The winner of the battle for the Conservative Party crown – widely expected to be Liz Truss – will be unveiled in a 12.30pm ceremony in two weeks, the party’s co-chairman has announced. In a letter to Tory MPs and peers headed “Leadership Announcement: Arrangements”, Andrew Stephenson urged them to apply early for tickets for
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The latest #COVID19 data from the UK and around the world. In the UK, the data includes confirmed daily COVID-19 cases, the local authorities with the highest cases, current coronavirus hotspots and the proportion of positive tests. Globally we show a world map of coronavirus cases and the worst affected countries, including the number of
In an interview with CNN’s Jim Acosta, former ABC News anchor Sam Donaldson discusses the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property and the GOP rhetoric surrounding the search. #CNN #News
UK inflation is set to top 18% in January – the highest point in more than 40 years and nine times the Bank of England’s target – due to rocketing wholesale gas prices, a global investment bank has forecast. Citi has predicted the retail energy price cap would surge to £4,567 in January and then
The father of a girl who died at a water park said she was “left to drown” and could have been saved, as he accused the operator of “neglect”. Kyra Hill, 11, died after she got into difficulty in the water at Liquid Leisure Park in Datchet, Berkshire, where she was attending a party. She
Ukrainian special forces were behind a Moscow car bombing that killed the daughter of an ally of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s security service has claimed – as her father called on his country to win the war in “revenge”. The FSB, as reported by the Interfax news agency, said the attack was carried out by a
Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software, which currently costs $12k, will get a $3k price hike to $15k on September 5th in North America, coinciding with the wide release of the 10.69.2 Beta update. The early release version has just started rolling out to beta testers, and results are coming in to give us a sense of
China and India have the potential to become world leaders in “clean” hydrogen, said Jane Nakano, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). “I think both China and India have potential to become major powers … not just as potential supplier and also exporters of clean hydrogen, but also [as] consumers
Three Arkansas police officers have been suspended following social media outrage over a video that seemingly shows them assaulting a suspect under arrest. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said two county deputies and a Mulberry officer have been suspended. A statement from Crawford County Sheriff’s Office said: “In reference to the video circulating social media
Aug 21, 2022 ESPN News Services WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Kyle Larson outlasted Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott on a restart with five laps to go and won the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. Elliott had control of the race late, but a caution gave Larson a chance and he
In this article BABA 700-HK Alibaba has faced growth challenges amid regulatory tightening on China’s domestic technology sector and a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. But analysts think the e-commerce giant’s growth could pick up through the rest of 2022. Kuang Da | Jiemian News | VCG | Getty Images Chinese tech giants Alibaba
Water companies have been accused of failing to monitor how much sewage is being pumped into the sea. According to Environment Agency data analysed by the Liberal Democrats, sewage monitors installed by UK water firms did not work “90% of the time” or had not been installed at all. Dozens of pollution warnings were put
Sky’s John Sparks reports from eastern Ukraine where people are trying to escape to safety, including one 84-year-old pensioner who told us “I just want to die in peace”. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) says he does not take home documents marked special access like the documents the FBI says were seized from Trump’s home, but argues that we don’t know if they were classified appropriately. #cnn #News
Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains have killed at least 40 people in northern India over the last three days, and others are missing. Heavy rainfall overwhelmed hundreds of villages, as mud houses were swept away, roads were covered by water, bridges were destroyed, and rescuers raced to help stranded residents. In the
Liz Truss has been accused of trying to “avoid independent scrutiny” as she prepares to hold a budget next month without an official economic forecast, despite one being ready should she ask. Having an emergency budget in September – in which she will make long-term funding pledges – has been a key part of the
Dennis Rodman is planning a trip to Russia in a bid to secure the release of fellow basketball star Brittney Griner. The former NBA player told NBC News he “got permission” to travel and hopes to fly out within days. “I’m trying to go this week,” he said. Rodman’s plan comes despite the US State
Newport Beach, California-based Electric Bike Company has just launched its long awaited folding e-bike model, known as the Model F. The folder embodies much of the same cruiser vibes and design ethos of the company’s larger e-bikes, but in a smaller and more portable package. And just like the rest of the company’s e-bikes, it
New OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais said Wednesday that the influential producer group is not to blame for soaring inflation, pointing the finger instead at chronic underinvestment in the oil and gas industry. “OPEC is not behind this price increase,” Al Ghais told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble. “There are other factors beyond OPEC that are really
The RAF’s head of recruitment refused to follow an order to prioritise women and ethnic minority candidates over white men because she believed it was “unlawful”, defence sources have claimed and a leaked email has revealed. The group captain – whose subsequent resignation was revealed exclusively by Sky News – told her boss in the