Yahoo News News bulletin 2024/04/28 20:23
News bulletin 2024/04/28 20:23
Latest stories
The Daily BeastYevgeny Prigozhin Finally Gets His Revenge From Beyond the Grave
Yulia Morozova/ReutersLess than 24 hours after Vladimir Putin sent his defense minister packing after reportedly privately blaming him for failures in the war against Ukraine, another top Defense Ministry official was yanked out of bed by masked security forces.Counterintelligence agents reportedly arrived armed to the teeth to detain Lieutenant-General Yury Kuznetsov, the head of the Defense Ministry’s personnel department, on bribery charges Monday. The Investigative Committee announced in a p
- HuffPost
Ex-Aide Predicts Melania Trump's Response To 'Humiliating' Trial Moment
Stephanie Grisham said it was an "absolutely" significant development for Donald Trump.
- The Telegraph
Gary Lineker’s latest outburst about Israel is his worst yet
Gary Lineker, the BBC’s chief political commentator, believes it’s unfair that he receives so much criticism for his comments on Israel and Gaza. “The minute you raise your voice against what they’re now doing there,” he complained during an interview with the Left-wing journalist Mehdi Hasan, “you get accused of being a supporter of Hamas.”
- Birmingham Live
DWP breaks silence over making state pension £221 a week for 'all' pensioners
DWP has hit back at an online petition, after it was backed by thousands, which called for paying all pensioners £221 a week.
- Sky News
Drone footage shows Russian invasion of Vovchansk as Ukrainian soldiers fight back
Watching a live drone feed, it was possible to make out three people running down a street in a frontline town in northeastern Ukraine. "Are they Russians?" I asked a Ukrainian soldier, who was also on the ground in Vovchansk and was showing us the footage from a secret location as we spoke to him via video link from outside the town. "Yes, yes," said Denys, 42, the commander of a reconnaissance unit.
- HuffPost UK
EXCLUSIVE: Suella Braverman's Tory Leadership Hopes Dealt Huge Blow As Voters Reject Her
The former home secretary trails well behind her rival Penny Mordaunt.
- Business Insider
NATO member Estonia is 'seriously' discussing sending troops to fill non-combat roles in Ukraine, security advisor says
Madis Roll, national security advisor to Estonia's president, said discussions centered on sending troops to fill "rear" roles amid Ukraine's manpower crunch.
- The Daily Beast
Russia Suffers One of Its Most Deadly Attacks of the War
ReutersAt least 15 people were killed when an apartment building in Russia was hit by the fragments of a downed Ukrainian missile, Russian officials said Monday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the border Belgorod region so far in the war.The strike Sunday caused part of the building to collapse, with regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov saying that 15 bodies were ultimately pulled from the rubble while another 27 people were wounded in attacks throughout the region. Russia’s Defense Ministry sai
- HuffPost
Mary Trump Predicts Massively Triggering Moment For Her Uncle
"That is going to be extraordinarily challenging for him," said Donald Trump's niece.
- The New York Times
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians
JERUSALEM — Hamas leader Yehia Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in the Gaza Strip that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times. The unit, known as the General Security Service, relied on a network of Gaza informants, some of whom reported their own neighbors to police. People landed in
- The Telegraph
More than 1,000 Hamas members being treated in Turkey, says Erdogan
Turkey’s president has said that more than 1,000 members of Hamas are being treated in Turkish hospitals.
- The Telegraph
Vladimir Putin is preparing for a forever war
Long before the Kremlin announced the predetermined results of Russia’s presidential election in March, it was clear that Vladimir Putin’s next term in office would be a watershed moment in his rule. Not only would his fifth term in the Kremlin be his first unconstitutional one, but rumours abounded that the President would use the traditional cabinet reshuffle to clear out some of his ageing cronies, paving the way for a fresh generation to do his bidding. Who he chose to promote or sideline wo
- Manchester Evening News
Waspi calculator shows if you may be entitled to compensation over pension changes
A report has found that women born between certain dates are “owed” money because increases in the state pension age were not communicated properly
- Associated Press Videos
Jury hears secret Michael Cohen recording of conversation with Trump over hush money payments
The jury in Donald Trump's hush money trial heard an audio recording Monday that Michael Cohen secretly made of himself briefing Trump in September 2016 about a plan to buy the rights to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story from the National Enquirer.
- HuffPost
Eric Trump's Claim About His 'Good Family' Goes Down Like A Bag Of Bricks
"We’re a good family. Never have done anything wrong," Donald Trump's son said on Fox News.
- The Hill
GOP senators see warning signs for Trump after embarrassing week
Senate Republicans see some warning signs flashing after an embarrassing week for former President Trump, despite his strong poll numbers in battleground states against President Biden. Some Republican lawmakers think Trump needs to step up his appeals to disaffected GOP voters, especially women, after Nikki Haley won 128,000 votes in solidly Republican Indiana despite ending…
- The Telegraph
The Tory party has dug its own grave. Nothing will save it now
In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher led her party to a hat-trick of triumphs over Labour, in which defence played a major part in her appeal.
- HuffPost
John Dean Thinks Donald Trump's Legal Team Tripped Up, And It's Going To Cost Them
“I'm not sure it worked," the Watergate figure said on CNN.
- HuffPost
Jim Mattis Gave Absolutely Brutal Description Of Donald Trump, New Book Claims
A former Trump aide also detailed the ex-defense secretary's reported tactic of avoiding the then-president.
- Euronews
EU completes reform of migration rules, despite Poland and Hungary voting against
The European Union has completed the reform of its migration and asylum policy, a watershed moment that for a decade proved stubbornly elusive.