To secure the speakership, Kevin McCarthy granted concessions to the House GOP’s most conservative faction. CNN’s John Avlon explains how this is shaping the party’s agenda. #CNN #News
Ukraine is set to be top of the agenda as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly begins a two-day trip to the US and Canada. Speaking ahead of his departure, Mr Cleverly said: “The UK, US and Canada always have each other’s backs when it counts, protecting the rules-based order for nearly 80 years.” He continued: “Today
The Metropolitan Police is reviewing more than 1,600 cases of alleged sexual offences or domestic violence involving its own officers and staff. It comes after a serving officer turned out to be one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders. PC David Carrick – who was known to his colleagues as “B*****d Dave” – admitted dozens
Kevin Spacey has picked up a lifetime achievement award in Italy – days after appearing in court in the UK to deny allegations of sexual assault. In his first official speaking engagement since the #MeToo-era allegations came to light, the 63-year-old visited the city of Turin where he was honoured with an award for contributing
A controversial anti-strike bill has moved a step closer to becoming law – hours after teachers and nurses announced fresh walkouts. Under the government’s draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, the right to strike would be restricted by imposing minimum service levels and bosses would be legally able to fire employees who ignore a “work
Volvo released a fresh batch of upgrades across its electric vehicle lineup as the new C40 and XC40 Recharge feature a longer range, more power, faster charging, rear-wheel drive (RWD) variants, and more. Volvo has committed to going 100% electric by 2030, with an intermittent target of sales volume to 50% electric by 2025. The
On Friday, Russian energy supplier Gazprom said it would not resume its supply of natural gas to Germany through the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline, blaming a malfunctioning turbine. Hannibal Hanschke | Reuters The European Union’s rejection of Russian energy commodities following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine won’t last forever, Qatar’s Energy Minister said during an
Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s current leader in Westminster had previously told Sky News that revelations uncovered by the Westminster Accounts project will be “of huge concern to the public”. Ian Blackford reflects on the Westminster Accounts as produced by Sky News and Tortoise, reiterating that MPs have ‘a responsibility’ to serve their constituents. #WestminsterAccounts #IanBlackford
David Schoen, attorney for Steve Bannon, joins CNN This Morning after he pleaded with a Manhattan judge to relieve him from representing Bannon, who is facing charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern US border. #CNN #news
The governor of the Bank of England has told MPs there is still “something of a hangover effect” in the wake of the mini-budget market chaos last year but declared that the hit to mortgages was over. Andrew Bailey used remarks to the Treasury committee to declare that market conditions had returned to normal after
The 02 Academy in Brixton has had its licence suspended for three months after two people were killed in a crowd crush. Lambeth council’s licensing sub-committee made the decision on Monday after security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally injured when ticketless fans tried to enter Nigerian artist Asake’s show at
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A number of factors are behind bitcoin’s New Year rise, according to analysts, including an increased probability of interest rates being lowered and purchases by large buyers known as “whales.” Filip Radwanski | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin has begun 2023 on
Jan 11, 2023 ESPN staff From the early heroics of the Fun Belt to Tennessee‘s resurgence to a 200-1 long shot making the College Football Playoff National Championship, this college football season had it all. USC reemerged as a threat from the West Coast behind Caleb Williams‘ Heisman-worthy season before falling to upstart Tulane in
Thousands of teachers are set to walk out of classrooms over pay after the largest education union reached the threshold required to take strike action. The National Education Union (NEU) had organised a ballot of 300,000 members in England and Wales, calling for a “fully funded, above-inflation pay rise”. Nine out of 10 teacher members
Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida has died age 95. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, playing opposite Hollywood stars including Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra. Starting out from humble beginnings, she became one of the most recognisable faces of Italian post-war cinema.
