Exclusive: friend ‘helped the couple plan their wedding’ in May 2021 when restrictions on indoor gatherings in place Boris and Carrie Johnson hosted a close friend, who helped plan their wedding, overnight at Chequers when a number of Covid restrictions were in place, the Guardian has been told. Dixie Maloney, […]
Month: June 2023
PM uses Washington visit to push Britain as global centre for technology and seek US involvement in safety summit Rishi Sunak has used a trip to Washington to push the UK as a global centre for artificial intelligence regulation, insisting its record in the sector will make others listen to […]
Security guarantees and membership path needed at Nato summit to avoid escalation, says Anders Rasmussen Russia-Ukraine war live A group of Nato countries may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine if member states including the US do not provide tangible security guarantees to Kyiv at the […]
City-state is to close its only turf club in order to redevelop 120-hectare site for public housing amid declining popularity of the sport More than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes its only race course to […]
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPs Britain has announced the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as part of plans to address concerns they could be used for spying by […]
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths tells security council flooding from Nova Kakhovka dam collapse will have ‘grave and far-reaching consequences’; follow breaking news today Nova Kakhovka dam – everything you need to know Russia-Ukraine war at a glance People in Ukraine: do you live near the Nova Kakhovka dam? Neither […]
Security council meeting discusses disaster as US, UK and French representatives call for an investigation Russia’s UN envoy was accused of floundering in a “mud of lies” after he claimed at an emergency session of the security council that Ukraine destroyed Kakhovka dam in a “war crime”. Sergiy Kyslytsya, the […]
After the attack on the Nova Kakhovka dam, people downstream survey the damage Russia-Ukraine war: latest news updates On what should have been a Kherson street corner, Larysa Musian, a hydrologist, sits and watches the flood waters rising. The Dnipro River used to be 300-400 metres away, but after the […]
Nova Kakhovka dam effectively ceased to exist on Tuesday morning – and soon the devastation became apparent Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates In the early hours of Tuesday morning all was calm at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. It was a mild night. Nothing appeared to stir other than […]
Exclusive: Volunteers sought in England to take equipment and drugs to people’s homes among other tasks Health ministers are to recruit a new volunteer army for social care to ferry medical equipment and drugs to people’s homes in a bid to free up congested hospital wards. Volunteers will also be […]