An alleged member of the ISIS group dubbed “The Beatles” is set to plead guilty in a court case in the United States. Alexanda Amon Kotey has been charged with conspiring to torture and behead American and European hostages in Syria. It is not immediately clear which charges he will admit at a change of
Month: August 2021
Of all the things they feared Hurricane Ida would bring to their small lagoon community, the death of one of their neighbours was unexpectedly horrifying. A 71-year-old man was apparently attacked and killed by an alligator as he checked on floodwaters at his home in Slidell near New Orleans. His wife desperately tried to get
The UK is in talks with the Taliban to ensure Britons can safely leave Afghanistan, the government has said. Its special representative for Afghan transition, Simon Gass, has met senior members of the hardline Islamist group in Doha, Qatar. They also discussed safe passage for Afghans who have worked with the UK over the last
Joe Biden has hailed the “extraordinary success” of the US evacuation in Afghanistan, saying he “was not going to extend this forever war”. The US president has been heavily criticised for his handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan, which saw more than 120,000 people successfully airlifted from Kabul airport, but left between 100 and 200
The Foreign Secretary will be questioned by MPs later on how the government intends to deal with the fall-out from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Parliament is still on its summer break, but an emergency session of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee will take evidence from Dominic Raab this afternoon. Here are some of the
Rising wages and huge demand for HGV drivers has led to unprecedented numbers of people seeking training for licences, according to Britain’s largest private driver training company. Hughes Driver Training, based in Leicestershire, told Sky News it’s sending around 100 for HGV Class I and II testing per week, including many sent directly by haulage
England footballer Jesse Lingard has acquired the Rainbow Six Siege competitive gaming team Audacity Esports. The self-confessed gaming fan’s new team is currently competing in the UK and Ireland Nationals under the title of Team JLE, though it will now be rebranded as JLINGZ. Manchester United forward Lingard told Sky News he had high hopes
Instagram will require all users to enter their birthdate to log in, even those who weren’t asked to give a date if they joined before 2019, as part of the app’s new child safety measures. Users will be able to dismiss the prompt initially, although Instagram will blur content that is marked as sensitive and
Ryanair’s chief executive has told Sky News the UK should scrap its “bizarre” rules governing foreign travel, saying they are holding the country’s economy back. Michael O’Leary was speaking as the airline revealed 14 new routes from London airports for the looming winter season. Ryanair said its investment decision was based on expectations that demand
Nine cyber attacks affecting the British transport sector were missed by the UK’s mandatory reporting laws and were only disclosed to the government on a voluntary basis, Sky News has learnt. A law introduced three years ago was intended to boost Britain’s ability to defend itself from foreign state and criminal hackers by obliging critical
A 17-year-old girl who is in hospital after falling seriously ill with COVID says she has been targeted by anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists after urging young people to have the vaccine. Maisy Evans, a former member of the Welsh Youth Parliament, told Sky News she feared she would die when her oxygen levels “dropped dramatically”
A TV presenter was surrounded by Taliban fighters carrying AK-47s while he conducted an interview with one of the group’s commanders. A video shows Mirwais Haidari Haqdoost from Afghanistan TV sitting at a desk, with a row of Taliban soldiers behind him holding their guns close to their chests and pointing towards the floor. He
A government research organisation in China has outlined plans to design and build “ultra-large” spacecraft, potentially miles-wide and assembled piecemeal in space. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has recently published a five-year plan articulating the “urgent need” to invest in studies on space exploration equipment. This equipment could include enormous crewed spacecraft,
A COVID-19 vaccine candidate backed by a project to develop more accessible and affordable jabs has entered late-stage trials. South Korean firm SK Bioscience and UK-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the start of a “phase 3” clinical study involving 4,000 people from a number of countries. It will compare the effectiveness of the drug, GBP510, against
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has admitted it will be a “challenge” for British nationals left in Afghanistan to now find a route to the UK. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Raab said the number of British nationals who had not been taken as part of the now-ended UK evacuation effort was in the “low hundreds”.
Sharon Stone has paid tribute to her 11-month-old nephew, who has died after suffering total organ failure. The actress, 63, shared the news on Instagram after telling fans last week River Stone was critically ill and the family was praying for a miracle. She said River, the son of Stone’s brother Patrick, died on Monday,
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