US’s Blinken says Russia received ballistic missiles from Iran | Russia-Ukraine war News

US’s Blinken says Russia received ballistic missiles from Iran | Russia-Ukraine war News

US, UK, France and Germany announce sanctions on Iran and the EU has also vowed a strong response. The United States has formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine and announced fresh sanctions on Tehran. “Russia has now received shipments…

UK begins inquiry into how nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies | Crime News

UK begins inquiry into how nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies | Crime News

Letby was also found guilty of attempting to kill seven infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit. A public inquiry has started in the United Kingdom into how a nurse murdered seven newborns at the hospital she worked at and why the killings went unnoticed for months. The…

Catherine, Princess of Wales says she has completed chemotherapy | News

Catherine, Princess of Wales says she has completed chemotherapy | News

The British royal underwent major abdominal surgery in January that revealed the presence of cancer. Catherine, the princess of Wales, has said that she has finished her course of preventative chemotherapy for cancer. On Monday, she expressed that the treatment had given her a new perspective and made her grateful…

Grenfell Tower survivors: ‘The system isn’t broken, it was built this way’ | Politics News

Grenfell Tower survivors: ‘The system isn’t broken, it was built this way’ | Politics News

As a public inquiry released its report on the Grenfell Tower fire, survivors and relatives of those who died in the blaze said the findings had come too late. Seventy-two people – 54 adults and 18 children – died in the fire that ripped through the high-rise tower block in…

German official says Rwanda deportation plan using UK facilities considered | Migration News

German official says Rwanda deportation plan using UK facilities considered | Migration News

German official has proposed sending asylum seekers to facilities in Rwanda funded by the UK. A German official has proposed sending asylum seekers to facilities in Rwanda funded by the United Kingdom, weeks after the UK discarded its own Rwanda deportation plan. Germany’s Special Representative for Migration Agreements Joachim Stamp…

UK man sentenced to nine years for arson after far-right riots | Racism News

UK man sentenced to nine years for arson after far-right riots | Racism News

Judge says that like the other outbreaks of violence in England in early August, the case was ‘suffused with racism.’ A British man who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing more than 200 asylum seekers has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the longest punishment handed down…

UK launches probe into Ticketmaster over Oasis shows | News

UK launches probe into Ticketmaster over Oasis shows | News

British authorities say the official ticketing partner may have breached consumer protection laws. Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into US-based ticket sales and distribution company Ticketmaster over the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing” to hike the cost to fans at the last minute. Thousands…

‘Decades of failure’: Who has UK’s Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blamed? | Construction News

‘Decades of failure’: Who has UK’s Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blamed? | Construction News

The Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people in June 2017, was the result of “an unedifying merry-go-round of buck passing” and “systematic dishonesty and greed”, a damning, 1,700-page final report on the disaster, published on Wednesday, has concluded. Inquiry chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick made a blistering public statement alongside…