The cabinet minister and Cop26 president could resign if the new Tory leader fails to commit to a strong green agenda The cabinet minister who led last year’s landmark Cop26 UN climate summit has made a dramatic intervention in the Tory leadership race, suggesting he could resign if the incoming […]
Month: July 2022
If PM elevates Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries to Lords, byelections could be the acid test for new Tory leader Boris Johnson is threatening to set an “early test” for his successor by ensuring they have to face two early byelections as the new Tory leader, the Observer has been […]
Eyewitnesses reported in Paleochori Kavala after crash of plane Greek television says was Ukrainian, carrying eight people A large cargo aircraft has crashed and exploded in a ball of flames near Paleochori Kavalas in northern Greece. Eye-witnesses said the Antonov An-12 plane was on fire and that they had heard […]
Board expresses ‘profound dismay’ at exhibits German government and Jewish groups say went too far The director general of Documenta, one of the world’s biggest art fairs, has been forced to resign following outrage over anti-Semitic exhibits upon opening in Germany last month. Documenta, which every five years turns the […]
Protesters angry prime minister who they say propped up Rajapaksa dynasty in running to lead country Sri Lanka’s political crisis is looks likely to continue this week after the ruling party decided to nominate the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as its candidate to be the next president. After the dramatic […]
Head-to-head sees open arguments over tax and identity politics, with no candidate willing to say Boris Johnson is honest Five key takeaways Who’s standing and what are they promising? The Conservative leadership race has exploded into acrimony and recrimination after the first televised debate saw open arguments over tax and […]
JCVI broadens Covid booster offer amid spread of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants in UK Everyone over 50 in England is to be offered another Covid booster and a flu shot from September. Another round of Covid boosters will also be available for staff and residents of care homes for […]
Level 4 heat alert announced for next week means ‘illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy’ Thousands of people could die in the coming heatwave, experts have warned, as the government triggered the first ever national emergency heat red alert with a record 40C (104F) temperature forecast […]
Steve Martin found guilty of gross misconduct after punching and verbally abusing 15-year-old boy A Metropolitan police officer who punched a handcuffed black child in the face has been sacked. PC Steven Martin, who was serving in the firearms command, also verbally abused the 15-year-old despite him not resisting, as […]
Donald Trump’s first wife died aged 73 at her Manhattan home and the fatal injuries are believed to be unintentional Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump and the mother of his three oldest children, died from blunt force injuries to her torso that she suffered after an accidental […]