As the US president left the White House for Europe he had a stark answer for one of so many troubling questions. “How concerned are you about the threat of chemical warfare right now?” “I think it’s a real threat”, the president replied. NATO issues nuclear war warning to Moscow – live updates Despite denying
12:00 PM ET Curtis Blaydes was riding high in the UFC’s heavyweight division a little over a year ago. He had won four fights in a row, and the only defeats of his career had come against the champion, Francis Ngannou. But then, in February 2021, Blaydes ran into a Derrick Lewis uppercut, and his
“It’s my first film,” explains Jude Hill, “and I got to work with all these amazing people.” The 11-year-old actor, who plays Buddy in Sir Kenneth Branagh‘s Belfast, is taking Hollywood by storm – but he knows the city best placed to judge the movie. “Everyone I’ve met loved the film and I just love
Boris Johnson is set to announce a new military support package for Ukraine on Thursday as he meets with NATO and G7 leaders and urges them to “step up” in response to Russian aggression. Calling on the UK’s allies to ensure Ukrainian’s have the means to continue to protect themselves against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
For all the eye-catching measures from Rishi Sunak in his mini-budget on Wednesday, what most stood out was the strength of the economic headwinds coming our way. For millions of families already feeling the cost of living squeeze, the news was unrelentingly grim. Inflation is set to hit a 40-year high of 8.7% later in
Budgets – and let’s make no bones about it, today’s Spring Statement was significant enough to qualify as a budget – tend to follow a time-honoured pattern. The chancellor unveils his measures, makes a big noise about them in the House of Commons, and then – sometimes over a few hours, sometimes over a few
Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers are feared to have been killed after a military base in Mykolaiv was attacked. Russia claims it has deployed hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, and a police officer in the devastated city of Mariupol has pleaded for more support. What happened on day 24 of Russia’s war in Ukraine? For the latest
Serhiy Perebyinis describes to CNN’s Erin Burnett the moment he found out that his wife and two children had been killed after recognizing them in a graphic photo on Twitter. #CNN #News
Katie Price’s fiancé has denied using threatening, insulting or abusive words or behaviour against the former glamour model after an alleged incident in Essex last year. Reality TV star Carl Woods is alleged to have tried to force open a door to a property while Price was inside after she left his home following a
8:52 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — William Byron had a freight train in his rearview mirror. A sitting duck, it seemed. Fortunately for him, all those challengers started jostling against each other rather than working together to take down the leader. While Byron cruised to the checkered flag for the third victory of
The US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has told Sky News that as President Joe Biden flies to Brussels to discuss further sanctions against Russia, he will “not ask Europe to do things it simply cannot do” when it comes to weaning itself off Russian energy. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Ms Granholm acknowledged
Rishi Sunak has raised the national insurance threshold by £3,000 and announced a cut in fuel duty tax by 5p a litre in an attempt to ease the burden of the cost of living crisis. The national insurance threshold has now been raised to £12,570. Unveiling his spring statement in the Commons, the chancellor said
A few weeks ago we covered the announcement of the Fiido Beast, a new class of electric scooter that lets riders either sit or stand while flying at speeds up to 30 mph (51 km/h). Now Fiido has launched the Beast for sale, bringing it a step closer to reality. Fiido has long offered oddly
Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s Royal Mint plans to build a facility that will extract gold from electronic waste, with the plant set to be fully up and running in 2023. In a statement Monday, the government-owned company which manufactures precious metal products and coins said it would use
NASA said a gigantic asteroid is set to make a close approach to Earth this week. Scientists have determined the size of the space rock — called 2013 BO76 — to be around 200-450 metres wide, and it will be travelling at a staggering speed of 50,000kmph. Although NASA has classified the asteroid as “potentially
In this article 700-HK Tencent’s twin-skyscrapers at Shenzhen Bay Start Up Plaza in Nanshan business district. Nikada | Getty Images Tencent reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth on record in the fourth quarter of 2021 as the Chinese technology giant continues to feel the impact of Beijing’s regulatory tightening on the domestic technology sector. However,
Former actress and child star Amanda Bynes has had her nine-year conservatorship terminated by a judge. Bynes, 35, star of films including She’s The Man, Hairspray, What A Girl Wants and Easy A in the 2000s, was placed under a legal guardianship – similar to Britney Spears – in 2013. The conservatorship was put in
NASA’s Juno mission made its 39th close flyby of Jupiter recently and captured an incredible image of the planet’s southern hemisphere. However, a closer look at the image also revealed two more heavenly bodies nearby — Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa. Juno made the close fly in mid-January this year but NASA released the image
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a proclamation acknowledging runner-up Emma Weyant as the winner of a women’s college swimming event after she lost to a transgender athlete. Lia Thomas beat Ms Weyant by 1.75 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle last Thursday in Atlanta to become the first transgender National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion
Thomas Samson | AFP | Getty Images Hordes of Ukrainian coders are splitting their time between doing their day jobs and fighting a cyber war with Russia. Over 311,000 people have joined a group called “IT Army of Ukraine” on the social media platform Telegram, where Russian targets are shared. While not all of them