The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries have helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties. The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China evade tens of billions of […]
Thousands of US military members who have been living aboard an aircraft carrier for more than 250 days are reportedly contending with food shortages, broken plumbing, exhaustion, and other hardships, leading lawmakers to demand answers from the Pentagon and putting pressure on the Trump administration over the Iran war. Military news outlets reported that multiple […]
Mali is a former colony of France, and has been gripped by a security crisis fuelled by an Islamist insurgency since 2012. It was one of the reasons given for Goïta leading a coup in 2021 but attacks by jihadist groups have continued and even increased. At the time of the arrests last year, Mali’s […]
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) runs a clearing process matching students with university and college courses which still have spaces., external Students can use it if they: Fail to achieve the grades for their conditional offer Fail to receive any offers they want to accept Decide after 30 June to apply for university […]
A “massive” Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia’s port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local officials said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr […]
Unlike a taser, which uses sharp barbs in the skin to deliver a shock of up to 50,000 volts, the gloves do not complete an electrical circuit inside the body. The gloves instead deliver a sharp shock to convince a subject to comply using “pain deterrence”, says Lt Butch Gallion, an administrator at Hawkins County […]
Two members of US President Donald Trump’s cabinet were on a decoy plane that Trump secretly exited before boarding a different flight in Turkey last month, CBS News reports. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained aboard what was believed to be Air Force One and didn’t join a flight that […]
Gavin & Stacey star Melanie Walters has become the 15th and final celebrity to be announced for the line-up of Strictly Come Dancing 2026. Walters has played mild-mannered, omelette-obsessed Gwen West in the BBC comedy since 2007, including the finale broadcast at Christmas in 2024. In a statement, Walters said: “Performing in pantomime for the […]
Technically “Air Force One” is the call sign for any aircraft carrying the US president. But on this occasion, the C-32A used the call sign “Reach 18”, while the aircraft carrying the journalists continued to use “AF1” in order to keep up the ruse. Remaining on the original aircraft were members of Trump’s cabinet, according […]
Just 24 hours after Amy Hunt celebrated her crowning moment in the women’s 100m, Glave and Azu ensured Britain’s continental sprint dominance continued on home soil. Glave has made significant progress this season, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time in legal conditions to win his first British title in June. He has run […]
