Ex-chancellor and Truss were close political allies and friends before he was sacked over a crisis stoked by the mini-budget Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor of the exchequer for 43 of Liz Truss’s 49 days as British prime minister, has said Truss “essentially” sacked him “on Twitter”, a dismissal he called “kind of Trumpian” in its…
Vântul va avea uşoare intensificãri în sudul Banatului şi pe crestele montane. Temperaturile maxime se vor încadra între 16 şi 26 de grade. In Bucuresti, cerul va fi temporar noros, iar probabilitatea pentru averse slabe va fi în creştere dupã-amiaza şi spre searã. Vântul va sufla slab şi moderat. Temperatura maxima, uşor mai coborâta decât…
Father of Khaled Arouq, 16, joins calls to reform Palestinian Authority as IDF raids in West Bank leave rising death toll Khaled Arouq was in his pyjamas when he was killed, shot by a sniper before dawn during a recent Israeli raid close to the centre of Ramallah. The 16-year-old, who had joined a group…
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel – a four-and-a-half-revolution jump – in competition, and he thinks he can go further. Will his incredible athleticism revive a tarnished sport? “I always try to be a gamechanger or innovator,” says Ilia Malinin, the American prodigy who has cut a…
Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she must keep reporting from exile On the nights that she manages to fall asleep, Zahra Joya always returns to Afghanistan in her dreams. On good nights she travels back to Bamyan, her home province, with its green…
Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment For Olga Rudenko, the editor of the Kyiv Independent, journalism is not just a profession but a moral imperative. “Our soldiers in the frontline are fighting for Ukraine to define its own future,” she says. “They are…
Entrepreneur Bassim Haidar says ending the break is self-defeating as total UK tax take will fall amid an exodus of the super-rich Bassim Haidar is house hunting. He owns “more than 10 properties” in central London, including a £20m five-bedroom flat near Chelsea’s Sloane Square. But he said he had decided to “urgently” leave the…
With elections looming, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno hopes to prove he is worthy of his inherited position amid reports voting will be rigged Last month the Chadian head of state, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, announced the release of his autobiography. It was French publisher VA Editions’ second launch in recent months of a title by…
