US President Joe Biden has disputed Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s assertions that a missile that landed in Poland and killed two people was not of Ukrainian origin. Ukraine’s president said on Wednesday he had “no doubt” the missile “was not Ukrainian” and called for his officials to have access to the site of the blast. Ukraine war
Month: November 2022
Here are all the main announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement to MPs: • Energy bill aid for households extended beyond April for a further year through energy price guarantee, but average annual bill will be £3,000 from current £2,500. Amounts to around £500 support for households. • Additional cost of living payments next
The UK’s former ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, who was jailed for allegedly breaching immigration laws, has reportedly been released. Myanmar state TV said Ms Bowman and her husband, Burmese artist Htein Lin, were among a number of prisoners released “under amnesty”. In September, the pair were sentenced to a year in prison for “failing
A man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his car through a Christmas parade has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of release. An eight-year-old marching with his baseball team and three members of the Dancing Grannies group were among the dead – and more than 60
The Republicans have won back control of the US House of Representatives. After two years of Democratic control of both the House and the Senate, the power dynamic in Washington will now shift. It means President Joe Biden‘s administration could struggle to enact parts of its legislative agenda. The Democrats did manage to keep control
Jeremy Hunt will promise to weather an economic “storm” by raising taxes, cutting public spending and scaling back energy support to fill a £54bn black hole in the nation’s finances. The chancellor will insist to MPs on Thursday that his autumn statement puts the UK on a “balanced path to stability” as he tackles the
Elon Musk has said he plans to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find someone else to run the company. Musk made the remarks while testifying in the US state of Delaware, where he’s defending himself against claims from shareholders that his $56bn (£47bn) pay package at Tesla was too generous. “There’s an initial
Mr Beast has surpassed PewDiePie as the most subscribed YouTuber. PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, held the title for almost a decade, becoming the most subscribed star on the platform in 2013. The Swede specialised in gaming reaction videos which made him the first YouTuber to surpass 100 million subscribers in 2019. But Mr Beast
A Chinese-owned tech company has been told to sell the majority of its stake in a UK silicon chip factory due to security concerns. The government has said Nexperia must reduce its stake in Newport Wafer Fab by 86%, back to its previous holding of just 14% when it took over the firm in 2021,
The former Barclays chief Bob Diamond’s investment vehicle is in talks about a roughly-£37m takeover of finnCap, its rival City broker. Sky News has learnt that Panmure Gordon, which Mr Diamond’s Atlas Merchant Capital has controlled since 2017, has proposed an all-cash deal worth just over 20p-per-share. The two companies have been locked in discussions
Their new film takes aim at the rich and famous, but Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult have told Sky News’ Backstage podcast that they don’t plan on getting caught up in the ridiculous side of their industry. The Menu is a dark comedy about a group of wealthy people who get far more than they
“Don’t worry about the future, we’re in good hands.” So said former US president Bill Clinton in 2015, as he introduced Elizabeth Holmes to an adoring New York crowd. It seemed an uncontroversial statement at the time, as he hailed the achievements of a woman who had become America’s youngest self-made female billionaire after taking
The missile blast that killed two people appears to be an “unfortunate accident” and not an “intentional attack”, Poland’s president has said. Andrzej Duda tweeted that officials had “no proof at the moment that it was a missile fired by the Russian side”. He added: “There are many indications that it was an air defence
The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised seven additional sexual assault charges against Kevin Spacey. The CPS said they relate to a number of sexual assaults against a man between 2001 and 2004. There is also a charge of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. The charges come as a result of
Dominic Raab has denied bullying claims and he requested an investigation into himself following two formal complaints made against him after days of allegations. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, where he was standing in for Rishi Sunak who is at the G20 in Bali, Mr Raab said he is “confident that I have behaved professionally
The UK has moved a step closer to blasting its first rocket beyond the atmosphere after granting the proposed launch site a spaceport licence. Spaceport Cornwall, which is based at Newquay’s airport, has been authorised to host rocket lift-offs after meeting required safety, security, and environmental standards. The announcement it had won Civil Aviation Authority
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