Getty Images A US Democratic senator who has proved a political thorn in the White House’s side has stunned Washington by announcing sudden support for President Joe Biden’s top agenda item. Joe Manchin says he now backs a bill to raise corporate taxes, fight climate change and lower medicine costs. The West Virginian previously objected
Month: July 2022
Getty Images Ukraine’s campaign to retake the occupied Kherson region is “gathering pace,” Western military sources say. A key bridge into the city of Kherson was forced to shut after being damaged by long-range Ukrainian rockets originally supplied by the US. It means thousands of Russian troops are now in danger of being cut off
Kenya’s Wildlife and Tourism ministry says that climate change is now a bigger threat to elephant conservation than poaching. In the past year, the country has recorded 179 elephant deaths due to the ongoing drought affecting the Horn of Africa. Following consecutive seasons of poor rains, rivers and water pans have dried up and grasslands
Getty Images England’s Lionesses have united the nation in their charge to Sunday’s Euro 2022 final. But will it prove another defining moment for women’s football? When US defender Brandi Chastain scored the winning penalty in the 1999 World Cup, she netted an estimated $2m Nike sponsorship deal. England players could be set to earn
EPA Liz Truss has promised to introduce a national domestic abuse register and a new offence of street harassment if she becomes prime minister. The Tory leadership contender said politicians must do more to tackle violence against women and girls. In the past two years the nation had been “shocked” by the number of high
Getty Images The Biden administration has made a “substantial offer” to bring two American detainees home from Russia, the US secretary of state has said. Reports have suggested Moscow is interested in exchanging basketball star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout. Secretary Antony Blinken said he would raise the matter in a
Getty Images The US central bank has announced another unusually large interest rate hike as it battles to rein in soaring prices in the world’s largest economy. The Federal Reserve said it would increase its key rate by 0.75 percentage points, targeting a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. The bank has been raising borrowing costs
Reuters Almost one million people in a suburb of Wuhan – China’s central city where the coronavirus was first recorded – have been placed under lockdown. Jiangxia district residents have been ordered to stay inside their homes or compounds for three days after four asymptomatic Covid cases were detected. China follows a “zero Covid” strategy,
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sacked a junior shadow transport minister who joined striking rail workers on a picket line. Ilford South MP Sam Tarry attended the protest at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir calling
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gas prices have soared after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week. European gas prices are up almost 2% trading above an earlier all-time high after
Reuters Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak has not performed a U-turn by pledging to scrap VAT on energy bills if prices keep rising, his supporters say. The ex-chancellor, who has not promised any tax cuts during the contest so far, said the plan would help families with living costs. Rival Liz Truss’s team described the
Getty Images The US Justice Department is examining Donald Trump’s alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to US media. Federal prosecutors have reportedly asked witnesses directly about the actions of the former US president. So far they have chosen not to open a formal criminal investigation into Mr
Getty Images Lake Erie – one of five connected bodies of freshwater that make up the Great Lakes system along the US-Canada border – might not seem like a solution to America’s supply chain issues. But it might just be exactly that, writes Stephen Starr for the BBC. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean via a
England reached their first major women’s tournament final since 2009 in stunning fashion as they put four past Olympic finalists Sweden at Euro 2022 in Sheffield. The Lionesses, who extended their unbeaten run to 19 games under manager Sarina Wiegman, will play either Germany or France for the ultimate prize at Wembley on 31 July.
Getty Images US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rumoured plan for a trip to Taiwan has infuriated China and left the White House with a serious geopolitical headache. How big a problem is this? On Monday, China warned of “serious consequences” if Nancy Pelosi were to proceed with a visit to Taiwan in the
Reuters A member of Viktor Orban’s inner circle has resigned after the Hungarian prime minister spoke out against becoming a “mixed race”. Zsuzsa Hegedus, who has known the nationalist Mr Orban for 20 years, described the speech as a “pure Nazi text”, according to Hungarian media. The International Auschwitz Committee of Holocaust survivors called the
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