Getty Images EasyJet has cancelled around 100 flights on Monday, including 62 from the UK, blaming higher than usual levels of staff absence due to Covid. The airline said it had tried to offset the problem by using standby crew but was forced “to make some cancellations in advance”. It comes amid rising demand for
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers have resigned en masse after protests over the government’s handling of the worst economic crisis in decades. All 26 ministers submitted letters of resignation – but not Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa or his
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia’s “despicable attacks” on innocent Ukrainian civilians in Bucha and Irpin are “yet more evidence” of war crimes, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He described Russian President Vladimir Putin as desperate amid his “failing invasion” –
Getty Images The US film and television actress Estelle Harris has died at the age of 93. She was best known for playing Estelle Costanza, the mother of George Costanza in the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld. With an iconic high-pitched voice and short-fused temper, Harris turned Costanza into a fictional mother loved by fans for her
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The transport secretary has said energy will not be rationed in the UK, despite pressure on supplies globally. Grant Shapps ruled this out after Labour’s shadow business secretary suggested ministers might need to prepare for rationing. Some
Reuters At least six people have been killed and 10 injured in a shooting in the centre of Sacramento, police in California’s state capital say. People fled through the streets after rapid gunfire rang out in an area packed with restaurants and bars in the early hours of Sunday. Police nearby responded to the gunfire
Getty Images Pakistan’s president has dissolved parliament – a step towards early elections – following an attempt to remove PM Imran Khan from office. It comes after parliament’s deputy speaker refused to hold a vote of no-confidence the PM was expected to lose. Mr Khan claims the US is leading a conspiracy to remove him
UK Parliament Conservative MP David Warburton has been suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct. The claims about Mr Warburton, who sits on the backbenches, are being examined by Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS). Conservative sources have told the BBC that three allegations of sexual harassment are
Reuters Guantanamo Bay inmate Sufiyan Barhoumi has been repatriated to Algeria, US officials say, after spending nearly 20 years at the detention facility. He was captured at a safehouse in Pakistan with a top al-Qaeda member in 2002, and accused of taking part in a plan to bomb the US. But the US Department of
BBC/Lee Durant A suburban avenue in Bucha became one of the first graveyards for Russia’s hopes of encircling and entering Kyiv and then deposing the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The moment came two or three days after the first Russian forces crossed into Ukraine on 24 February, when Ukrainian forces destroyed a column of
Getty Images The Grammy Awards are upon us once again, after a three-month delay due to the surge of Covid cases in the US. The star-studded ceremony is traditionally billed as “music’s biggest night” – which covers both the scale of the event and its mind-numbing length. The first awards will be handed out in
Korrine Sky, a British-Zimbabwean second-year medical student, decided to flee Ukraine as soon as the Russian invasion started. Using Korrine’s social media messages, photos and videos, we have pieced together her harrowing journey out of war-torn Ukraine, into an immersive mobile experience. Motion graphics: George Wafula Video editor: Ifiokabasi Ettang Producer: Keisha Gitari Executive producers:
Despite their long-standing differences during the Cold War, in 1975 the US and USSR embarked on a joint mission into space. The aim of the operation was to dock an American Apollo space capsule with a Soyuz one made by the Soviet Union. The collaboration took place at a time when it looked like diplomatic
EPA Boris Johnson has congratulated Volodymyr Zelensky on the successful push back of Russian forces from Kyiv. Speaking with Ukraine’s president, the UK prime minister also acknowledged the “immense suffering being inflicted on civilians”, Downing Street said. Ukraine says its military has retaken the entire region around the capital, as Russia has withdrawn from key
Matthias Mueller Motorists reported delays of more than six hours approaching Dover, with long queues caused by disruption to cross-Channel ferry services. Bad weather and a shortage of ferries are being blamed. Capacity at the Port of Dover was already reduced due to the suspension of P&O services. Lorry driver Stuart Orme, who was stuck
Reuters Journalists entering a Ukrainian town which saw fierce fighting with Russian forces have found dead bodies of men in civilian clothes strewn on a street. An AFP news agency reporter in Bucha, near Kyiv, counted at least 20 bodies. At least one man had his hands tied. Ukrainian forces regained control of the town