Month: February 2026

Nearly 150 militants have been killed in a 40-hour battle after separatist fighters launched a series of deadly attacks, the Pakistani government said.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a weekA five-year-old boy and his father were back in Minneapolis on Sunday after being released from a Texas immigration detention center where they were held for more than a week, according to US House representative Joaquin Castro.“Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. Thank you to […]

Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditionsMany TikTok users across the US say they’re rethinking their relationship with the platform since its ownership and terms and conditions have recently changed, with some citing censorship and lack of trust as reasons why they’re removing themselves from the app.Keara Sullivan, a 26-year-old comedian, says TikTok jumpstarted […]

Documents released in US appear to show the convicted child sex offender sent former US ambassador $75,000Peter Mandelson should testify before the US Congress about his links to Jeffrey Epstein, a government minister has said, as documents appeared to show the late child sex offender sent the former US ambassador $75,000.Emails and other documents released by the US justice department on Friday shed new light on the closeness of the […]

Airports identified as biggest winners of government’s £4.3bn support package with Heathrow alone taking £900m discountStruggling hotels, restaurants and nightclubs are calling for more financial help with business rates after it emerged that Heathrow is among the biggest beneficiaries of a multibillion-pound package of state support.The UK’s biggest airport is in line for a discount of nearly £900m on its rates bill over the next three years. That is a […]

Exclusive: Dr Susan Gilby, who won £1.4bn bullying payout, says whistleblower protections must be strengthenedPatients are being put at risk by NHS bosses launching “sham investigations” into whistleblowers to shut down concerns, a hospital’s former chief executive who won a £1.4m bullying claim has said.Dr Susan Gilby took over as chief executive at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2018 after it was rocked by the Lucy Letby case. She […]

Jamie Raskin tells CNN Democrats will seek unredacted version of Jeffrey Epstien files after 3m pages released last weekHandling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his survivorsWe can bring you more from the interview with housing secretary Steve Reed on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips programme this morning (see this post for what Reed said about Peter Mandelson in the same interview).When asked if the British government would comply […]