Leading scientists and medics back London and other clean air schemes and urge politicians to keep their nerve Leading doctors and scientists have warned politicians against watering down plans to expand city-wide schemes aimed at reducing traffic pollution levels linked to thousands of deaths each year. They urged politicians not […]
Month: July 2023
Rianna Cleary, who was 18 at the time, gave birth to Aisha alone in Surrey prison cell after officers ignored calls for help Serious systemic failings contributed to the death of a newborn baby in a cell at Europe’s largest women’s prison, a coroner has concluded. Rianna Cleary, who was […]
Ty Cobb, who represented Trump in Mueller investigation, says classified documents case is ‘tight’ after new charges filed A former Trump White House lawyer said the evidence against the former president over his handling of classified documents was now “overwhelming” and would “last an antiquity”, after new charges were filed […]
Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani appeals to governments who backed democratically elected Mohamed Bazoum Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Nigerien military leader behind the coup against the country’s democratically elected president, has been declared head of state by soldiers backing him as he made a televised address calling for support. Tchiani, the head […]
Four-year-old Navy is the daughter of the US president’s son Hunter and was revealed after her mother sued for child support The US president, Joe Biden, has for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl, Navy, fathered by his son Hunter with Arkansas woman Lunden Roberts […]
Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar US climate blog – latest updates The era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said after scientists […]
Report says that up to 2,000 people could be placed in marquees despite possibility of legal action against plan Tents could be used to house up to 2,000 migrants on disused military sites next month, under plans drawn up by the home secretary, Suella Braverman, in an effort to avoid […]
Ousting of boss of private bank may not be last departure as prime minister fails to back chairman Howard Davies The head of private bank Coutts has been ousted over the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts in a desperate attempt by NatWest to contain a crisis that has wiped […]
Prosecutors bring additional charges against former president as Mar-a-Lago worker Carlos De Oliveira named as third defendant Federal prosecutors on Thursday expanded the indictment against Donald Trump for retaining national security documents and obstructing the government’s efforts to retrieve them, unveiling new charges against him and an employee over an […]
Another 40 people have been rescued after boat overturned just after leaving wharf in Rizal province At least 26 people have died and 40 have been rescued after a ferry capsized in the Philippines, officials have said, as the tail end of Typhoon Doksuri battered parts of the country. Officials […]