Superhumans Centre Prince Harry visits victims of war at the Superhuman Centre The Duke of Sussex met war victims in Ukraine on Thursday when he visited a rehabilitation clinic, a spokesperson has said. Prince Harry visited the Superhumans Center, in the western city of Lviv, which rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians. He was accompanied...
Andy Giddings BBC News, West Midlands EPA A major incident was declared at the end of last month Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has urged striking bin workers in Birmingham to accept a new deal to end the dispute – sparking an angry response from the head of the Unite union. Rayner said a “significantly...
The family of one of the three teenagers killed in a crash involving a car and a bus near Heathrow Airport on 31 March, have said they are “completely devastated” at their loss. They have been named by police as 17-year-old Star Tomkins, 18-year-old Harley Woods and 17-year-old Jimmy Savory. Metropolitan Police officers found both...
Mitch Labiak & Natalie Sherman BBC News Getty Images As a former champion runner, Richard McDonald can move quickly. But the speed of the market falls, triggered by the sweeping global tariffs Donald Trump announced last week, still kept him on his toes. Previously a trader for Credit Suisse, he now buys and sells stocks...
This week saw the global markets ride a rollercoaster led by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, Madonna bury the hatchet with Elton John, and new details revealed about how the Titanic sank. But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days? Quiz compiled...
The head of the British armed forces has visited China for the first time in a decade. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin discussed “issues of common concern” with China’s military leaders in Beijing, its defence ministry said in a short statement. “We agreed that in an unstable world we must play our part as responsible nations...
A police detective who pretended to work from home and spent hours browsing online shopping sites while on duty has been fired. Det Con Philippa Baskwill weighed down her keyboard so her computer would not go into standby mode, giving the impression she was working when she was not. The Avon and Somerset Police officer...
Former Conservative cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt is taking up a part-time paid role with British American Tobacco as a member of its “transformation advisory board”. Details of the appointment were published on the website of Acoba, the watchdog that provides advice on jobs politicians accept after they leave government. In a letter to Acoba, British...
OpenAI is suing Elon Musk over claims he has tried “nonstop” to slow down its business for his own benefit. The company accuses the Tesla boss of using “bad-faith tactics” against OpenAI to help him control-cutting edge AI technology. Mr Musk sued OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last year in a bid to stop him...
“Coalition of the willing” meet in Brussels to discuss plans for peacekeeping force. Read full article at source...
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Nigel Farage has dismissed a suggestion from Kemi Badenoch that Reform UK and Tory councillors could enter into coalitions after next month’s local elections. Speaking earlier, Tory leader Badenoch told the BBC her party’s local leaders would be free to share power with Reform if it was required to...
BBC There has been a historic upheaval in American trade policy. The announcement of Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on 2 April – what he called “liberation day” – sent a shockwave through the global trading system and financial markets. And the President’s 90-day pause on some of these tariffs on 9 April set off...
PA Media King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Italy after a four-day state visit. They ended the trip with a celebration of the country’s food, trying their hand at making pasta at a festival in Ravenna. The visit had included a brief private meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican, where the pontiff, who...
People were getting ‘yippy’ according to the president… Read full article at source...
BBC There were some heroic efforts overnight from Donald Trump and those around him to suggest the past seven days were something other than absolute chaos. By this reading, Trump’s 4D game of chess has left China in check. Certainly the Chinese economy faces a massive hit from punitive tariffs in its biggest market. But...