The UK’s evacuation effort in Afghanistan is “down to hours now, not weeks”, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace conceded the UK’s involvement will end when the US leaves the country, which is expected to be on 31 August. “The prime minister is, obviously at the G7, going to try and raise the prospect
admin
British evacuations out of Afghanistan could not have happened without the US – and an extension depends on G7 talks with Joe Biden tomorrow, the armed forces minister has told Sky News. James Heappey said the mission to fly out thousands of British nationals and Afghans who worked for the British over the past 20
Tropical Storm Henri has brought strong winds and rain to the north-eastern US as it makes landfall on the coast of Rhode Island. Henri has sent bands of rain westward, knocking out power to 140,000 homes and causing deluges that have shut bridges and flooded roads. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane before it
Ahead of upcoming deliveries of the SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle, the company is sharing new details about how they’re ensuring the bike will withstand a tough life as a daily commuter bike. The SONDORS Metacycle is likely still the most anticipated electric motorcycle of the year. That’s not because its the fastest or the longest
Tesla has updated the standard set of wheels available for the Model X to new darker wheels. But don’t hold your breath to get the electric SUV anytime soon. When Tesla unveiled the new Model S in January, the automaker also unveiled the new Model X, but the SUV has been gathering less attention. There
Oil pumping rigs are situated next to a vineyard of table grapes as viewed on July 8, 2021, north of Bakersfield, California. George Rose | Getty Images Oil dropped for a sixth-straight session on Thursday, falling to the lowest level since May as demand fears and comments from the Federal Reserve that it will suspend
If you can withstand the market’s wild swings, Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue believes it’s an ideal time to put cash to work. It may seem counterintuitive, but she’s more comfortable investing in stocks now than earlier this summer when Wall Street was calmer. “It’s actually more unsettling when it appears that everything is good and
Tom Tugendhat MP says the Afghanistan withdrawal has opened wounds for him and his fellow veterans. He told the Commons he has already spoken to the PM about strengthening mental health support for those impacted. Parliament broke with tradition and gave Tugendhat a standing ovation after he concluded his speech, saying ‘this doesn’t need to
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay is outside Kabul Airport where people are pleading with US and British soldiers to be let out of the country. 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 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download
Strombo visits Keanu Reeves’ Arch Motorcycles where the actor reveals a previously unknown side of himself. For more CNN videos, visit our site at http://www.cnn.com/video/
CNN’s Victor Blackwell reports on law enforcement missteps in the Kendrick Johnson case and what the FBI is doing now.
6:17 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Ky. — Fire destroyed a barn at Ellis Park race track in Kentucky early Sunday, with officials saying the horses inside were rescued. Sunday’s racing program was canceled after the fire in the receiving barn, where horses are supervised and examined before running in a race. The barn can
Universities are suppose to be the homes of our best and brightest. (Don’t look here.) They are supposed to be about the long-term view. They are supposed to be about science, of course. So, I have to admit that I’m surprised and disappointed to find out that no research institute in the US is getting
In this article LTC.CM= ETH.CM= BCH.CM= BTC.CM= PYPL PayPal has launched its cryptocurrency service in the U.K. PayPal LONDON — PayPal is launching its cryptocurrency service in the U.K. The U.S. online payments giant said Monday it would let British customers buy, hold and sell digital currencies, starting this week. It marks the the first
The crisis in Afghanistan is a “pretty fundamental moment” for the special relationship between Britain and the United States, according to British officials. The UK privately complained after Washington chose not to consult London earlier this year before US President Joe Biden made his decision to pull out the majority of his forces from the
Two specific points are worth emphasising from the US president’s latest appearance. Joe Biden didn’t rule out an extension of the 31 August deadline to pull the troops out. Of course it is not clear how the Taliban and its offshoots will react to any extension. He also said the forces on the ground are
Joe Biden has defended the US military pullout in Afghanistan, saying that the mass evacuation of refugees would have been “hard and painful no matter when we started”. The US president said “my heart aches” for the thousands who are stranded outside Kabul airport in desperate scenes, but added that it was “just a fact”
Last month, we published an article from a noteworthy, highly helpful and effective environmental nonprofit that basically argued that it was time to cut into (“reform”) solar net energy metering (NEM) in California. We quickly got some significant backlash. I had seen this argument made earlier in this year and was on the verge of
What was that again about wind and solar power being unreliable? Some energy pundits are still tossing that old ball around, but meanwhile savvy investors are plowing billions into new energy storage facilities that spit out clean kilowatts on demand. Like they say, money talks, and in a fitting twist the latest example comes from
The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer the first black woman to receive the country’s highest honour. French President Emmanuel Macron is organising a ceremony on 30 November at the Paris monument, which houses the remains of scientist Marie Curie, French