This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the Pacific country of Tonga. Social media footage showed water washing through a church and several homes, and witnesses said ash was falling over the capital,
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EPA Novak Djokovic has been detained in Australia ahead of a court hearing that will determine whether the tennis star can stay in the country unvaccinated. The Serbian faces deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time, with the government labelling the 34-year-old a threat to the public. His lawyers are appealing against
EPA Downing Street has apologised to Buckingham Palace for two staff parties in No 10 the night before Prince Philip’s funeral. The gatherings, first reported by The Telegraph, took place on 16 April 2021 and went on until the early hours. The PM’s spokesman said it was “deeply regrettable that this took place at a
Reuters Downing Street staff have been accused of holding two leaving parties in No 10 on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral. The Telegraph reported the gatherings were made up of around 30 people, drinking alcohol and dancing to music until the early hours. Restrictions at the time still banned indoor mixing between
Reuters MI5 has issued a rare warning to MPs that a Chinese agent has infiltrated Parliament to interfere in UK politics. An alert from the security service said Christine Ching Kui Lee “established links” for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with current and aspiring MPs. She then gave donations to politicians, with funding coming from
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson is facing calls from senior Tories to stand down as prime minister after he admitted attending a drinks party during lockdown. The PM apologised for the way he had handled the event in the Downing
Virginia Roberts Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Virginia Giuffre is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001. His lawyers said the case should be thrown out, citing a 2009 deal she signed with convicted sex offender
EPA Boris Johnson is to face MPs later at Prime Minister’s Questions amid demands for him to say whether he attended a drinks event in the Downing Street garden during lockdown. It will be the PM’s first public appearance since it emerged 100 staff were invited to the May 2020 gathering. Mr Johnson has so
Europa Press News/Getty Images The World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will have been infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 within six to eight weeks. Dr Hans Kluge said a “west-to-east tidal wave” of Omicron was sweeping across the region, on top of the surge of the Delta variant already present.
Getty Images As many as 100 people were invited to a “bring-your-own-booze” drinks event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown, it is understood. Witnesses have told the BBC the PM and his wife attended the gathering on 20 May 2020. But Boris Johnson has declined to say whether he was among those
MATTHEW POWER PHOTOGRAPHY “I rang up the county council and I said I think I’ve found a dinosaur,” explained Joe Davis, who works at Rutland Water Nature Reserve. During landscaping work at the reserve’s reservoir in February 2021, he had spotted something odd poking out of the mud. It wasn’t a dinosaur. But it was
Getty Images At least 19 people, including nine children, have died after a fire in a New York apartment building. Another 32 people were sent to hospital, several of whom are in a critical condition, according to New York Mayor Eric Adams. Fire department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said they had found victims on every floor
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boss of one of London’s busiest hospitals has said he is worried about losing staff when new rules come in requiring them to be vaccinated. From April, front-line NHS staff in England will need to have
Getty Images More than 150,000 people in the UK have now died within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the pandemic began. A further 313 deaths were reported in the government’s daily figures on Saturday, taking the total to 150,057. The UK is the seventh country to pass 150,000 reported deaths, after the
Getty Images Tennis star Novak Djokovic had a vaccine exemption to enter Australia after a Covid infection on 16 December, his lawyers say in court documents. Djokovic was denied entry to Australia after landing in Melbourne this week to play in the Australian Open. The world’s top ranked tennis player is currently in an immigration
Getty Images A white father and son convicted of killing a black jogger have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In November, a jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour, William Bryan, guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Bryan also received the maximum penalty of life,