The party removed the whip from David Warburton, the conservative MP from Somerton and Frome, who is believed to be facing charges by three women, while a photo of the MP allegedly sitting next to lines of cocaine appeared. The Warburton photo, published by the Sunday Times, is said to date back to February. It is alleged that he was shot at the home of a younger woman he met through politics....
Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby each scored 14 points, while Gary Trent Jr. and Thaddeus Young finished 12th and Scottie Barnes 10th for the Raptors (43-32), winners in nine of their last 11 games. Marcus Smart had 28 points to reach the top of the top Celtics in the East (47-29), who saw their six-game winning streak end. With seven games left in the regular season, the Raptors advanced Monday with a one-game lead over Cleveland for sixth place in the East....
Judge David Hariford revoked Lanez’s previous $ 250,000 bail and increased it to $ 350,000 after hearing an hour-long argument that Lanez had violated court orders barring him from communicating or harassing Meg. with external parts. The rapper of “Say It” had a bond with him for the morning listening and spent about five hours in custody. As soon as he was treated and released, he got behind the wheel of a waiting Lamborghini, told Rolling Stone he felt “amazing” and left....
“Why are Republican senators allowing a corrupt political hack, Mitch McConnell, to openly disparage hard-working Republican candidates for the United States Senate,” Trump said on his Truth Social Media website late Saturday. “This is such an insult to honor and leadership. He should be spending more time (and money!) helping them get elected and less time helping his crazy wife and family get rich in China!” continued, leveling long-standing accusations against Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife and Trump’s transportation secretary....
The Transportation Safety Board (TSA) implements a “safer and more efficient” gender-neutral check-in procedure for passengers nationwide. The Federal Reserve announced Thursday that it has set new standards for trans, non-binary and non-compliant airline passengers at TSA checkpoints, which “will significantly enhance airport security and control procedures for all”, according to the report. TSA Administrator David Pekoske. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT FOX BUSINESS “TSA will move quickly to implement safer and more effective gender-neutral control procedures, as well as technology updates that enhance security and make TSA PreCheck enrollment more comprehensive,” Pekoske said in a statement....
The first, a 44-year-old man, was killed in a shooting in the parking lot of Rockland Mall in the city of Mont Royal, according to Montreal police spokesman Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant. Brabant said a 911 call came in around 12:55 p.m. about a man hit by gunfire at the mall. Investigators are on the scene meeting with witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage, he said. Radio-Canada has learned the man was shot in the upper body and taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead....
Halton Police said a vehicle collided in the No. 1 area. 5 Sideroad and James Snow Parkway North around 6:15 p.m. Police said a white Ford Mustang was traveling east on No. 5 Sideroad when, for unknown reasons, it veered off the road and hit a utility pole. The driver and a passenger were taken to Hamilton Hospital with serious injuries. Roads in the area were closed for hours for research and repairs....
The Starstreak, a high-velocity missile that destroys targets with three moving arrows, was filmed cutting the aircraft in two over the Luhansk region in the east of the country. Shots of the attack show tungsten spears breaking the tail of the Mi-28N, after Ukrainians using British techniques opened fire. Ukrainian forces cross Irpin, near Kyiv, after new artillery attacks DANIEL BEREHULAK / THE NEW YORK TIMES / EYEVINE A source in the Ministry of Defense believed that the video shows Starstreak in action over Ukraine....
The Meteorological Service issued two yellow warnings for Friday: • An ice warning covers Northeast England, eastern Scotland and the Shetland Islands by 10am, with travel possible interruptions and slip and fall injuries • A snow and ice warning covers a small part of the south east of England until 10 a.m., including coastal areas of Suffolk. Essex, and the eastern part of Kent Two flood warnings and a flood warning have been issued by the Environment Agency: • Flooding is expected at Coalhouse Point on the River Thames in Essex • Flooding is ‘likely’ in areas between Putney Bridge and Teddington Weir in west London Overnight on Friday, temperatures were expected to reach just 2 degrees Celsius in London and Edinburgh, with the hottest temperature 6 degrees Celsius in Devon and Cornwall and the coldest at 1 degrees Celsius in Aberdeenshire and the North....
