Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out rejoining the European Union as he laid out Labour’s plan to tackle issues caused by Brexit. Presenting a five-point plan to deal with Brexit, the Labour leader said his party has been “claiming the centre ground of British politics once again” while the Conservatives are “flailing around”. He said
At least two people are reported to have been killed in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb, with witnesses describing seeing bloodied bodies covered with blankets. Local news channel WGN TV, citing unidentified police officer, said at least two people were killed and that the suspect was still at large. According
One person has died after an “inferno” at a block of flats in Bedford following a suspected gas explosion. Authorities fear more people may have lost their lives in the blaze on Redwood Grove. Earlier it was announced three people, including a firefighter, had been injured. Two of them suffered smoke inhalation and were taken
Labour shortages on British farms have left tonnes of food unpicked, costing millions of pounds and pushing food inflation as high as 20% at the farm gate, the agriculture industry has told Sky News. Farmers say this year’s harvest has been hit by a shortfall in the overall number of seasonal worker visas granted by the
The BBC has revealed that it received six complaints against DJ Tim Westwood – one of which was referred to police – despite earlier claims it had seen “no evidence of complaints” from the former Radio 1 presenter’s time at the corporation. In April, seven women accused Westwood of sexual misconduct between 1992 and 2017,
Convicted sex offender R Kelly has been placed on suicide watch due to the “emotional distress” of his current situation as he begins a 30-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, according to US authorities. The disgraced R&B star has criticised the decision, accusing federal authorities of punishing him due to his “high-profile” status. Kelly, whose
A smartphone showing a variety of dating apps. Yu Chun | Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images Swiping left to keep looking is easy. So is swiping right to like someone. But there’s only so much swiping some people can take, especially when they have nothing to show for it. So a growing number
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Hey look, Russell Wilson‘s throwing out the first pitch at the Colorado Rockies game. No wait, he’s celebrating a Colorado Avalanche win, pom-pom in hand, the team’s home ice in the background. Or he’s in Monaco, mingling with the storied Grand Prix’s who’s-who, A-list faithful. Don’t look now, he’s
Jeff Bezos has clashed with US President Joe Biden’s administration on Twitter over the cost of petrol for American consumers. Mr Biden had tweeted this weekend that “this is a time of war and global peril” and that the companies running gas stations were acting out of greed. “Bring down the price you are charging
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The G7 has floated the idea of an oil price cap, but experts are doubtful about how effective this would be. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The world’s seven-largest industrialized economies have floated the idea of a price cap on Russian oil to further squeeze the Kremlin’s ability to fund its onslaught
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Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen joins CNN’s Alisyn Camerota to discuss former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s shocking testimony before the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot, and what her testimony revealed about how former President Donald Trump tries to avoid accountability. #CNN #News
Labour have called on Boris Johnson to set out what he knew about allegations of inappropriate behaviour by disgraced MP Chris Pincher before appointing him to the Tory whips’ office. The prime minister allegedly referred to the MP as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature” before making him deputy chief whip in February. Mr Pincher
Motorists could face “serious disruption throughout the day,” police have warned, as protesters are expected to target motorways in a demonstration over high fuel prices. Roads across the country could see traffic jams as protesters call for a cut in fuel duty. They will target mostly three-lane motorways and result in slow-downs on two lanes,
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will pledge that the UK will “do everything possible to ensure Ukraine wins the war and recovers”. She will tell the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Switzerland today that the UK will support the embattled nation for the “long haul” and resist Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. The Foreign Office said Ukrainian
When we think of the term “electric vehicles”, we generally conjure up mental images of Teslas or other headline-grabbing electric cars. But a new German study from Deloitte shows that it’s actually electric bicycles that are leading the shift towards electric transportation. The study was conducted by Deloitte last month in Germany, where 1,008 respondents
A visitor (R) learns about huaneng’s high-temperature gas-cooled reactor model at the China International Nuclear Power Industry and Equipment Exhibition 2021 in Yantai, Shandong Province, China, Oct. 19, 2021. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Nuclear power could be a dominant player in the next-generation clean energy landscape, but that will require concerted
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Conservative attorney George Conway tells CNN’s John Berman and Brianna Keilar what he would ask Trump White House lawyer Pat Cipollone if he sat before the committee for a transcribed interview. #CNN #News
Police have released bodycam footage showing the moment a black man was shot up to 60 times after he fled a traffic stop. Eight police officers in Akron, Ohio, were involved in the shooting of Jayland Walker, 25, last week after a pursuit by car and on foot. Police say they believed Walker was armed
Police in Denmark say several people have been hit by gunshots at a shopping mall in Copenhagen. The shooting took place at the Field’s shopping centre, one of the largest in Scandinavia. “One person has been arrested in connection with the shootings,” Copenhagen police tweeted, adding: “We currently cannot reveal more about the person’s identity.”
9:30 AM ET SMU safety Ra’Sun Kazadi is a unique talent among college football players. You might see that he’s appeared in 10 games over the past two seasons and registered two tackles and say that’s a stretch, but it’s not. Ra — as he’s often referred to by his teammates, friends and family —
A shake-up of childcare rules will be announced this week, aiming to save money for hundreds of thousands of families by allowing staff to look after more children. The government plans to increase the number of two-year-olds who can be cared for by one adult in a nursery from four to five, billed as helping
Bar closures in Parliament are not needed to prevent MP scandals, senior politicians agree, as it was argued the cause is “bigger than the hospitality arrangements”. Frontbenchers from both main parties pointed out few of the recent misconduct controversies had actually happened in hostelries at Westminster. Chris Pincher, MP for Tamworth in Staffordshire, quit as
Adele says the “brutal” backlash to her decision to postpone her Las Vegas shows made her a “shell of a person” for months. The singer was due to perform a series of concerts from January to April this year at Caesars Palace but they were scrapped just 24 hours before the opening night. The 34-year-old
A family-run industrial group is to change hands for £400m, giving a much-needed boost to a deals market slowing down amid growing economic anxiety. Sky News has learnt that Triton Partners is on the verge of an agreement to acquire O’Connor Utilities Group, which is based in Manchester. An industry source said a deal could
A one-year-old has died in the US state of Georgia after being left inside a parked car outside a Walgreens for up to four hours, with temperatures in the vehicle around 40C. It is yet another incident of a child dying after being left in a hot car in America, which sees an average of
Boris John made the “choice he thought was best” in appointing Chris Pincher to government and was “not aware of specific claims” about the Tory MP, a cabinet minister has insisted. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey also rejected the idea there was a “problem with
Tesla announces its second quarter (Q2) 2022 production and delivery results today and confirmed just over 250,000 deliveries – its first down quarter in a long time. While most of the auto industry saw a significant decline in deliveries in 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent chip shortage, Tesla managed to grow at an
With more than 19,000 virtual currencies in existence, the cryptocurrency industry has likened the current state of the market to the early years of the internet. Industry players said however that most of these coins will collapse. Nurphoto | Getty Images Digital asset brokerage Voyager Digital has paused all customer trading, deposits, withdrawals and loyalty
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Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has revealed why he was taken to hospital last week. Writing on Instagram, the 46-year-old, who is married to reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian, said he had gone to hospital for an endoscopy on Monday “feeling great”. “But after dinner, I developed excruciating pain and have been hospitalised ever since. “During