SWN S Two more Britons captured by Russian forces in Ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to Russian state media. Dylan Healy, a chef who was volunteering as an aid worker, had been captured at a checkpoint in April. On the same day, Russia released a video of Andrew Hill in military uniform,
Getty Images US president Joe Biden has said that women travelling for abortions will be protected by the federal government. Millions of women in the US lost the constitutional right to abortion in June, after the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision. The judgement has paved the way for individual states to
PA Media Special paid leave for Covid-related sickness and isolation will be scrapped next week for NHS staff in England, it has been announced. From 7 July staff will revert to normal contractual sick pay arrangements. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the decision was “hugely disappointing” and indicated “how little” the government valued
Reuters The suspected driver of a truck where 53 migrants died from heat in Texas did not know that the air conditioner had stopped working, an informant says. According to charging documents filed in federal court, Homero Zamorano did not know of the issue. Officials say he was found hiding near the truck. The Texan
Getty Images Adele told fans she was “so happy” to be back on stage as she briefly became overwhelmed with emotion at the start of her first public concert for five years. The pop superstar’s composure momentarily cracked as she took in the huge audience in London’s Hyde Park during the opening lines of her
With cryptomarkets in turmoil, files seen by the BBC suggest an unlikely Bitcoin investor may have also lost a fortune – “the missing cryptoqueen”, Dr Ruja Ignatova. The scammer disappeared in 2017 as her cryptocurrency OneCoin was at its height – attracting billions from investors. Fraud and money-laundering charges in the US have led to
UK government A former deputy chief whip alleged to have groped two men in a private members’ club has been suspended as a Conservative MP. Chris Pincher will sit as an independent after a report was made to Parliament’s behaviour watchdog. He resigned his government job in a resignation letter on Thursday, saying he had
Getty Images It was 25 June when Karen Caballero was seized by an “unexplained heaviness” in her chest. Her children had not been in touch. Two days later, around 8pm, she received a news alert on her cell phone. Dozens of migrants had died of heat inside the back of an abandoned lorry near the
Ukraine has called for a ship carrying grain from a Russian-occupied part of the country to be seized. The ship is currently lying off the Turkish coast. We’ve monitored the Russian-flagged ship, the Zhibek Zholy, on its route from the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk to the Turkish port of Karasu. It is not clear where
Getty Images The UN’s cultural agency has added the cooking of borsch – a soup usually made with beetroot and potatoes – in Ukraine to its list of endangered intangible cultural heritage. Unesco said the war in Ukraine had “threatened” the cooking of borsch. “Victory in the war for borsch is ours!” Ukraine’s Culture Minister
PA Media Boris Johnson is facing calls to suspend his former deputy chief whip as a Tory MP, after allegations he groped two men at a private members’ club. Chris Pincher quit his government post on Thursday, saying in a resignation letter he “drank far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people”. Labour’s Yvette
Getty Images A rail workers’ union has said it is “not in any rush” to call for further strikes in July, following last week’s walkouts which caused significant disruption across the UK. Eddie Dempsey, senior assistant general secretary at the RMT, said the union did not “take these steps lightly”. Mr Dempsey, who is also
Ukraine’s DSNS emergency service At least 19 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says nearly all of the victims were in a nine-storey building hit by one missile in the village of Serhiyivka. At least two people,
When news broke on NBA draft night that Kevin Durant was “monitoring the Brooklyn Nets’ situation and considering options with his future,” the team’s former assistant general manager turned ESPN front-office insider Bobby Marks suggested a trade “return package on Durant would be the largest in league history.” It better be, because the Nets are
Getty Images In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, triggering the start of a grand political experiment. Many were anxious about how the capitalist, free-wheeling former British colony would fare under Communist Chinese rule. So Beijing promised Hong Kong’s civil liberties and freedom – unavailable in the mainland – would be preserved for
Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “missing Cryptoqueen”, has been placed on the FBI’s top ten most wanted list. The Bulgarian woman is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin. Federal investigators accuse the fugitive of using the scheme to defraud victims out of more than $4bn (£3.2bn). She