Getty Images Emmanuel Macron has raised tensions with Britain by warning that the dispute over fishing rights is a test of the UK’s global credibility. The French president spoke out ahead of the G20 summit in Rome, which sets the stage for the COP26 climate summit. France and the UK are embroiled in a dispute
Month: October 2021
Virginia Roberts Prince Andrew has filed a motion requesting that a New York court dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by Virginia Giuffre. The Duke of York’s lawyers said the “baseless lawsuit” should be dismissed because Ms Giuffre failed to sufficiently outline her claims. Ms Giuffre, 38, has accused Prince Andrew of sexually assaulting her
Getty Images US intelligence agencies say they may never be able to identify the origins of Covid-19, but they have concluded it was not created as a biological weapon. In an updated assessment of where the virus began, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said an animal-to-human transmission and a lab
Getty Images Canada says it will appeal against a court order to pay billions of dollars to compensate indigenous children who went through the child welfare system. Last month, a top court upheld a 2016 ruling that the government underfunded First Nations services compared with those for non-indigenous children. It ordered C$40,000 ($31,350; £23,340) payouts
World leaders are set to attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland from 31 October to 12 November. For this conference, 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions by 2030. Extreme weather events linked to climate change – including heatwaves and floods – are intensifying, especially in Africa. Young
EPA Boris Johnson says he fears the EU-UK trade agreement may have been breached in a dispute with France over post-Brexit fishing rights. It comes after France said it could stop UK boats landing in its ports if the row over licences was not resolved. The prime minister said the UK government would do “whatever
What would you do if your mother walked into traffic while you were at work? This was the question posed to Zoe Wong from Bristol in a formal job interview. She’s the primary carer for her mum, Stella, who has Alzheimer’s and is in remission from cancer. “I was quite stunned,” Ms Wong says. “It
Getty Images US wildlife researchers have discovered that two California condors, a critically endangered bird, gave birth without any male genetic DNA. The discovery that condors are capable of virgin births – formally called parthenogenesis or asexual reproduction – surprised scientists. Virgin births have been recorded in other bird species, as well as lizards, snakes,
Getty Images The Queen has been advised by doctors to rest for two further weeks and will not undertake official visits during this time, Buckingham Palace has said. The palace said the monarch, 95, could undertake some light duties during that time, including virtual audiences. It said it is her “firm intention” to attend the
Courtesy Michel Grenier A Canadian comedian who mocked a disabled singer has won his free speech case in Canada’s top court. In a 5-4 split decision, the Supreme Court ruled that jokes told about the singer, who was a child at the time, did not amount to discrimination. It marks the end of a nearly
Alamy Puneeth Rajkumar, a prominent film actor from southern India, has died at the age of 46. The star of Kannada cinema worked on more than 29 films and won the national award for “the best child artist” earlier in his career. Rajkumar died of a heart attack in Bengaluru on Friday, his manager confirmed.
Earlier this month, Ed Sheeran let slip that he’d recorded a Christmas duet with Sir Elton John, during an interview with Dutch radio presenter Jan-Willem Roodbeen. The pop star gave Radio 2’s Zoe Ball a sneak preview of the song during her Breakfast Show on Friday, 29 October. You can hear the full interview on
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greta Thunberg has called on banks to “stop funding our destruction”, ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit. The teenage Swedish climate activist is in London to take part in protests demanding the financial system stops funding
Getty Images The UK energy watchdog has said it will review how the price cap on gas and electricity bills is calculated following a series of company failures. Ofgem said there had been an “unprecedented” rise in wholesale energy prices. Suppliers are unable to pass on the full rise to consumers because of a price
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories: The US revokes the licence of one of China’s biggest telecom companies – China Telecom – citing “national security” concerns The world’s largest 3D-printed neighbourhood will be built in Texas in 2022 A passenger carrying robo-boat, designed by MIT’s Computer Science
Reuters It wasn’t really meant to happen. The snappily titled Conference of the Parties, this mammoth environmental, political and diplomatic shindig, or COP26 as it’s known, wasn’t destined to be held in the UK. One insider told me “the whole thing was a mistake”. Another said: “It was definitely a quirk”. When prospective host Italy
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