The foreign secretary has landed in China for meetings with senior members of the government as Rishi Sunak comes under pressure at home over how to approach the country. James Cleverly is holding talks with senior Chinese officials – including minister of foreign affairs Wang Yi and vice president Han Zheng – on issues ranging
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A local council says it cannot provide the necessary care for vulnerable children in its area due to rising numbers of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum and a “wholly inadequate” scheme to distribute them to authorities across the country. Kent County Council is responsible for 661 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, along with 1,030 care leavers. However,
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A question on climate change quickly turned personal between Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie at the primary debate hosted by Fox News on Wednesday night. #GOP #debate #trump #CNN #news
San Diego-based e-bike company Juiced is preparing to launch its latest electric bike, the Juiced Scorpion X2. This will mark a triumphant return for the popular electric moped-style bike. Earlier this year we reported on the legal battles over trademarks related to Juiced’s HyperScorpion electric moped-style e-bike line that caused the company to sunset those
Electrical workers repair power lines leading into the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, August 15, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Electric companies in the western U.S. are facing mounting lawsuits alleging that their failure to prepare for extreme weather has resulted in repeated, catastrophic wildfires that have taken
Redundancies among Wilko’s 12,500-strong workforce have been suspended while further bids for the collapsed retailer are considered, a union has said. The GMB said it had been assured by administrators PwC about the move during a meeting on Tuesday morning. The discount homeware goods company collapsed earlier this month after struggling from inflationary pressures, competition
Nadine Dorries is officially no longer an MP, 81 days after she announced her resignation from the Commons with “immediate effect”. The former culture secretary did not step down instantaneously, instead remaining in her role as a politician as she claimed she was looking into why she was refused a seat in the House of
The housing secretary Michael Gove is planning a major change to rules on waterway pollution in a bid to boost home building in England. The so-called “nutrient neutrality” rules have been criticised by developers and some Tory MPs for blocking much-needed housebuilding. The government hopes the move, which is coming in an amendment to the
Adele has halted one of her shows mid-song to defend a standing fan she thought was being “bothered” by security guards. The British singer, 35, who is part way through her Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, stopped singing Water Under The Bridge to speak directly to a male fan after he
Eminem has told Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs at campaign events. The US rapper sent a cease and desist letter to Mr Ramaswamy’s campaign team last week via his music licenser BMI. It came after the 38-year-old, who is hoping to become the Republican party’s presidential candidate in 2024, performed an
A BYD ATTO 3 is displayed during the British Motor Show at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on August 17, 2023 in Farnborough, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of Chinese automaker BYD listed in China jump more than 5% Tuesday, a day after posting a stellar jump in first half
The transport secretary has apologised for yesterday’s nationwide air traffic control fault – saying issues on this scale “haven’t happened for a decade”. Mark Harper stressed that technical experts have ruled out a cybersecurity incident, with the Civil Aviation Authority set to investigate. “Something on this scale hasn’t happened for almost a decade – normally
Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried privately in a “farewell ceremony” in a St Petersburg cemetery, according to his press team. Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash north of Moscow on 23 August, two months to the day since he led a failed mutiny against top Russian officials. The aborted rebellion where
A top-10 tennis player said she could smell “weed” on court during her US Open match before suffering a shock defeat. Maria Sakkari was leading opponent Rebeka Masarova 4-1 in the first set when she signalled to the umpire of the scent, which she would clarify as “weed” in a post-match press conference. The Greek
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told a news conference “everyone understands who is involved” following reports that Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash. Mr Zelenskyy also revealed that Ukraine had nothing to do with the incident. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-latest-wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-passenger-on-crashed-plane-in-russia-live-updates-12541713 #skynews #yevgenyprigozhin #russia SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow
Ukrainian special forces carried out their most complex operation yet against Russian military facilities in Crimea, the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence announced. #cnn #news #ukraine #crimea #shorts
In a sign of things to come, the global offshore wind industry brought 8.8 GW of clean energy online in 2022, its second-best year ever, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The GWEC, the international trade association for the wind power industry, reports that a total of 64.3 GW of global offshore wind
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A screenshot of Project Sunroof shows the map data offered by the pilot project, which is meant to help consumers plan solar installations for their homes. Screenshot Google is planning to license new sets of mapping data to a range of companies to use as
Heathrow Airport has said its services will “remain significantly disrupted” on Tuesday after air traffic controllers across the UK experienced a technical fault. In a statement about the “technical issues” that affected the National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Britain’s busiest airport urged passengers to contact their airline before travelling to the airport. “The issue has