26 minutes ago About sharing By Callum May & Chas Geiger BBC News The government has rowed back from increasing the earnings threshold for people who want to come to the UK on family visas to £38,700 a year. Home Secretary James Cleverly announced on 7 December that someone who wanted to bring their partner…
Fans and clubs can be convinced to back new plans for a breakaway European competition, says the head of the organisation behind the new proposal. In 2021, 12 teams signed up to the breakaway European Super League (ESL) designed to rival Uefa competitions. On Thursday, the European Court of Justice ruled that banning clubs from…
At least 15 people are dead and at least 24 more injured after a shooting in central Prague.
25 minutes ago About sharing Kenneth Eugene Smith faces execution over a 1988 murder By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington A judge in Alabama will decide if a new method of execution using pure nitrogen gas can be used for the first time. Two other states are considering the method as an alternative to lethal…
27 minutes ago About sharing 18-year-old Arion Kurtaj was a key member of the notorious Lapsus$ cyber crime gang By Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who has autism, was a…
Iceland’s coastguard is assessing the seismic activity on the Reykjanes peninsula and preparing for future eruptions.
Dozens of people have been injured, Czech police say, and the gunman has been “eliminated”.
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Society / December 21, 2023 Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty is Blatantly Unconstitutional This week, Texas passed a law making undocumented immigration illegal in the state. The question now is: will the Supreme Court do what’s right? Elie Mystal Ad Policy Texas Gov. Greg Abbott displays a signed border-security bill during a news conference…
29 minutes ago About sharing Eurostar has urged customers not to travel on Thursday after it was forced to cancel trains when strike action hit the cross-Channel route. The company said it had to halt services at midday until 15:30 due to a “last-minute strike” at Getlink, the Channel Tunnel operator. The disruption emerged as…