Senate fails to achieve two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump thanks supporters and complaints about ‘witch-hunt’ Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial for his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol – a verdict that underscores the sway America’s 45th […]
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Residents project red illumination on closed west London landmark to highlight delays to repair Hammersmith Bridge has been illuminated bright red in a Valentine’s Day stunt aimed at highlighting delays to its repair. The 133-year-old west London bridge has been closed to traffic since April 2019 when cracks appeared in […]
Health minister says officials ‘really concerned’ about deaths in south-east region Nzerekore Four people have died of Ebola in Guinea in the first resurgence of the disease in five years, the health minister said on Saturday. Remy Lamah told AFP officials were “really concerned” about the deaths, the first since […]
Many vulnerable people who expected to be on ‘at risk’ list next in line for jab say they have been left out Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Thousands of vulnerable people in the UK are at risk of being overlooked for vaccination amid confusion over who […]
Camila Batmanghelidjh exonerated of allegations she was responsible for charity collapse The founder and former chief executive of Kids Company, Camila Batmanghelidjh, has been exonerated by a court of allegations that the charity she created collapsed because she had failed to operate it on a proper and financially sustainable basis. […]
Lawyers claim Trump’s ‘fight like hell’ rhetoric on 6 January was no different than the language politicians frequently use Impeachment lawyers for Donald Trump accused the prosecution of waging a “politically motivated witch-hunt” against the former president, vehemently denying the charge that his words and actions incited the deadly insurrection […]
Justice department confirms Joe Biden intends to have WikiLeak’s co-founder stand trial in US The US government has appealed a UK judge’s ruling against the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, according to a justice department official. The appeal made clear that Joe Biden intends to have Assange stand […]
Women say Kameel Ahmady, who recently told of his escape from Iran, harassed and sexually assaulted them A number of women have accused a prominent British-Iranian anthropologist who recently fled Iran of being a sexual predator who should not be allowed to continue working with women or with the vulnerable […]
Exclusive: employers are putting workers at risk and increasing infection rates in communities, unions say ‘Safety is very lax’: workers on being called in See all our coronavirus coverage Employers are putting workers at risk and increasing Covid infection rates in communities, unions have said, as research found that as […]
Latest shake-up, centralising power in minister’s hands, undoes much put in place under David Cameron Matt Hancock has laid out his plan for a wholesale reorganisation of the NHS in England which will centralise power in ministerial hands. The plan has broad Tory support but Labour questioned the timing of […]