while some on oversubscribed courses are asked to deferStudents across the UK have found themselves unexpectedly squeezed out of their desired university courses as this year’s bumper crop of A-level grades has not always translated into the places many were hoping for.With close to a third of the A-levels awarded in England, Wales and Nort...
Plea comes weeks before separate case is scheduled to start in New York, and could throw proceedings into disarrayLuigi Mangione trial – latest updatesLuigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in 2024.Mangione allegedly shot and killed Thompson outside a New York City hotel on 4 December 2024. In his federal ca...
Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coinsFor a student with a summer job working on a Belgian building site, “money down the drain” has taken on a whole new meaning: excavating the trenches for a sewage system, he stumbled across a hidden trove of gold worth an estimated €9m (£8m).“We suddenly saw something lying there,” ...
Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coinsFor a student with a summer job working on a Belgian building site, “money down the drain” has taken on a whole new meaning: excavating the trenches for a sewage system, he stumbled across a hidden trove of gold worth an estimated €9m (£8m).“We suddenly saw something lying there,” ...
Mangione tells Manhattan court ‘I knew what I was doing was illegal’ as he changes plea on federal stalking chargesat the courthouse in ManhattanMangione’s legal team is helmed by Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnifilo. The team has scored several major legal coups in Mangione’s federal and state cases. Continue reading...
