America’s president-elect has condemned Donald Trump’s behaviour and called those who stormed the US Capitol “domestic terrorists”. He said yesterday’s events were an “assault on our liberty” and speaking about the demonstrators, he said: “Don’t dare call them protesters – they were a riotous mob, insurrectionists.” Turning his attention to Donald Trump, he said the
Month: January 2021
Elon Musk has overtaken Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest man, according to reports. Mr Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who founded Tesla, has a net worth of more than $188.5bn (£139bn) following shares in his company gaining more than 5% on Thursday. Bloomberg reported that this put him $1.5bn (£1.1bn) ahead
The Wanted’s Tom Parker says there has been a “significant reduction” in the size of his brain tumour, following hospital treatment. The 32-year-old revealed his terminal cancer diagnosis in October last year, just weeks before becoming a father for the second time. He is currently having radiotherapy and chemotherapy for a grade four glioblastoma –
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has predicted England’s latest national lockdown will be the last full shutdown of the COVID crisis – but suggested Britons might need to be re-vaccinated every six to 12 months. The government is aiming to offer a first dose of a COVID vaccine to nearly 14 million of the most vulnerable
Hundreds of thousands of vaccines will be delivered daily by the end of next week, the prime minister has promised. Speaking at a Downing Street briefing, Boris Johnson said almost 1.5 million people across the UK have received their first dose already. And he insisted the UK has “enough” vaccines to offer a first dose
Britain’s Got Talent has cancelled production, with coronavirus restrictions making live auditions – the popular first stage of the contest – an impossibility. The ITV juggernaut had been due to film auditions in London later this month, however the steadily increasing COVID-19 infection rates have led ITV bosses to scrap filming plans. An ITV spokesperson
Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been suspended “indefinitely”, at least until Joe Biden replaces him as president on 20 January, its founder has said. Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook to condemn the “shocking events” in Washington DC. He said they “clearly demonstrate” that Mr Trump “intends to use his remaining time in office
Four people were killed as police clashed with Donald Trump supporters at the US Capitol on Wednesday, where Congress was confirming the results of the 2020 election – but how were these rioters organised? The mob who ravaged the Capitol had travelled from across the country to gather for a rally held by the president
Director Sam Pollard grew up in a house with three pictures on the wall – Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy and Jesus. Two of those childhood role models made it into his latest documentary, MLK/FBI. Early influences aside, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker says what’s extraordinary about the film is that it’s centred on information,
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested in jail on a new charge, while a detained American lawyer has been granted bail. Mr Wong, 24, was arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of violating the controversial national security law imposed on Hong Kong last June, his friends and family said. The leading activist,
Donald Trump has deleted three tweets accused of inciting violence that caused his account to be suspended on Wednesday night. His account was locked for twelve hours and threatened with permanent suspension after both Twitter and Facebook said his messages increased the likelihood of violence as his supporters rioted in Washington. They had gathered in
Ryanair has hit out at the UK and Irish governments for their handling of coronavirus vaccine roll-outs while slashing flights and its passenger forecasts. The no-frills carrier said it was to “significantly cut” services from Thursday 21st January which would result in “few, if any, flights being operated to/from Ireland or the UK from the
The parent firm of British Gas has reassured customers it has contingency plans in place to handle emergency call-outs as household engineers start a five-day winter strike. Centrica said vulnerable customers would also be given priority status under arrangements made with the GMB union in the run-up to the action. A strike ballot last month
GP surgeries in England are to begin rolling out the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus jab as part of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history. It comes just a day after the UK daily reported death toll topped 1,000 for the first time since 21 April with a further 1,041 people dying with the virus. Record numbers
Twitter has locked Donald Trump’s account for the first time and threatened him with “permanent suspension” from the platform. It comes after the site demanded he remove tweets excusing violence after his supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday The site had earlier removed the retweet, like and reply functions on a video in which Mr
A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol building in Washington has described the moment a woman was shot dead by security forces. Video of the incident shows the man standing next to the victim at the moment the fatal shot is fired. He is then seen trying to help her as she falls to the
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