The UK is “working urgently” to verify details following unconfirmed reports of a Russian chemical attack in a besieged city in Ukraine, the foreign secretary has said. Liz Truss said any confirmed use of chemical weapons in Mariupol would be a “callous escalation” of the war. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, used his nightly video address
Tory MP Crispin Blunt has been criticised for questioning the conviction of his colleague, Imran Ahmad Khan. Khan, MP for Wakefield, was found guilty on Monday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008, and was thrown out of the Tory party following the verdict. But Mr Blunt described the conviction as a “dreadful miscarriage
For the second time in her life Kristina Dubyna is a refugee in her own country. Only this time her fears and anxiety over the future for herself and four-year-old son Lev are being compounded by British bureaucracy. The 40-year-old English teacher and college administrator fled her home in Kyiv, along with her husband and
Pop star Britney Spears has revealed she is pregnant with her third child – months after winning her conservatorship legal battle. The singer shared the news in a post on Instagram saying she had got the test after partner Sam Asghari teased her about being “food pregnant”. “So I got a pregnancy test … and
8:44 PM BST England continued their winning run in this year’s Six Nations with a 58-5 victory over Wales in front of a record crowd at Kingsholm. Lark Davies and Jess Breach both scored two tries each while Sarah Bern, Alex Matthews, Shaunagh Brown, Emily Scarratt and Sarah Hunter also crossed the line. – Clargo:
In this article WBD Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav CNBC Hollywood is about to get a jolt of emotional intelligence. David Zaslav, longtime chief executive officer of Discovery, is now officially CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery — the culmination of a merger announced last May. The newly combined company began trading on the Nasdaq on
Danish wind giant Ørsted and Danish offshore wind service and support company ESVAGT announced on Friday that they will invest in the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. Green-fuel service operation vessel for offshore wind Ørsted reports that batteries and dual fuel engines capable of sailing on renewable e-methanol
It’s hard to escape high gas prices. As Americans feel increased pressure at the pump, the average driver is spending 2.24% of their monthly income on gas, while pickup truck and SUV drivers shell out as much as 3.12%, on average, according to a recent report by FinanceBuzz based on data from the U.S. Department
In this article TWTR Elon Musk pauses and looks down as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Billionaire Elon Musk’s reversal of his decision to join Twitter‘s board opens the door to a
Ukrainian troops cheered and celebrated after reportedly shooting down a Russian drone with a British-made missile, new video shows. In footage shared online, a Ukrainian soldier is seen firing a laser-guided missile into the sky. After it seemingly hits the target – although this is not shown in the video – loud cheers are heard,
Volunteer Ukrainian battalions are prepping themselves for the front line in Barvinkove while the Russian military plans to encircle troops in the east. People duck when drones fly overhead, waiting to resume their trench digging. One crew focuses on mobilising a captured Russian tank. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us
As Russia continues to wage war, some Russians are fleeing to neighboring Georgia and expressing support for Ukraine, CNN’s Matt Rivers reports. #CNN #News
Prices have increased faster over the past 12 months than at any time in the previous 30 years, putting pressure on already stretched household budgets. The latest increases have been driven by rising household energy and fuel costs. But how much has your individual spending gone up in the past five years? Use our new
Ukraine’s finance minister has told Sky News that Russia should be made to pay post-war reparations to his country once the conflict between the two has ended. In an exclusive interview, Sergii Marchenko said there was an expectation among Ukrainians that Russia should pay for its aggression, highlighting a variety of ways in which money
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said Channel 4’s “salad days are in the past” and that it is “time to look to the future” in an online dispute with TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp over the privatisation of the broadcaster. The pair exchanged public posts on Twitter following the publication of an opinion piece by Ms
NASA scientists have found planets where the temperature goes past 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (roughly 1650 degrees Celsius), enough to melt even titanium. During their studies of ultra-hot exoplanets, teams of astronomers working with the NASA Hubble Telescope reported on WASP-178b, an exoplanet 1300 light-years away. Using NASA’s iconic Hubble Space Telescope, the astronomers found that
A recent experiment showed that a fundamental particle – W boson – weighed more than expected. The mass difference is an important facet for scientists to explain how the universe and its different forces work. The experiment was conducted at the US government’s Fermi National Accelerator Lab (or Fermilab). During the experiment, scientists crashed the particles
Ali Harbi Ali had spent years hatching his plot to target an MP before his “cold and calculated” murder of Sir David Amess. The 26-year-old “fanatical terrorist” had researched a number of potential high-profile targets including Michael Gove, Dominic Raab and Sir Keir Starmer, before settling on the MP for Southend West. Prosecutors described the
The chairman of the world’s richest basketball league has joined one of the consortia preparing to table final takeover bids for Chelsea Football Club this week. Sky News has learnt that Larry Tanenbaum, who chairs the National Basketball Association (NBA) and owns a host of North American sports teams, is among the investors backing Steve
A “bloodthirsty” and “fanatical” terrorist has been found guilty of the murder of MP Sir David Amess. The veteran Conservative politician was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery meeting in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in October last year. Sir David, who was the MP for Southend West, suffered more than 20 stab wounds in a “vicious