Posts by Kim browne
Dozens of flood and ice warnings in place across UK
Dozens of flood warnings have been issued – with a yellow warning for ice still in force across parts of the UK. A series of snow and ice warnings expired throughout the weekend, but a yellow ice warning is still in place until 10am on Monday, covering eastern Scotland and north-east England. Meanwhile, the Environment…
Read MoreUS forces board and ‘shut down’ sanctioned Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean
US forces have boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean as part of efforts to target illicit oil tankers linked to Venezuela. Military personnel boarded the Veronica III in a “right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding”, the Department of War said in a social media post on Sunday.…
Read MoreBondi Beach terror attack suspect appears in court via video link
A man accused of killing 15 people by opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach has appeared in court via video link from prison for the first time. Naveed Akram spoke briefly during the short hearing at a Sydney court on Monday, which he joined remotely from high-security prison Goulburn Correctional Centre,…
Read More‘Despondent, even mutinous’ mood at UK’s foreign office as government plans cuts
Take a good, hard look at the world and what do you see? It certainly feels unpredictable. Old friends are unreliable, and the rules no longer seem to apply. For many, the global neighbourhood is getting distinctly scary. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the head of UK intelligence agency, MI6. “The…
Read MoreFamily of Iranian protester forced to ‘pay for the bullet that killed their son’
“They had to pay for the bullet that killed their son,” Nasrin says with a mix of anger and disbelief. She’s telling me the painful details of the day her nephew, Hooman, was killed during recent protests in Iran. The 37-year-old had joined demonstrations against the regime in Lahijan, in the north of the country,…
Read More‘I was pressing the call button and no one came’: Black mothers on ‘dehumanising’ maternity care
“I was told by the midwife to shut up,” says Tenisha, “and then she put her hand over my mouth…” Shakira asked if alternative medication to morphine was possible after her C-section. “The nurse got angry,” she says. “She threw the morphine away, and I was then left alone for hours.” And when Kadi was…
Read MoreNancy Guthrie disappearance: Glove matching those worn by masked individual found
A glove appearing to match those worn by a masked person seen outside the home of the missing mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie has been found two miles away. The glove, which contains DNA samples, was found in a field near the side of the road and has been sent off for testing.…
Read MoreSavannah Guthrie issues desperate plea to mother’s captor
US TV host Savannah Guthrie has posted a video message on social media saying, “we still have hope” – and urging whoever has her mother or knows of her whereabouts “to do the right thing”. “It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken,” Guthrie said in the video posted on Sunday night. “And I…
Read MoreTeam GB enjoy record-breaking day at Winter Olympics, with two gold medals
Team GB will leave the 2026 Olympic Winter Games as history makers after securing two titles on the same day for the first time. Having never won two gold medals on a single day of any previous Winter Games, Britain finished top of the podium in mixed team snowboarding – their first-ever gold on snow…
Read MoreTwo men and a woman arrested after man in his 20s stabbed to death in Valley Retail Park in Croydon
Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in a south London retail park. Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Hesterman Way, Croydon, at around 1.15am on Sunday. Metropolitan Police officers and the London Ambulance Service found three…
Read MoreKeir Starmer has steadied himself, but his authority is still being questioned
“Bloody shambles”, a senior minister sighs. “Real question marks over his judgement.” “Still a shitshow”, another texts simply, adding: “Terminal inability to make decisions”. Those blunt verdicts frame Sir Keir Starmer’s march into recess: a leader who has steadied himself enough to stave off immediate crisis, but whose authority and judgement are still being openly…
Read MoreMore than 1,000 ICE agents leave Minnesota after controversial immigration crackdown
More than 1,000 ICE agents have left Minnesota after the Trump administration’s controversial immigration enforcement operation that led to mass detentions, protests and the deaths of two US citizens. US homeland security secretary Tom Homan said on Sunday that an undefined “small” force will stay for a short period to protect remaining immigration agents and…
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