Liz Truss has pledged not to cut public spending to balance the books in her first PMQs since the chancellor’s contentious mini-budget – despite a leading economics-focused think tank warning the government is billions short of the sums needed. The prime minister insisted she was “absolutely” not planning public spending reductions, but vowed that taxpayers’
Maya Jama has been announced as the new host of Love Island, taking over from Laura Whitmore. The 28-year-old presenter said: “I’ve always been such a massive Love Island fan and I’m so excited to be hosting one of the nation’s favourite shows! I can’t wait to get into the villa to meet all of
Liz Truss has pledged not to cut public spending to balance the books in her first PMQs since the chancellor’s contentious mini-budget – despite a leading economics-focused think tank warning the government is billions short of the sums needed. The prime minister insisted she was “absolutely” not planning public spending reductions, but vowed that taxpayers’
Nagib’s small feet poke out from a bundled blue shroud. His body is far too small for his three years of age. He is shrunken by malnutrition and marked by the measles that eventually took his short life. Nagib is carried out of the emergency care ward in Baidoa and into a white van as
Ireland’s football association and the women’s team manager have apologised after players sang a song referencing the IRA while celebrating their World Cup qualification. Videos circulated on social media showing them singing the song after Tuesday night’s 1-0 play-off victory over Scotland at Hampden Park. A statement by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) apologised
Japan’s space agency said it sent a self-destruct order to its Epsilon rocket after a failed launch on Wednesday because of a problem that meant the craft could not safely fly. The unmanned rocket, designed to launch in three stages, was taking several satellites into orbit on its sixth space mission. “The rocket can’t continue
A former San Antonio police officer who shot a teenager eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald’s car park has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault. James Brennand, 25, was charged on Tuesday over the 2 October shooting of Erik Cantu, according to a police statement. The 17-year-old, who
The Bank of England has confirmed its emergency bond-buying programme will end on Friday as planned after reports suggested it might extend the support for pension funds. On Wednesday morning, it said all temporary and targeted purchases of UK government bonds, known as gilts, will end. This has been the position throughout and has been
NASA on Tuesday celebrated exceeding expectations during a mission to deflect a distant asteroid, in a sci-fi like test of humanity’s ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, pushing it into a
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In a rare admission, Russia acknowledged losing ground on the battlefield in Ukraine. CNN’s Scott McLean reports. #CNN #news
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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. The defensives are the only place to be Semis and U.S.-China tensions Quick mentions: META, STZ 1. The defensives are the only place to be Stocks edged down Tuesday, while
Dame Angela’s family links to senior politicians Jon Craig Chief political correspondent @joncraig Angela Lansbury, the grand dame of American TV crime drama, had close family links with senior British politicians, including top Tory Penny Mordaunt and a former Labour Party leader Dame Angela was the cousin of the grandmother of the Portsmouth North MP,
A deliberate attack on NATO energy supplies will be met with a “united and determined response”, the alliance’s chief has vowed. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg pledged to boost protection of critical infrastructure in response to the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. The EU believes three leaks in the pipelines last month were the work
Renewable energy generators and nuclear power plants face having their revenues capped as part of new government legislation. The Energy Prices Bill will be introduced in the Commons on Wednesday to bring into law its plan to help households and businesses with soaring energy costs over the winter and beyond. But late on Tuesday, the
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that his company’s newest virtual reality headset, dubbed the Meta Quest Pro, will cost $1,500 and start shipping on Oct. 25. Zuckerberg debuted the device at Meta’s Connect conference, geared toward VR and augmented reality developers. The new
Dame Angela Lansbury, who starred in the hit TV drama Murder, She Wrote, has died at the age of 96. Her family said the actress died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles early on Tuesday, just five days shy of her birthday. The London-born star won five Tony Awards for her Broadway
Sky’s Alex Crawford reports from Yampil in Donetsk where the Russians are in retreat and are being hunted down by Ukrainian forces. #ukraine #russia 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 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from southern Ukraine in a newly liberated town littered with Russia’s military relics and bodies of Putin’s soldiers. #CNN #News