Queen’s speech shows Boris Johnson is out of ideas, says Labour

Read More Keir Starmer said Boris Johnson’s government was “bereft of ideas or purpose” after a Queen’s speech that included bills to overhaul the planning system and rewrite human rights law, but few new measures to tackle the cost of living crisis. Warning that the UK faced a “stagflation crisis” the Labour leader said: “We […]

‘I almost got hit’: the Ukrainian journalists turned war correspondents overnight

Read More When the war started journalists in Ukraine found themselves at the centre of the biggest story in the world. They became war correspondents overnight. Ukrainian journalists were spotlighted this week when the Pulitzer prize board awarded them with a special citation, hailing the country’s reporters for the “courage, endurance and commitment to truthful […]

US intelligence chief warns of nuclear risk if Putin perceives ‘existential threat’

Read More Vladimir Putin could view the prospect of defeat in Ukraine as an existential threat to his regime, potentially triggering his resort to using a nuclear weapon, the top US intelligence official has warned. The warning on Tuesday came in an assessment from intelligence chiefs briefing the Senate on worldwide threats. The prediction for […]