Volunteer Ukrainian battalions are prepping themselves for the front line in Barvinkove while the Russian military plans to encircle troops in the east. People duck when drones fly overhead, waiting to resume their trench digging. One crew focuses on mobilising a captured Russian tank. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us
CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that US State Department officials are “worried” North Korea may resume nuclear testing after new satellite images show a new tunnel being constructed at a remote testing site. #CNN #News
7:52 AM ET They can envision April 30 now. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano walking toward the ring in the main arena of New York’s Madison Square Garden, one of the most iconic sporting venues in the world. Thousands of fans cheering. Irish and Puerto Rican flags flying. A buzz in the air, a fight
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen fencing in the “Metaverse” with an Olympic gold medal fencer during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to make
At least 30 more fines are to be issued as a result of a police investigation into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. The Metropolitan Police said that as of today it had made over 50 referrals to the ACRO criminal records office – which is responsible for issuing the fixed penalty notices –
With a four-member crew from Houston-based startup Axiom Space, the first fully private mission reached the International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday. For a long time, NASA has attempted to hand over the reins of space exploration to private companies. The space agency has welcomed the three-way collaboration with Axiom and SpaceX as a
Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie, and chancellor Rishi Sunak, have been notified that they will be issued with fines for breaking lockdown rules. The fixed penalty notices are the result of a Metropolitan Police investigation into parties in Downing Street and Whitehall in 2020 and 2021. Labour immediately called for both to the PM
Tough sanctions against the international Kinahan crime cartel have been imposed by the US government, as part of a major new operation against the gang by American, Irish and British authorities. The three most senior members – Christopher Kinahan Sr, Daniel Kinahan and Christopher Kinahan Jr – as well as four other gang members, and
Wage growth in the UK struggled to keep up with increasing inflation between December 2021 and February 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Average weekly pay packets across Britain fell in December by 1%, reflecting how wages are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living. Regular wages, excluding bonuses,
10:37 PM ET Alexander Volkanovski has welcomed Henry Cejudo’s return to the USADA testing pool, but the Australian says he is instead focused on a shift to lightweight and an immediate crack at becoming a two-division UFC champion. Fresh off his domination of Chan Sung Jung at UFC 273, Volkanovski is already mapping out his
Russia is concentrating its firepower on the southeast of Ukraine in a new phase of the war that could see up to three times as many Russian troops in the Donbas region. Ukraine’s military, after defeating a Russian attempt to storm the capital Kyiv and forcing Russian soldiers to withdraw from across the north of
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The UK is “working urgently” to verify details following unconfirmed reports of a Russian chemical attack in a besieged city in Ukraine, the foreign secretary has said. Liz Truss said any confirmed use of chemical weapons in Mariupol would be a “callous escalation” of the war. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, used his nightly video address
It’s hard to escape high gas prices. As Americans feel increased pressure at the pump, the average driver is spending 2.24% of their monthly income on gas, while pickup truck and SUV drivers shell out as much as 3.12%, on average, according to a recent report by FinanceBuzz based on data from the U.S. Department
Diana Magnay reports from outside Moscow, where residents are coming to terms with the deaths of soldiers who have died fighting in Ukraine. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen visits the abandoned Russian military positions in Chernobyl where Russian soldiers went into the Red Forest, the most nuclear contaminated area on the planet, and brought back radioactive dust. #CNN #News
Tory MP Crispin Blunt has been criticised for questioning the conviction of his colleague, Imran Ahmad Khan. Khan, MP for Wakefield, was found guilty on Monday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008, and was thrown out of the Tory party following the verdict. But Mr Blunt described the conviction as a “dreadful miscarriage
2:29 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Alexander Bublik cut short Stan Wawrinka‘s return to the tour, defeating the Swiss 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday in his first singles in 13 months. Wawrinka started off confidently against the Kazakh, winning the first set with ease. He
The government needs “much more ambition and focus” to tackle the “shocking collapse” in rape prosecutions, a group of MPs has said. Police forces in England and Wales recorded the highest number of rapes and sexual offences in a 12-month period in the year to September. However, at the same time, the proportion of suspects
Pop star Britney Spears has revealed she is pregnant with her third child – months after winning her conservatorship legal battle. The singer shared the news in a post on Instagram saying she had got the test after partner Sam Asghari teased her about being “food pregnant”. “So I got a pregnancy test … and