Happy Wednesday! Is it hot enough for you? Send news tips to: [email protected]. What Musk’s Trump support means for X and the election. Four years ago, then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were summoned to a barrage of congressional hearings to testify on their platforms’ handling of the […]
58 minutes ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter Getty Images Significant flaws in the UK’s pandemic planning meant Covid caused more deaths and economic costs than it should have, the first report of the Covid Inquiry says. The 217-page report called for radical reform of the systems, saying the UK government and devolved nations “failed […]
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Omani authorities say nine members of a 16-strong Indian and Sri Lankan crew have been rescued, after going missing when their oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman on Monday. One other has been found dead. The Indian Navy announced that eight Indians and one Sri Lankan from the Prestige Falcon had been found […]
Hublot is reprising its iconic Essential Grey collection. It is one of the Manufacture’s most popular vintages thanks to its exclusivity: a single model, a single colour, once a year, sold through a single channel. “The Essential Grey is one of our most eagerly awaited recurring series. It’s the kind of curve ball we like […]
Beijing said the US’s weapons sales to Taiwan has ‘compromised the political atmosphere’ for continued talks on nuclear non-proliferation. China has suspended negotiations on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control with the United States in protest against Washington’s arms sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan. The US called Beijing’s decision on Wednesday “unfortunate”, while analysts […]
A large dinosaur’s skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City – the most ever paid for a fossil. The plant-eating stegosaurus – nicknamed Apex – is 11ft (3.4m) tall and 27ft long from nose to tail, and “ranks high among the most complete skeletons ever found”, Sotheby’s said. It […]
1 hour ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC News PA The failures and weaknesses in the UK’s pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry. Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. Her report will […]
A new law is set to prevent any future government from sidelining the UK’s independent forecaster from assessing its economic plans like former prime minister Liz Truss did for her short-lived mini-budget. Powers will be given to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to make judgements on any major taxation or spending announcements in a […]
6 hours ago By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News Twitter/@VenteVenezuela Milciades Ávila was arrested at a house he was staying at on Wednesday morning The head of security of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained, members of their party say. The security chief, Milciades Ávila, was taken away from the house where he was staying […]