Joe Biden has said he is “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has already decided to invade Ukraine. Speaking at the White House, the US president told reporters that Washington has “reason to believe” Russian forces intend to attack in the coming days and will target the capital, Kyiv. His remarks come amid continuing fears that
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Even as we arrived at the command headquarters about four kilometres from the frontline proper, we could hear the sounds of outgoing rockets from the Ukrainian military, which they maintain is a response to incoming fire from Russian-backed separatists. The frontlines near Popasne have been kinetic for the past two days – an intensification in
A former subpostmistress contemplated suicide and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after being subjected to a “kangaroo court” process for alleged false accounting. Grandmother Jennifer O’Dell, 72, told Sky News that she still experiences night terrors after being accused of stealing by the Post Office and threatened with legal action in 2009. Speaking after giving evidence
Britain is currently in the grips of its worst storm in nearly 30 years, with rare red warnings issued for large swathes of the country. Schools have been closed, and at least 80,000 homes are without power. So what can you do if Storm Eunice directly impacts you? Will my insurance cover damage to my
7:00 AM ET College football makes itself hard to love sometimes. The money has primarily gone to all the wrong places — coaches’ salaries and expensive locker room features have increased sharply during an era of skyrocketing revenues, and players weren’t allowed to profit off anything until about eight months ago. (And in the meantime,
A former boss of Amazon UK is being lined up as the next president of the CBI, Britain’s most influential employers’ group. Sky News has learnt that the CBI was due to ratify Brian McBride’s appointment as Lord Bilimoria’s successor at a board meeting on Friday afternoon. Mr McBride, who chairs the rail ticket booking
At least two people have been killed by Storm Eunice in the UK. One of them was a woman in her 30s, who was hit by a falling tree in north London while she was a passenger in a car. She was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver, a man in his 30s,
At least 350 koalas have been killed in bushfires which have swept across New South Wales – but the number could have been far higher if conservationists hadn’t stepped in to rescue some of the injured animals. Sky’s Siobhan Robbins reports from Australia. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on
Former Secretary of State John Kerry got into a contentious exchange with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) over Kerry’s college degree and the evidence of climate change during a House Oversight hearing. #CNN #News
Remember that time 14 months ago when French company Valeo announced the development of a new electric bicycle mid-drive system that included a built-in automatic transmission? Electrek remembers. And now that drive unit is ready for production. It will soon be available on several e-bike models thanks to partnerships with over a dozen electric bicycle
In this article AIR-FR A model of one of Airbus’ ZEROe concept aircraft displayed in Hamburg, Germany, on 18 January 2022. Marcus Brandt/dpa | picture alliance | Getty Images Aviation could face substantial challenges if it’s unable to decarbonize in a timely manner, according to the CEO of Airbus, who added that hydrogen planes represent
An RAF aircraft flew hundreds of miles from a base in Scotland for a photoshoot with Boris Johnson before flying back. Images of the prime minister with two RAF aircraft featured on a number of newspaper front pages on Friday after his visit to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire the previous day. An RAF P-8A Poseidon,
8:00 AM ET Mike Modano started his Hall of Fame NHL career with the Minnesota North Stars. They were a blast to watch back in the 1980s, with players like Neal Broten and Dino Ciccarelli scoring copious amounts of goals, until Norm Greed … er, Green … stole them from the “State of Hockey” and
Retail sales rebounded in January after falling in December, posting their biggest monthly rise since the shops reopened last spring. Despite rising prices due to inflation, volumes jumped by 1.9% last month following a drop of 4% in December, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), triggered by surging rates of Covid-19. The figures
A new Charlie Chaplin documentary paints a “more rounded portrait” of the silent film star’s “complicated” life – including fractious relationships with his teenage wives. Granted access to unseen archive material from the Chaplin estate, filmmakers Peter Middleton and James Spinney attempt to get to know the man behind the toothbrush moustache in The Real
The roof of London’s O2 has been ripped open as the capital is battered by the high winds of Storm Eunice. Footage shared online shows the outer layers of the dome being pulled away by strong gusts of wind. “In the last 45 minutes it started off as one small panel in the corner,” said
7:00 AM ET After ranking the top 100 prospects heading into the 2022 MLB season, it’s time to turn our attention to each team’s farm system as a whole. I’ve always found it both overwhelming and too subjective to line up 30 lists of players and say this list is better than that one with
A wind gust of 122mph has been recorded on the Isle of Wight in what is thought to be a new record for England, the Met Office said. The wind speed was reported at The Needles on the Isle of Wight as millions of Britons were urged to stay at home as Storm Eunice hit
In this article GOOGL British artificial intelligence scientist and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. OLI SCARFF | AFP | Getty Images Scientists at DeepMind have found another real-world application for their artificial intelligence software. The London-based AI lab, which is owned by Alphabet, announced Wednesday that it has trained an AI system to control and sculpt
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said she wants police to “shoot your terrorists and ask questions second”. Ms Rayner told Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast she was “quite hardline” on law and order and said she would encourage police to “antagonise” criminals. “On things like law and order, I am quite hardline. I am