Davos, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its founder, Klaus Schwab, have become more famous than ever before in the past couple of years – albeit not for the reasons they might have wanted. As COVID-19 spread and the world battled the pandemic, Mr Schwab and the WEF, not to mention regular delegates such as
The UK government has blocked Scotland’s gender reform bill in an unprecedented intervention which Nicola Sturgeon has described as a “full-frontal attack” on the Scottish parliament. Downing Street has the power to stop legislation from Holyrood receiving Royal Assent – the final stage of any new bill – if it believes it will have an
Juiced Bikes is back with a new edition of its highest-performance electric bike yet – the HyperScrambler 2. This time, the company’s founder, Tora Harris, has reworked the aesthetics of the bike in a limited edition run to create the Founder’s Edition HyperScrambler 2. Only 150 of these e-bikes will be made, each coming individually
Wind turbine blades photographed at a facility in China’s Hebei Province on July 15, 2022. The world’s second largest economy is a major force in technologies crucial to the planned energy transition. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images The world is moving into “a new age of clean technology manufacturing” that could be
The black box and cockpit voice recorder of the plane that crashed in Nepal have been found, a Kathmandu Airport official has said. The ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Yeti Airlines, was carrying 72 people when it crashed. Rescuers called off their search on Monday evening local time with two people still unaccounted for, and
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CNN’s Jason Carroll reports on Brian Walshe’s previous legal battles and how they are providing insights into how people close to his family have characterized him before his wife’s disappearance. #CNN #News
Rescuers have resumed searching for four people still missing after Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials have said. This story is now outdated, the black box and voice recorder from the plane that crashed has now been found. Read full story here. The ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Yeti airlines, was carrying 72
After a tumultuous 2022, crypto investors are trying to figure out when the next bitcoin bull run could be. Last week, at a crypto conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland, CNBC spoke to industry insiders who painted a picture of 2023 as year of caution. Bitcoin is expected to trade within a range, be sensitive to
Hollywood actor Richard E Grant and TV presenter Alison Hammond have been announced as the hosts of the 2023 BAFTAs. Grant, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in crime biography Can You Ever Forgive Me?, will host the 76th annual film awards ceremony at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in February.
Here at Electrek we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through those thousands of miles of riding, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bicycles
Natural gas prices jumped Thursday following a multiweek swoon, providing a lift to shares of Club holding Coterra Energy (CTRA), which lately has relied on the commodity for more than half its operating revenues. U.S. natural gas prices rose nearly 4% Thursday to roughly $3.81 per million British thermal units (MMBtu). Coterra shares climbed nearly
Retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell takes a closer look where the two Britons missing in Ukraine where operating when they disappeared. Get the latest on the war in Ukraine here: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-russias-pro-war-military-bloggers-dispute-kremlin-claim-that-strike-killed-600-ukrainian-troops-12541713 #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #britisharmy #aid #nato 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
Taylor Dudley, an US Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year, was released from Russian custody after months of negotiations spearheaded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a family spokesperson tells CNN. CNN White House reporter Natasha Bertrand has the story. #CNN #News
A man has been arrested following a drive-by shooting outside a church near London’s Euston station. Four women and two girls, aged seven and 12, were injured in the shooting outside St Aloysius Church on Phoenix Road on Saturday afternoon. The Metropolitan Police said a 22-year-old man was arrested after a car was stopped in
A stricken financial services group that has had its shares suspended amid apparent accounting irregularities will this week disclose that it has received takeover approaches for parts of its business. Sky News has learnt that MJ Hudson, which floated on London’s junior stock market on the day of the 2019 general election, will announce on
The health secretary claims the disparate level of emergency cover during recent ambulance strikes could not be “relied upon to ensure patient and public safety”. In a letter to the GMB union sent ahead of further strikes this month, and seen by Sky News, Steve Barclay accepted all areas that staged walkouts ensured the most
Rishi Sunak plans to give wider powers to the police to tackle “highly disruptive and dangerous protests”. In an announcement on Monday, the prime minister will pledge to amend the already controversial Public Order Bill to “broaden the legal definition of serious disruption”. A government statement said it would give officers “greater flexibility and clarity