Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 14 Apr 2017
‘Moab’ strike kills dozens in Afghanistan A huge US bomb, known as the Mother Of All Bombs (Moab), dropped on a tunnel complex used by Islamic State in Afghanistan killed at least 36 people, the Afghan defence ministry says. The ministry says no civilians were affected but former President Hamid Karzai called it an “inhuman and...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 3 Apr 2017
Trump: I could ‘totally’ handle North Korea Donald Trump yesterday told the Financial Times he will discuss North Korea with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the latter visits him in Florida this week. The US President said that if China decided not to “help us with North Korea” the US could “totally” handle...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 25 Mar 2017
Trump blames Democrats for healthcare bill humiliation Donald Trump has blamed the Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. In a significant blow for the US President, the bill was withdrawn yesterday because it did not have enough support to pass in Congress. Trump told the Washington Post: “We were a little bit shy, very little,...
Ukraine bans Russian Eurovision contender
Singer Yulia Samoylova is barred from the song contest in May because of her trip to Russian-annexed Crimea in 2015 One-Minute Read Thursday, March 23, 2017 – 12:10pm See related Eurovision hopeful Mira Awad under fire …read more Source: The...
Trump aide ‘tried to hide’ Russian payment
Credits Andrew Caballero/Getty Alt Text Donald Trump Paul Manafort denies receiving $750,000 from pro-Russia Party of Regions One-Minute Read Wednesday, March 22, 2017 – 10:51am See related …read more Source: The...
Lucas Perez: The latest victim of Arsenal number nine curse
Credits Glyn Kirk/AFP/getty images Alt Text Perez Seven months after arriving in London and the Spaniard is ‘desperate’ to leave Reaction Tuesday, February 28, 2017 – 12:15pm See related …read more Source: The...
Injuries and fixture pile-up will reveal Man Utd squad plans
Description Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Manchester United leaves the field with an injury after scoring the only goal of the game in France Credits Christopher Lee/Getty Images Alt Text Henrikh Mkhitaryan Mourinho insists he will not field under-strength teams as United hunt …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 22 Feb 2017
IS bomber was British Guantanamo detainee A suicide bomber who attacked coalition forces near Mosul, Iraq, on Monday has been identified by his family as a Mancunian former Guantanamo detainee. Jamal al-Harith, born Ronald Fiddler, was paid £1m compensation by the British government when he was released from the US camp in 2004. He was 50...
British millionaire Barry Pring ‘murdered’ by wife, inquest hears
Description Barry Pring and wife Ganna Ziuzina on their wedding day Credits Twitter Alt Text Pring Ziuzina Family tells Exeter County Court they believe widow organised hit and run ‘to get an inheritance’ One-Minute Read …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 16 Dec 2016
Aleppo evacuation ‘could take days’ The Red Cross has warned that the evacuation of all 50,000 people trapped in eastern Aleppo could take days, after 3,000 were removed yesterday. Russia’s defence ministry, meanwhile, says 6,400 were bussed out yesterday to its ‘Reconciliation Centre’. The US has accused Syria,...
