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Chinese embassy criticises ‘anti-China clamours’ after Yang Tengbo spy claim
The Chinese embassy in London has accused some UK parliamentarians of having a “twisted mentality towards China”, after the identity of a businessman accused of being a spy was revealed on Monday.
A Chinese embassy spokesperson said on Tuesday that “anti-China clamours” were an attempt to “smear China, target against …
Humza Yousaf to stand down and warns over Elon Musk’s UK election threat
Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s former first minister, has announced he is to quit frontline politics at the next Scottish elections as he criticised Elon Musk’s interference in the US election and his potential role in the next UK election.
Yousaf, 39, who last year became the first Asian and first Muslim …
Russian general in charge of chemical weapons unit killed in Moscow scooter blast
A senior Russian general has died after an explosive device hidden in an electric scooter detonated outside an apartment building in Moscow, in an attack claimed by Ukraine that marks one of the boldest targeted assassinations of a senior military official since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Lt Gen Igor …
UK’s bumper pay rises show inflation is tricky to shift
Cricket’s new world order makes a few players rich while the majority miss out | Jonathan Liew
Vaibhav Suryavanshi only makes you feel old. And compared to a 13-year-old Indian batting prodigy, most of us
are
old. The signing of Suryavanshi by the Rajasthan Royals for £102,000 harvested most of the headline coverage of the recent Indian Premier League auction, and fair enough. The first IPL …Tuesday briefing: How the UK left 64 asylum seekers stranded on an island in the Indian Ocean
Good morning. In October 2021, a boat carrying dozens of Tamils trying to find their way to Canada sprung a leak. They were rescued by the British navy and brought to Diego Garcia, a tropical island in the middle of the Indian Ocean that was under the control of the …
Syrian HTS leader says rebel factions that overthrew Assad will be ‘disbanded’
Syria’s rebel factions will be “disbanded”, the head of the group that led the ousting of Bashar al-Assad has pledged, as he seeks to reassure minorities at home and abroad that the country’s interim leaders will protect all Syrians, as well as state institutions.
Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the …
Ukraine war briefing: Trump blasts Biden permission for long-range strikes
President-elect
Donald Trump on Monday suggested he may reverse Joe Biden’s recent decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use American long-range weapons
to strike deeper into Russian territory. Trump called the decision by Biden “stupid”. Asked if he would consider reversing the decision, Trump responded: “I might. I …
Vanuatu earthquake with magnitude of 7.3 sparks localised tsunami alert
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 has struck off the coast of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey has said, sparking a localised tsunami warning.
The quake struck 30km west of the capital, Port Vila, at a depth of 57.1km, the USGS said.
The US tsunami warning system said preliminary …
Margaret Hodge to lead review of regional inequality in the arts
Sky News first reported a week ago
that Hodge, who was last week named as the government’santi-corruption champion
, …