Investigators have found an eight-hour gap in Donald Trump’s official phone records as thousands of his supporters stormed the US Capitol, according to a person familiar with the inquiry. It is widely known that Mr Trump, the president at the time, had conversations with multiple Republican politicians on the day of the insurrection on 6
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Russian-born newspaper mogul Evgeny Lebedev has said he supports Labour’s call for information on the decision to give him a peerage to be made public as he has “nothing to hide”. Boris Johnson has denied that advice was overruled to award the Russian businessman and owner of the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers a seat
7:43 AM ET One of the most competitive rounds in women’s golf might not take place at LPGA events. Each Tuesday and Thursday, the Stanford women’s golf team plays qualifiers to determine the top five players to compete in upcoming tournaments. The competitors include five of the top 66 players in the world, according to
The boss of P&O Ferries has flatly rejected the government’s final plea to halt the process of making nearly 800 of its workers redundant. In a letter to transport minister Grant Shapps on Tuesday, the company said the process was in its final stages with most workers already accepting severance offers, and changing course now
London announced that it is providing funding to deploy a fleet of Tesla Model 3 vehicles through a vehicle subscription service to be available for private hire drivers such as Uber. Startup Breathe operates in the rapidly growing space of “vehicle-as-a-service” by providing an all-in-one car subscription that includes the car, insurance, service, maintenance, and
Germany has some advice for Russian President Vladimir Putin: think about the consequences of asking for energy payments in rubles. Russia’s Putin said last week that “unfriendly” nations would be asked to pay for their natural gas in rubles — causing a spike in European gas prices. By asking for payments in the Russian currency
The Ukrainian President has given a rare speech in English to call on the world to keep supporting his country, one month after the Russian invasion. Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked people to peacefully protest to stand up for Ukraine and for freedom. He called on people to take to the streets to show that “peace matters”.
Retired Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton says that Ukrainians engaged in very good intelligence and sabotage work to destroy an Alligator class landing ship used to transport tanks. Ukraine’s armed forces have named the Russian landing ship they say they attacked and destroyed in Berdyansk on March 24th as the ‘Saratov’. In earlier reporting, the
Babcock International Group, the FTSE-250 government contractor, is in talks to offload the bulk of its emergency aviation services division, which counts Britain’s Air Ambulance fleet among its operations. Sky News has learnt that Babcock is in advanced negotiations with Ancala Partners, a London-based infrastructure investor, about acquiring a substantial chunk of the business it
Prince Andrew has arrived at Prince Philip’s memorial service with the Queen by his side. The decision to have the Duke of York accompany his mother to the Service of Thanksgiving will be seen as a clear signal of Her Majesty’s support for her son. The event marks Prince Andrew’s first public appearance since he
Reid Hoffman, founder and Chairman, Linkedin, at 2015 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. David A. Grogan | CNBC Inflection AI, the start-up launched earlier this month by LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has poached artificial intelligence gurus from Google and Meta, according to CNBC analysis. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Inflection’s aim is
The European Space Agency’s solar orbiter has taken the highest-resolution image yet of the Sun’s full disk and atmosphere, the corona, during its latest close flyby of our home star. The orbiter was at a distance of just 75 million kilometres – half the distance between Earth’s average orbit and the Sun – on March
The hunt to find signs of ancient life on Mars involves bringing back rock samples from the Red Planet — these are currently being collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover on the 45-km-wide Jezero Crater. The initial plan was to send a sample-return lander (SRL) by 2026 and get back the samples by 2031. But that timeline appears
The Metropolitan Police is to issue 20 fines to people who attended lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. But the force has not named the individuals facing the penalties or revealed which events they attended. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among 100 people who were sent formal legal questionnaires relating to the investigation –
12:01 PM ET Boston Celtics center Robert Williams III — an anchor of the league’s best defense — suffered a meniscus tear in his left knee, the team announced Monday. He will miss several weeks, minimally, sources told ESPN on Monday. An MRI on Monday revealed the tear, and further evaluation Monday will help provide
Ukrainian troops are regaining territory around the capital and pushing back Russian forces, the country’s president has said. Speaking in his latest evening message, Volodymyr Zelenskyy heralded the “liberation” of Irpin, a key town on the northwest fringe of Kyiv. The president said that, despite the gains, Russian troops still control north of Kyiv and
Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock for slapping him at last night’s Oscars ceremony, saying: “I was out of line and I was wrong.” Writing on Instagram, the former Fresh Prince described his behaviour as “unacceptable and inexcusable”. He said the joke Rock made about his wife’s medical condition was “too much for me
Now that you might be making plans for spring or summer getaways, it’s time to consider how you’re going to power the off-grid living space. Renogy’s 100W solar panel is perfect for the task thanks to its common 12V output as well as the fact that it’s weatherproof and ready for anything thrown at it.
The United Arab Emirates’ energy and infrastructure minister has insisted that Russia will always be a part of OPEC+ even as governments across the globe shun the oil exporter over its war in Ukraine. Speaking to CNBC on Monday, Suhail Al Mazrouei, a former president of the oil alliance, said no other country could match
For a generation of young Russians, Vladmir Putin is the only president they’ve ever known. And after the country’s entire government made the surprise decision to resign, Putin’s stay in power could last even longer. The Russian leader is due to stand down in 2024 when his current forth term comes to an end –