Alec Baldwin has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter after the death of a producer on the set of Rust. The Grand Jury indictment was filed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, today over the death of Halyna Hutchins, who died after a prop gun, held by Baldwin, went off on set in October 2021. Responding to
Month: January 2024
By Howard Bloom “The Korean peninsula is dashing toward the cliff of a nuclear war,” says the North Korean government publication Rodong Sinmun. Here’s why. For 73 years, the goal of North Korea has been to swallow South Korea in a “peaceful reunification.” On Monday, January 15th, that changed. Forty-year-old North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
A group representing almost 1,000 sub-postmasters across the UK has told Sky News the Post Office Horizon system is still causing unexplained shortfalls, which are wrecking businesses. Voice of the Postmaster (VotP), which was set up to campaign for current staff, alleges the discredited IT software is still generating mysterious missing money. Marlene Wood, postmistress
MPs are considering using an arcane parliamentary mechanism to force Lord Cameron to take questions in the House of Commons. There have been questions about how Lord Cameron – who was appointed a peer to allow him to be foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle – would be held to account given he is no
MPs have demanded that the Treasury and other public sector organisations reveal the details of any contracts awarded to Fujitsu since 2019 as the firm continues to come under fire for its role in the Post Office scandal. The letter to the Treasury – which was also sent to the Bank of England, the Office
Footage shows the moment a Boeing 747 left streaks of flames across the sky when its engine caught fire soon after taking off from Miami International Airport. Flight audio from the Atlas Air cargo plane reveals the pilot said “mayday mayday” as he requested access back to the same airport and revealed he had five
Warfare is a brutal and unforgiving undertaking. However, the primary responsibility of any government is the protection of its people and its national interests, so military capability is a cornerstone of national capability. But, military forces provide options and are a means to an end – not an end in itself – and when all
The Post Office board member responsible for overseeing the delivery of a controversial compensation scheme for sub-postmasters is to step down from its board. Sky News has learnt that Ben Tidswell, a former lawyer with the international law firm Ashurst who became a director of the Post Office in July 2021, is leaving after only
An online predator who blackmailed dozens of women around the world into performing sexual and degrading acts, including child abuse, has been jailed for 24 years. Anthony Burns, originally from Lowestoft in Suffolk, used multiple online identities when engaging with the women on the internet. On one occasion he posed as the head of a
Former prime minister Gordon Brown told Sky News he was too old to be a politician in the UK but too young to be one in the US. He has a point, with Americans set to choose between 81-year-old Joe Biden or 77-year-old Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, while France’s new prime minister is
Rishi Sunak awkwardly laughed when he was challenged about the state of the health service by a former NHS worker in Winchester. The prime minister was walking through the city in Hampshire when he was stopped by a woman who indicated she had worked for the NHS in the past. In the footage, captured by
The financial crisis facing a scandal-hit local authority will be partially mitigated next week when a vast portfolio of solar energy farms is sold for about £700m. Sky News understands that Schroders Greencoat is expected to announce in the coming days that it has agreed to buy Toucan Energy, which collapsed into administration in November
Russia could attack NATO within five years, the German defence minister has warned, as the alliance prepares to launch its biggest military exercises in decades amid increasing global uncertainty. Boris Pistorius told German news outlet, Der Tagesspiegel: “Our experts expect a period of five to eight years in which this could be possible. “We hear
On today’s episode, hear the latest news on Tata Steel which has confirmed it plans to close blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, South Wales, with around 2,800 people losing their jobs. Ian King also looks at the latest retail sales for December which showed a 3.2% drop. And hear from the boss
The boss of Fujitsu in Europe has admitted staff knew of bugs, errors and defects (BEDS) in the Horizon IT system as far back as 1999. Appearing before the inquiry into the Post Office scandal, Paul Patterson said it was “shameful and appalling” that the known glitches were not included in the witness statements used
A teacher in the US has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly being caught on hidden camera poisoning her husband’s smoothie. Sarah Scheffer’s husband installed the surveillance equipment after suspecting his wife had been contaminating his food and drink over a number of weeks, causing him to feel unwell. When questioned by police in