Posts by Kim browne
‘Zero truth’ to report of Donald Trump commuting Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s sentence, White House says
A White House official has said there is “zero truth” to a report that Donald Trump is considering commuting Sean “Diddy” Combs’s prison sentence as early as this week. On Monday, US entertainment site TMZ reported the US president was “vacillating” on whether or not to reduce the music mogul’s sentence, citing a “high-ranking White…
Read MoreInflation: Cost of living challenges require bold decisions
You know bad economic news is looming when a Chancellor of the Exchequer tries to get their retaliation in first. Treasury guidance on Tuesday afternoon that Rachel Reeves has prioritised easing the cost of living had to be seen in the light of inflation figures, published this morning, and widely expected to rise above 4%…
Read More46 people killed in crash involving two buses in Uganda
Police in Uganda say 46 people have died after two buses collided in Uganda. Police believe the two buses were involved in a head-on collision between the capital Kampala and the northern city of Gulu. They say the vehicles may have crashed because they were trying to overtake other vehicles – a lorry and a…
Read MoreCBI business group to name BAE Systems’ Hogg as next president
The CBI, Britain’s best-known business lobbying group, will on Wednesday name Cressida Hogg, the BAE Systems chair, to take the helm until 2028. Sky News has learnt that Ms Hogg, who also sits on the board of the London Stock Exchange’s parent company, has been picked to succeed Rupert Soames as the CBI president early…
Read MoreElon Musk launches personal attack on NASA boss – and says he isn’t smart enough for the job
Elon Musk has attacked NASA’s administrator – and claimed he isn’t smart enough to hold the top job. The billionaire’s criticism of Sean Duffy came after the space agency said it was open to using moon landers that weren’t manufactured by his company SpaceX. On X, Musk accused Mr Duffy of “trying to kill NASA”,…
Read MoreCaerphilly by-election: Will Plaid or Reform have last laugh in Tommy Cooper’s birthplace?
Caerphilly is famous for three Cs: coal, cheese and its mighty castle. It’s also the birthplace of the legendary comedian Tommy Cooper. And after Thursday’s Senedd by-election, in what was once a Labour stronghold as impregnable as the castle, it’s Plaid Cymru or Reform UK that will have the last laugh. It may not be…
Read MoreAirport halts flights after balloons used by cigarette smugglers breach airspace
Lithuania was forced to suspend air traffic at Vilnius Airport last night after dozens of balloons used by smugglers entered its airspace from Belarus. It marked the second time in a month that the country’s largest airport was shut down due to a similar incident. On 5 October, helium balloons carrying contraband cigarettes also led…
Read MoreShrinking herds and rising costs: The beef market is in turmoil – and inflation is spiralling
If you eat beef, and ever stop to wonder where and how it’s produced, Jonathan Chapman’s farm in the Chiltern Hills west of London is what you might imagine. A small native herd, eating only the pasture beneath their hooves in a meadow fringed by beech trees, their leaves turning to match the copper coats…
Read More‘Don’t tell anyone’: Manager at UK’s largest housing association told staff to fake fire safety files
“No one can listen to our calls?” a manager from Clarion, the UK’s largest housing association, asks one of her team on a recording that has been leaked to Sky News. “Don’t tell anyone I told you this,” she goes on – before instructing him how to pretend he’s put up an important fire safety…
Read MoreJapan is falling in love with private equity. Can it last?
As a state guest house, the Akasaka Palace in central Tokyo is used to playing host to visiting dignitaries. Last month, however, former prime minister Fumio Kishida wooed a different kind of crowd: the guests of US private equity group KKR. Over dinner for almost a hundred of Japan’s corporate executives and their bankers, Kishida…
Read MoreUkraine uses British Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike Russian chemical plant
British Storm Shadow cruise missiles penetrated Russian air defences in a “massive” strike by Ukraine against a chemical plant inside Russia that makes gunpowder and explosives, the Ukrainian military has revealed. The use of the British-supplied weapons will likely trigger new threats and condemnation from the Kremlin. The UK gave Ukraine permission to use its…
Read MoreEU must cut red tape to boost growth, urge major European leaders
The leaders of 19 European Union members have urged the bloc to cut red tape. Those backing the demand include French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. In a letter sent to Antonio Costa, the president of the European Council, they say the supranational body must “review, reduce…
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