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An employee monitors for gas leaks during safety checks at Uniper’s Bierwang natural gas storage facility. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images German energy giant Uniper on Friday said it is having to draw down gas from storage facilities, reducing supplies needed for winter even as Europe is experiencing an extreme heatwave. The embattled utility
UK ports are threatening the government with legal action if they don’t compensate them for the millions spent building new border facilities – which may never be used. The facilities were designed to carry out post-Brexit physical checks on imports from the EU. Our Politics and Business Correspondent Amanda Akass reports from the brand new
Rep. Liz Cheney, Jan. 6 committee vice chair, said in her opening statement that they have “seen a change in how witnesses and lawyers in the Trump orbit approached this committee.” #CNN #News
Top Gun star Tom Cruise has appeared in Gloucestershire for the largest military air show in the world to mark the United States Air Force’s 75th anniversary. The Hollywood A-lister, also known for his starring role in Mission: Impossible, was spotted at RAF Fairford to watch the air show displays at the Royal International Air
Internet providers have a moral obligation to help customers through the cost of living crisis, the regulator has said. More and more families are struggling with their internet bills, which often are linked to inflation and have been going up this year. Along with everything else. Ofcom’s networks and communications group director, Lindsey Fussell, told
Britons are being urged to do the “neighbourly thing” and check on people who may be more vulnerable as the UK braces for potentially record-breaking temperatures. The advice comes after the government’s COBRA meeting on Saturday and less than 48 hours away from forecast highs that could nudge 40C (104F). It’s the second emergency summit
Despite some immunotherapies been proven to be effective in treating melanoma brain metastases, researchers remain clueless about the reason behind the tumour’s spread to the brain. Now, through an extensive study of the cells inside melanoma brain metastases, researchers have unravelled details about the condition which could lead to the development of new therapies. Melanoma
The Saudi crown prince told Joe Biden the US had also made mistakes, after the president confronted him over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by a hit squad in the country’s Istanbul consulate in 2018. Mr Biden said he challenged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over the
The comet C/2017 K2 has offered a spectacular celestial show for stargazers and astronomers as it hurtled past Earth this week. In its closest approach to our planet, which was on July 14, the comet was about 270 million kilometres away. Now, while the comet may have crossed its closest point to Earth, the celestial
In today’s age of police militarization, perhaps it’s time to take a step back and see how we could downsize some of the police gear used on our streets. Who needs a three axle gas-guzzling police tank when you could have a tiny electric police coupe? Benefits include low maintenance, reduced fuel costs and being
An office worker carries a large fan in central London on July 12, 2022. On Friday, the Met Office issued a Red Extreme heat warning for parts of the country. Yui Mok | PA Images | Getty Images The U.K. on Friday issued a “Red Extreme” heat warning, with authorities saying temperatures could potentially hit
Nadhim Zahawi, the new chancellor, will next week throw the government’s support behind a new initiative designed to shore up London’s position as a global destination for major company flotations. Sky News has learnt that Mr Zahawi will use his speech at Tuesday’s Mansion House dinner to give his backing to the Capital Markets Industry
Researchers have developed a self-organising laser system that can reconfigure according to the conditions, replicating the ability of living materials. This discovery is likely to help in creating smart photonic materials which would better mimic the properties of biological matter such as self-healing, collective behaviour, and adaptation. While lasers are used to produce a different
Britons are bracing themselves for extreme disruption, as forecasters predict possible temperatures of more than 40C (104F) in parts of the country this week. Amid warnings that lives are at risk, a national emergency has been declared by the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office has issued its first-ever red warning for extreme
Boris Johnson is holding his farewell party at the prime minister’s country estate this weekend, a source has told Sky News. Formal invites went out earlier this week to the event being held at Chequers, the official country residence of prime ministers, which is based in Buckinghamshire. A Tory source told Sky News: “The invitation
Defence and Security Analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at the HIMARS mobile rocket systems which Ukrainian forces used to hit a Russian ammunition depot, causing one of the biggest explosions in the war so far. Prof Clarke says the HIMARS are causing many problems for Russian forces because they can’t locate them. #HIMARS #Ukraine #Russia
The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection presents contradicting video testimony from Ivanka Trump and her former chief of staff, Julie Radford, during their seventh hearing.#january6 #CNN #News
There are growing concerns people’s lives could be at risk as the Met Office indicated it is likely a new UK record temperature could be set early next week. Meteorologists have said there is an 80% chance the mercury will top the UK’s record temperature of 38.7C (101.7F) set in Cambridge in 2019. The heatwave
San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks outside City Hall in San Francisco. Eric Risberg | AP San Francisco Mayor London Breed said her technology-heavy city will have to adjust to the new reality that many workers aren’t coming back to the office. In an interview airing Friday evening on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith,”