AFP via Getty Images Several European countries are considering opening a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. A number of issues had to be resolved – particularly security – for ambassadors to return, Mr Macron said, but he hoped a mission would open soon. This would not amount to a
Month: December 2021
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents on the Indonesian island of Java have been fleeing a vast plume of ash as an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. Witnesses said a thick rain of volcanic ash from Mt Semeru
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The parents of a teenager suspected of a deadly school shooting have been arrested in a Detroit basement hours after going on the run, police say. James and Jennifer Crumbley were found unarmed hiding in a warehouse
Getty Images GPs in England can defer some of the services they provide to patients to allow them to deliver Covid booster jabs instead, NHS chiefs have said. Practices can postpone minor surgery and routine health checks for over-75s and new patients until 31 March. It comes after the PM said all adults in England
Getty Images Joe Biden has warned that he will not accept “red lines” set by Moscow as fears mount that Russia is planning an imminent invasion of Ukraine. The US president said he will make it “very, very difficult” for Russia to invade its neighbour. Meanwhile, US media has reported that intelligence officials fear an
Getty Images Brazil’s Supreme Court has opened an inquiry into comments made by President Jair Bolsonaro wrongly claiming that Covid-19 vaccines may increase the chance of contracting Aids. The comments, made during a social media livestream in October saw him temporarily banned from Facebook and YouTube under their fake news policies. Mr Bolsonaro has frequently
The parents of the suspect in Tuesday’s shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are to be charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. The prosecutor said the gun used in the shooting is the same one that James Crumbley, the suspect’s father, bought in the Black Friday sales while accompanied by his son. Officials
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prosecutors have charged the parents of a suspect in a deadly Michigan school shooting with involuntary manslaughter. Authorities have issued a fugitive warrant for James and Jennifer Crumbley, who are accused of ignoring warning signs before the
West Midlands Police A man has been jailed for 21 years and his partner for a minimum of 29 years over the torture and killing of his six-year-old son, Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. Emma Tustin, 32, murdered the boy with a fatal head injury at her home in Solihull last year. She photographed him lying on the
Dak Prescott wore a postgame smile, and you couldn’t blame the Dallas Cowboys quarterback for that. It’s not easy to win games in the National Football League — just ask the Detroit Lions. So even a 27-17 slog over a New Orleans Saints team that boasted neither Alvin Kamara nor an actual quarterback still counts.
Reuters The world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 but it should prepare, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Speaking at a conference on Friday, top WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the situation now was very different to a year ago. Reports suggest Omicron has been found in close to
Getty Images US employers hired only 210,000 more workers in November, missing economists’ predictions for stronger growth. Forecasters had been expecting US non-farm payrolls to increase by 550,000. However, the unemployment rate dropped sharply to 4.2% and more Americans returned to the work force. The mixed jobs data does not reflect the emergence of the
LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: UK’s Competition and Markets Authority orders Meta, Facebook’s parent company, to sell Giphy – a Gif-sharing search engine Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, steps down as chief executive of the company A virtual yacht sells for $650,000 (£490,000) inside building
Getty Images The first real world data showing the coronavirus variant Omicron may evade some of our immunity has been reported by scientists in South Africa. Scientists have detected a surge in the number of people catching Covid multiple times. It is a rapid analysis and not definitive, but fits with concern about the mutations
Getty Images Alec Baldwin has admitted his acting career may be over after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust. “It could be,” the 63-year-old actor said in an interview to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, adding that he did not care. Mr Baldwin also said he “didn’t
PA Media The Conservatives have held the safe suburban London seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup in a by-election. Their candidate, local councillor Louie French, won more than half the votes, with Labour’s Daniel Francis second. Mr French paid tribute to the area’s former MP, James Brokenshire, whose death from cancer in October triggered the