Boris Johnson has insisted the fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are “total nonsense” and that elements of his ministerial diary were “cherry picked and handed to police”. The former prime minister was confronted by Sky News about the allegations as he made his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington following a brief
As a sullen Conservative party resumed its favourite displacement activities this week – arguing over the entrails of Boris Johnson’s political career while taking chunks out of the civil service – few were paying attention to the only graph that matters in British politics The cost of government borrowing – a measure of whether global
F-16s are on the way to Ukraine. US President Joe Biden‘s approval of the move at the G7 conference will certainly provide Ukraine with some much-needed aerial firepower – but combat air power is heavily dependent on modern technology and some F-16s are vintage jets. When the F-16 Fighting Falcon first flew in the late
The government finds its hands somewhat tied at present on measures it can take to boost economic growth. The parlous state of public finances – the government borrowed £25bn alone in April – means that neither meaningful tax cuts nor increases in public spending that lift productivity are feasible just now. So it is no
At least two people have been killed after a Russian missile strike hit a health clinic and a veterinary building in eastern Ukraine, officials have said. Video footage showed a severely damaged site with smoke pouring out of it, following the attack in the city of Dnipro on Friday. Most of the upper floor of
“Iron Woman” is the name given to Mutlu Kaya by her almost two million TikTok followers, due to the bullet in her brain. She is a social media star, a heroic figure to her followers. But this isn’t how she wanted to find fame. In May 2015, aged 20, Mutlu was a finalist on the
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) just announced that they will build a $4.3 billion EV battery plant in the state of Georgia. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in a signing ceremony today at LGES’s headquarters in Seoul. The two companies will 50/50 jointly open their new EV
Britain’s largest building society has made some mortgages more expensive as the Bank of England’s interest rate is now expected to rise higher than previously thought. Nationwide has said interest rates on new fixed-rate mortgages will rise 0.45 percentage points. It follows moves by lenders such as Halifax, Santander and Atom Bank who also upped
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the besieged city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, but did a “very successful job of wearing down” the Russians, an intelligence expert has told Sky News. Sky News’ Alex Crawford has been reporting on the battle for the Donbas region, where Ukrainian units have been using modern, heavy artillery supplied
Former Trump White House Attorney Ty Cobb says that he believes former President Donald Trump will go to jail over the classified documents case that special prosecutor Jack Smith is investigating. Trump so far has not been charged and has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
A merchant sells crystal ornaments via a live TikTok broadcast. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images TikTok Shop is a rising threat to major e-commerce players such as Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia. It comes as its parent ByteDance pushes the short video app in markets outside the U.S. and India to create
Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. In addition to methane, natural gas typically contains other hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, butane, and pentanes. Orjan F. Ellingvag | Corbis
Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain approval. The FDA nod “represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people,” Neuralink said
An 11-year-old boy who was shot by a police officer has returned home from hospital after almost a week of treatment. Aderrien Murry spent five days in hospital with a collapsed lung, lacerated liver, and fractured ribs after the officer shot him in the chest early on Saturday, lawyer Carlos Moore said. Aderrien was well
Brian Laundrie’s mother offered him “a shovel and garbage bags” if he needed to dispose of a body, according to a “burn after reading” letter, court documents show. The parents of Laundrie’s fiancee Gabby Petito have been given the letter after a Florida judge denied a request from his parents to withhold it. The Petitos
Associated Press May 25, 2023, 06:18 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has granted Churchill Downs’ motion for summary judgment that dismisses Bob Baffert’s claim the track breached due process by suspending the Hall of Fame trainer for two years. Churchill Downs Inc. suspended Baffert in June 2021 after his now-deceased colt, Medina
Jeremy Hunt has told Sky News he is comfortable with Britain being plunged into recession if that’s what it takes to bring down inflation. The chancellor said that he would fully support the Bank of England raising interest rates higher, potentially towards 5.5%, as it battled higher-than-expected prices. Asked by Sky News whether he was
Britain is determined to compete in the global race for green investment, the chancellor has told Sky News, days before the expected announcement that Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata will build a major new battery factory in the country. Jeremy Hunt said that he was prepared to deploy subsidy money from the government’s £1bn war
A Tesla insider has stolen about 100 Gb of data from the automaker and has given it to a German media company, which is now releasing some details. Handelsblatt, a German media company, calls the leak “Tesla Files.” According to the company, “insiders” gave them 100 Gb of data coming straight from Tesla: Informants have
Moscow has stepped up its campaign of long-range attacks in the last month, shifting from a winter tactic of targeting energy infrastructure with weekly strikes to much more regular attacks that often come during the night. One of the areas hit was Volodymyr Zelenskky’s hometown Kryvyi Rih. #ukraine #zelenskyy #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel