Reuters Charities have urged the UK to welcome thousands of refugees from Ukraine, matching the effort made after the 1990s conflict in the former Yugoslavia. The UK should play a leading role in providing sanctuary, Save the Children and Amnesty International, among others, said in a letter to the Times. The US warned five million
Month: February 2022
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Three ex-Minneapolis policemen present at the death of George Floyd denied the unarmed black man of his civil rights, a jury has found. The officers were charged with showing “deliberate indifference to [Mr Floyd’s] serious medical needs”
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Major Russian banks will be excluded from the UK financial system and oligarchs have been targeted in new sanctions announced by Boris Johnson. The prime minister told the House of Commons they were “the largest and most
Getty Images Russian military forces have seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials say. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said the “totally pointless attack” on Thursday amounted to “one of the most serious threats in Europe today”. An explosion at Chernobyl in 1986 led to the worst nuclear disaster in human history, both
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd on a Minneapolis street but he was only one of four police officers charged in connection with Floyd’s death. Who are the other three and what did they do that day? Footage from the officers’ bodycameras and bystander video captures what each officer did – and
Reuters Major Western nations have reacted with outrage at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, accusing it of bringing war back to Europe. France’s Emmanuel Macron said this was a “turning point in the history of Europe”, with the G7 group of nations vowing to impose severe sanctions. In eastern Europe, the fears extended to coping with
Getty Images This feels very much like the end of an era. In November 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down, we believed that the old division of the world into East versus West was just history. Because the ideological conflict between capitalism and Communism had evaporated, there was a feeling that we were all
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukraine’s leader has said a “new iron curtain” is falling and closing Russia off from the “civilised world” after it invaded its neighbour. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s task was “for that curtain not to fall” on
Getty Images Oil prices have surged past $100 (£74) a barrel to hit their highest level for more than seven years after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. Global shares fell and the price of gold rose as investors worried about the possible impact of the conflict. Russia is the second biggest exporter of crude
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The UK “cannot and will not just look away” at Russia’s “hideous and barbaric” attack on Ukraine, Boris Johnson has said. The PM said President Vladimir Putin had launched a “vast invasion by land, by sea and
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities. In a pre-dawn TV statement Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine
PA Media Chancellor Rishi Sunak will pledge to “deliver a low tax, higher growth economy” amid criticism from MPs over rises to National Insurance. Mr Sunak will tell an audience at the Bayes Business School on Thursday that he will cut taxes “sustainably”. It comes as National Insurance rates are set to rise from 1
Getty Images All remaining legal Covid restrictions have been removed in England, nearly two years after the first rules were introduced. It means people are no longer legally required to self-isolate if they test positive for Covid – although they are still advised to do so. The changes are part of the prime minister’s Living
Handout A jury is deciding whether a former detective showed “extreme indifference to human life” during the raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor. Brett Hankinson allegedly fired 10 shots blindly into a neighbour’s flat in the melee that followed a “no-knock” search of the black woman’s Kentucky home. He is now standing
Many black Americans are embracing the natural curls and coils in their hair. But there’s been a backlash against black hairstyles in classrooms and companies across America. Toddlers and teens have been kicked out of school because of their hair, while many adults face losing their jobs. We get to the root of why this
Getty Images New data from a scientific “accident” has suggested that life may actually flash before our eyes as we die. A team of scientists set out to measure the brainwaves of an 87-year-old patient who had developed epilepsy. But during the neurological recording, he suffered a fatal heart attack – offering an unexpected recording
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