Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks about his children and how he wants them to remember him in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. #CNN #News
Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News. Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News. Subscribe to the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker This week entertainment reporters Claire Gregory and Stevie Wong and Sky News arts and entertainment editor Amy Hitchcock come
Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson allegedly punched a man repeatedly in the face on a plane in San Francisco. Mobile phone video obtained by US website TMZ appears to show the former boxer, 55, hitting the man in a seat behind his. A source close to the former sports star, who competed between 1985
Elon Musk has secured the financing for his takeover bid of Twitter, including £16.1bn of his own fortune, according to a new regulatory filing on Thursday. The remainder of the funding, amounting to more than £19.5bn, will be provided through two debt commitment letters offering a series of loans from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding. Twitter
9:42 AM ET Associated Press The Kentucky Derby television broadcast will be produced by a woman for the first time in the 148-year history of the race. Lindsay Schanzer is the new senior producer for NBC Sports’ Derby coverage, overseeing the network’s horse racing production. It’s her 10th Derby but her first running the show
8:55 AM ET The last few weeks of the 2021-22 NHL season have had all the drama of a foregone conclusion. The Eastern Conference playoff field has been set since, oh I don’t know, Halloween 2021. The eight playoff teams aren’t jockeying for position as much as they’re letting the chips fall where they may
Johnny Depp has faced hours of tough questioning from Amber Heard’s lawyer during his libel trial – with graphic texts about his ex-wife and photos of messages written in paint and blood from his severed finger shown in court. Facing cross-examination on the seventh day of the hearing – and Depp‘s third on the witness
Boris Johnson has insisted he has “nothing to hide” over partygate – as he comes under pressure from MPs debating a fresh investigation into the prime minister. Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby on his two-day trip to India, Mr Johnson said he didn’t “want this thing to endlessly go on”. His comments
Boris Johnson is to face a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled MPs about lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street. MPs have backed a Labour-led motion calling for the privileges committee to examine allegations that the prime minister misled the Commons when he denied lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street. The motion was nodded through
First Dates barman Merlin Griffiths has thanked the NHS for “literally saving my life” following surgery to remove a tumour. The Channel 4 TV star, 46, announced in September that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Griffiths rose to fame as the bartender who chats to the daters while they wait at the bar
Bharti group-backed OneWeb and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme, a statement said on Thursday. The first launch with NewSpace India is expected in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson on Wednesday called on individuals and governments to cap their driving speeds and turn down their heating in a bid to reduce reliance on Russian energy and bring about an end to the war in Ukraine. The billionaire entrepreneur told CNBC that small personal sacrifices could reduce demand for Russian
NASA is celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (aka HST or Hubble) by sharing a stunning view of five galaxies in deep space depicted in a single image. To recall, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, and deployed the next day. Thus, this week serves as the telescope’s
The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would dissolve the special taxing district that allows Walt Disney Co to self-govern in its theme park area. The Republican-led Senate voted 23 to 16 to back the measure. The bill comes amid a feud with the giant over its opposition to a contentious new state law
Amazon’s satellite venture, SpaceX’s Starlink network and other satellite firms on Wednesday won a combined $278.5 million (roughly Rs. 2120 crore) in contracts from NASA to demonstrate communications in space as the US space agency moves to replace its current satellite network in orbit with privately-built systems. NASA is increasingly looking to rely on private
Nestle, the maker of KitKat chocolate bars and Nespresso coffee, has warned that rising costs will force it to raise prices again this year. The food group, which also includes the Nesquik breakfast ceral brand in its stable of goods, said its price action to date had helped organic sales rise more than expected in
You can watch our full interview with Putin’s spokesman here: https://youtu.be/L0WScHPbaPA Dmitry Peskov has admitted there have been “significant” losses of Russian troops and said it is a “tragedy”. Vladimir Putin’s spokesman denied Russia has carried out war crimes in Ukraine telling Sky News we are “living in days of fakes and lies”. For the
Vladimir Putin’s former chief economic adviser Andrei Illarionov argues that a full embargo of Russian oil could end the war within a month or two. Illaronov discusses this idea with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on New Day. #CNN #News
When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February, the first foreign leader Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called was Britain’s Boris Johnson. Asked why the UK prime minister was number one on the list, the president’s top security official told Sky News: “They are friends. Britain is our friend.” Oleksiy