Some 170,000 people are believed to be still trapped in the strategic Black Sea port, which has been under constant bombardment and siege by Russian forces for more than a month. The city has been described as “worse than hell” by some of those who escaped in their own cars or on foot under bombardment and interviewed the Independent in Zaporizhzhia. Several previous attempts to establish a ceasefire in Mariupol to evacuate civilians have failed, but the Russian Defense Ministry said it was ready to observe a ceasefire in the city on Thursday and Ukraine said 45 buses would be deployed from Zaporizhia....
Mr Zelenksy said some countries wanted Kyiv to sign a swift peace deal with Moscow because of their close trade ties with Russia, which have been disrupted by sanctions imposed since the invasion. “Britain is definitely on our side. It is not carrying out a balancing act,” he told the Economist. “Britain wants Ukraine to win and Russia to lose, but I’m not ready to say whether Britain wants the war to last or not....
Ukrainian forces have regained control of “the entire Kiev region,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Saturday. “The whole area of Kiev has been liberated from the invader,” Malyar said in a Facebook post, according to Reuters. The Ukrainian capital has been under attack for weeks by Russian forces seeking to seize the city. Last week, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced it would reduce attacks in Kyiv amid peace talks between the two countries....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a virtual speech on Saturday during the Doha Forum in Qatar, where he criticized Russia’s continuing aggression and called on the international community to do more to help. Zelensky also likened the Russian attack on the port of Mariupol to the Russian bombing of Aleppo during the Syrian War, in which more than 400 people were killed. “They are destroying our ports,” Zelensky said. “The absence of exports from Ukraine will hit countries around the world....
In narrow military terms the attack is not important. Razvozhaev said it involved a single drone. Footage from a local Telegram channel seems to support this. But a key question is how a drone was able to evade Russian electronic warfare defenses and fly directly over the naval base. What sounds like small arms fire, not air defense systems, can be heard in some of the videos, and the drone may have been shot down before delivering its payload....
Two loud explosions were heard in Odessa on the Black Sea in the early hours of Sunday and black smoke appeared to rise over the city, the largest port in Ukraine where its navy is based. “Odessa was attacked from the air. “Some of the missiles were shot down by the air defense,” the city council said in a brief statement on the Telegram messaging app. He said there were fires in some areas, but gave no indication of what hit the attack....
Announcing the move on Thursday morning, Foreign Minister Liz Tras said those sanctioned had spread lies and deception about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Among those sanctioned was Russian General Mikhail Mizinchev, who has been blamed for bombing a children’s hospital and a theater where more than 1,000 people were sheltering at the time. Live updates as the war in Ukraine enters its 36th day The list also includes Russian propagandist Sergei Brilev and Kremlin-sponsored TV-Novosti, which owns the Russia Today news channel....
Anastasia Laurikova knew she had to leave Kharkiv the day a 13-year-old boy was killed by a Russian missile near her home. She has been desperate to leave Ukraine since the war began in February, but lives with her 60-year-old mother, Irena, who had refused to go. She had had enough of the bombing, and Ms. Laurikova took them on a train to Poland two weeks ago. “I don’t feel safe in my country anymore,” said Ms....
Umwelt: „Trinkwasserressourcen stehen unter Druck“ Der erste nationale Gewässerbericht des Umweltbundesamtes zeigt, was beim Gewässerschutz erreicht wurde – und wo noch Handlungsbedarf besteht. 1/3 „Die Trinkwasserressourcen sowie die aquatische Biodiversität stehen unter Druck“, schreibt das Umweltbundesamt. Nitratgrenzwerte werden vielerorts überschritten. Im Grundwasser befinden sich Rückstände von Pestiziden und Medikamenten. Getty Images In Ackerkulturen ist die Nitratkonzentration wie im Mittelland besonders hoch. Tamedia Die Ausstellung zeigt aber auch, was in den letzten Jahrzehnten erreicht wurde: Dank Gewässerschutzmaßnahmen ist das Baden heute fast überall möglich....
