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Top Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani has been issued with a subpoena by the US congressional committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot. The committee has demanded the former president’s personal lawyer – and three other members of Mr Trump’s legal team – hand over documents and sit for depositions on 8 February. In the days

US President Joe Biden will hold a news conference later today at the White House to mark his first year in office. The event is much anticipated, and that alone is a hint of how challenging this first year has been for the 79-year-old. The president does not give many news conferences. Critics suggest his

The British man who was shot dead after taking four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas had been on the radar of MI5, Sky News understands. The Security Service began looking into Malik Faisal Akram, 44, in the second half of 2020 to assess whether he posed a security threat, a Whitehall source said.

The chief executives of several major American passenger and cargo airlines have warned of an impending “catastrophic” crisis that could come in less than two days when telecommunications companies deploy a new 5G service. The new C-Band 5G service set to be rolled out by AT&T and Verizon on Wednesday could leave a significant number

The UK government is working with the FBI and a “great deal of intelligence-sharing” has taken place after a British man took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas, the home secretary has said. Priti Patel also said “protective security” for the Jewish community in the UK is part of the response to the

The British man who was shot dead after taking four people hostage at a Texas synagogue has been named by the FBI as Malik Faisal Akram. Sky News understands the 44-year-old from Blackburn was not living in the United States but had recently travelled there. Akram’s family say they are “devastated” by his death, adding

Prince Andrew has been accused of “victim blaming” and “gaslighting” after his lawyers asked for Virginia Giuffre’s mental health records – including confidential notes from her counselling sessions. The Duke of York’s legal team want to question Ms Giuffre’s psychologist Dr Judith Lightfoot about her “alleged emotional and psychological harm and damages”. His lawyers have

A SWAT team and FBI officers have been called to a hostage situation in a Texas synagogue, where a man is reportedly holding members of the congregation. The incident at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville is ongoing. Dara Nelson, a police sergeant for Colleyville Police, said there were no injuries to report and that

Prince Andrew’s lawyers want to interview Virginia Giuffre’s husband and her psychologist about her sexual abuse claims after the royal suggested she may suffer from “false memories”, court documents have revealed. The Duke of York’s legal team has asked permission to take evidence under oath from Robert Giuffre, saying he is likely to have information

Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced at the end of June, after being convicted of recruiting teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to abuse. US district judge Alison Nathan announced 28 June as the date of sentencing, even as she waits to resolve claims from Maxwell‘s defence team that a new trial should be ordered. It comes

Harry Dunn’s alleged killer Anne Sacoolas will no longer face a UK court hearing next week as scheduled. The US citizen had been due to appear via video link at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Sacoolas, 44, is accused of causing Mr Dunn’s death by dangerous driving after a fatal road crash outside the US

The leader of a far-right militia group has been charged with seditious conspiracy following last January’s attack on the US Capitol.  The charge, which alleges the group attempted to overthrow the government, is more serious than the lower-level crimes others have faced and brings with it a 20-year prison sentence. More than 150 people have

A teenager in the US has pleaded not guilty to child abuse and attempted first-degree murder after being accused of throwing her newborn baby in a rubbish bin. Alexis Avila has been able to stay out of jail pending her trial but must remain under house arrest. CCTV footage showed a young woman, believed to

Police in Philadelphia say it’s a “miracle” all four passengers – including an infant – survived when the helicoper they were travelling in crash landed in a built up area. The Eurocopter EC135 aircraft somehow managed to avoid power cables and buildings before it hit the street and slid into bushes outside a Methodist Church,

A teenage mother in New Mexico has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuse, after she was captured on CCTV throwing her new-born baby in a dumpster. Alexis Avila, 18, has confessed to giving birth to the child at another location and placing him in the waste container. The baby boy was

A terminally ill man has been given the chance of life after his own diseased heart was replaced by a genetically-modified pig’s heart. In a medical first, doctors in Maryland transplanted the animal’s organ into 57-year-old David Bennett and said on Monday that he is doing well three days after the experimental surgery. It is