Reuters UN nuclear experts have made their first inspection of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine and are to maintain a presence there. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said the “plant and physical integrity of the plant” had been “violated several times”. The inspectors were accompanied to the plant by Russian soldiers
Month: September 2022
Four years ago, Kirk Cousins did the unexpected: He signed a fully guaranteed, three-year, $84 million deal with the Minnesota Vikings. It was unprecedented at the time and many pondered whether or not Cousins’ deal would usher in a new age of mega quarterback contracts forever. Through Russell Wilson’s extension on Thursday, it doesn’t appear
The Arctic Monkeys’ Leeds Festival set at the weekend proved to be the soundtrack to a very special moment for a young couple from Hull. Music fans Zak Agius and Emily Clarkson, who have been together for eight years, got engaged during the Sheffield band’s performance on Sunday. The band’s festival-closing set was the moment
People in southern Pakistan face yet more devastation after record floods blamed on climate change submerged a third of the country, killing more than 1,100 people. A surge of water is now flowing down the Indus river, threatening communities in southern Sindh province. Local officials say 1.2 million people have been displaced in Dadu district
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage of the gunman fleeing after the fatal shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been released. Merseyside Police revealed the shooter used two guns in the attack that killed the nine-year-old. Olivia was hit in the chest
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged £700m for a new nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast, with a call to “go nuclear and go large and go with Sizewell C”. In a speech at Sizewell, he
Getty Images Three Canadian police officers have been charged in the shooting death of an 18-month-old child in November 2020. The charges were announced following a nearly two year investigation by Ontario police watchdog, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The boy, Jameson Shapiro, was killed when police shot at the truck driven by his father
Kremlin The chairman of Russia’s Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say. The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had “passed away following a severe illness”. Russian media said he was being treated at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital and died of
Reuters Sarah Palin has lost a special congressional election in Alaska, in a district that was Republican-held for nearly five decades. The winner, Democrat Mary Peltola, will be the first Alaskan Native to serve as a lawmaker in Congress for the state. The race was to fill a vacancy left after the former officeholder died.
Government forces in Ukraine are trying to seize the initiative from Russian troops before the arrival of winter. A counter-offensive is already under way in the south and the Ukrainians are now preparing to expand that in the east to take back land lost in Donbas and around Kharkiv in the north. Quentin Sommerville and
The boss of the UK’s third largest energy supplier has proposed a plan for the government to subsidise soaring bills for the poorest households. Stephen Fitzpatrick, founder of Ovo Energy, wants the help to taper off for high earners who use more electricity. He said a plan was needed now before the winter, otherwise the
Getty Images Lawyers for Donald Trump have argued that the storage of sensitive files at his Florida home “should have never been cause for alarm”. His legal team said the FBI search this month was “unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported”. Their filing comes on the eve of a court hearing about Mr Trump’s call for
Getty Images The UN has accused China of “serious human rights violations” in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province. China had urged the UN not to release the report – with Beijing calling it a “farce” arranged by Western powers. The report assesses claims of abuse against Uyghur Muslims and other