We are standing on the huge deck of the Geo Barents rescue ship, where hundreds of people are waiting to start a new life. The boat docked in Bari at breakfast time, pulling into the port accompanied by a police boat on one side and a coastguard vessel on the other. And about an hour
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May 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The top-seeded Denver Nuggets are headed to their first NBA Finals in franchise history and will face the surprising eighth-seeded Miami Heat, who have surged back to the Finals via the play-in tournament. The Nuggets, behind the leadership of two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, will look to capture the franchise’s
British Cycling has announced a permanent ban on transgender women taking part in all-female competitive events. They will now race in a new open category in a move which the governing body says has been taken in a spirit of fairness. Sky’s Sports Correspondent Rob Harris has more. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/transgender-women-banned-from-competitive-female-cycling-events-by-national-governing-body-12889818 #transgender #britishcycling SUBSCRIBE
Tasha Adams, the ex-wife of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, joins CNN’s Abby Phillip and reacts to her ex-husband’s 18-year prison sentence for his role in the January 6th attacks. #CNN #News
Families on benefits will be able to claim hundreds of pounds more in childcare payments from the end of June, the government has announced. People on Universal Credit will see their maximum childcare payments rise by nearly 50% from 28 June as the government tries to get more people back into work. Parents eligible for
The US has said a Chinese fighter pilot performed an “unnecessarily aggressive” manoeuvre during an intercept over the South China Sea. In a statement, the US military command responsible for the Indo-Pacific said the Chinese J-16 aircraft carried out the manoeuvre last week and forced the US RC-135 plane to fly through its wake turbulence.
Austrian-US actor, filmmaker, politician and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the R20 Regions of Climate Action Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Austria, on May 28, 2019. Georg Hochmuth | Afp | Getty Images Arnold Schwarzenegger says the global effort to mitigate the effects of climate change is being crippled
Having made tackling inflation a key policy aim, ministers are under pressure to get a grip on food prices, which are still rising at a robust pace. Among the proposals being considered is a cap on the price of basic food items. The British government is not the first to weigh up such a policy.
Phillip Schofield has been dropped as an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust after his admission of an affair with a younger male colleague. The charity, founded by the King, said it was “no longer appropriate” for it to work with the presenter. Schofield left ITV’s This Morning last week after two decades as host. A
The Cabinet Office has reiterated its refusal to hand over some of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to the COVID inquiry, arguing part of the material is of a “private” and “personal” nature. In a fresh statement issued on Tuesday evening, the Cabinet Office said it was “fully committed to our obligations to the COVID-19 inquiry”
Glastonbury has revealed the full line-up for this year’s festival – with a mysterious act set to play a prime-time slot on the main Pyramid Stage. Names including Rick Astley, Queens Of The Stone Age, Skepta and Sophie Ellis-Bextor have all been added to the bill, alongside previously announced headliners Elton John, Arctic Monkeys and
Sitting on the Dnipro River in Russian-occupied Ukraine is Europe’s largest nuclear power station – on the frontline of a worsening war. Over a period of a few weeks we spoke to two workers at the Zaporizhzhia plant. And the warnings they gave of what could happen should send a cold chill around the world.
The first US-built offshore wind substation is complete and headed to South Fork Wind – a major milestone for the US offshore wind industry. Offshore substations collect and stabilize power that the wind turbines generate, preparing it for transmission to shore. South Fork Wind’s 1,500-ton, 60-foot-tall substation was designed and engineered in Kansas, and built
Rishi Sunak faced a grilling over net migration as official figures are expected to confirm that numbers have increased, and Paul Bristow, the Conservative MP for Peterborough was asked to leave the chamber. Sky’s Joe Pike explains all you need to know about what happened in PMQs this week. Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-accuses-rishi-sunak-of-breaking-promises-on-migration-12888324 #pmqs #pmqsunwrapped
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old has been fined by a medical board after speaking to media about the case. #news #cnn #shorts
One-third of the planets orbiting the most common stars across the Milky Way galaxy may hold onto liquid water and possibly harbour life, according to a study based on latest telescope data. The most common stars in our galaxy are considerably smaller and cooler, sporting just half the mass of the Sun at most. Billions
ESPN News Services May 29, 2023, 09:34 PM ET CONCORD, N.C. — Ryan Blaney held off William Byron to win the rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 on Monday at Charlotte Speedway, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the Memorial Day weekend’s top races in the United States. Josef Newgarden won a record-extending 19th Indianapolis 500
Russia has blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on Moscow that it said caused minor damage to buildings and injured two people. The defence ministry said Kyiv was behind the “terrorist attack”, but Ukraine denied the claim. “Eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were involved in the attack. All enemy drones are hit,” said the ministry.
Asda Group has said it will acquire petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland business, creating a company with combined revenues of nearly £30bn. The news confirms a report by Sky News City editor Mark Kleinman last week, which said the “finishing touches” were being put on the deal. Asda is the UK’s third-largest
At least 10 people were killed and 55 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims fell into a gorge in India. The bus skidded off a bridge and fell into a Himalayan gorge near the city of Jammu in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday. It was travelling to the town of Katra from Amritsar in the