Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists Earth’s wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 69% in just under 50 years, according to a leading scientific assessment, as humans continue to clear forests, consume beyond the limits of the planet and pollute […]
Year: 2022
US president says vote sends clear message that ‘Russia cannot erase a sovereign state from the map’ What we know on day 232 of the invasion The United Nations general assembly has overwhelmingly condemned Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian regions, demanding that Moscow reverse course. US president Joe […]
PM accused of ‘trashing’ Conservative values and a PMQs performance that was ‘just appalling’ Liz Truss’ leadership was in fresh peril on Wednesday with calls growing among senior Conservatives to reverse more proposed tax cuts and MPs accusing her of “trashing” Conservative values. As the cost of government borrowing soared […]
FBI has surveillance footage confirming testimony of employee who spoke to investigators, Washington Post and CNN say Donald Trump asked for boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago to be moved after receiving a government subpoena to return them, an employee of the former president reportedly told the FBI. The FBI also […]
Relatives of Dorset teenager call for ‘Gaia Principle’ so officers must check if rape suspects are facing other allegations The man accused of raping the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope before she disappeared in 2017 was under investigation before she went to police and should have been more closely monitored, the […]
Sterling falls more than a cent to below $1.10 after Andrew Bailey tells pension firms they have ‘got to get this done’ The pound has fallen sharply against the dollar after Andrew Bailey warned the Bank of England would not extend its emergency intervention in financial markets beyond this week, […]
Prime minister accused of ‘another screeching U-turn’ having previously rejected calls to impose levy Renewable power companies will have their revenues capped in England and Wales, after the government bowed to pressure to clamp down on runaway profits. The announcement late on Tuesday night provoked immediate accusations that Downing Street […]
Lansbury won an Oscar nomination for her first role in the 1944 film Gaslight, and gained international acclaim as Murder, She Wrote’s Jessica Fletcher • Angela Lansbury: the sweet, scene-stealing grande dame of our screens for 75 years The actor Angela Lansbury, best known as Jessica Fletcher in the TV […]
Commons committee warns there are still shortages of staff to deal with UK’s new status as a third country UK regulators are struggling to cope with the post-Brexit trading environment because of “poor preparation and planning”, a House of Commons committee investigation has found. Almost two years after the UK […]
US president tells CNN he believes Putin’s objectives in Ukraine invasion were irrational but that he would not use a nuclear weapon What we know on day 231 of the invasion Joe Biden has said he believes Vladimir Putin is a “rational actor” who badly misjudged his prospects of occupying […]