MOTORISTS across the UK are facing unexpected temporary blocks on their bank accounts when filling up at selected Asda petrol stations. As of now, a total of 82 Asda petrol stations have switched to card-only payments. Sign up for The Irish Sun newsletter Thank you! This new change has come as a shock to some…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) announced plans to award 1.45 million service members of the US military $1,776 payments, to be known as “Warrior Dividend”. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Wednesday.(via REUTERS) The figure of…
Rafah was once the third-largest city in the Gaza Strip. It was home to around 200,000 people. Today it is a desolate moonscape of rubble and twisted iron. The city and its suburbs were systematically destroyed by the Israel Defence Forces (idf) during the two-year war against Hamas. Rafah’s population was forced to move to…
Tiffanie Turnbulland Katy Watson,Sydney Ten-year-old Bondi victim’s aunt urges community to turn anger into happiness The family of the Bondi shooting’s youngest victim, Matilda, urged the community not to let her death fuel anger, as they said a final goodbye to the 10-year-old on Thursday. Matilda was among 15 people who were shot dead when…
Helen Livingstoneand Katy Watson,Bondi Beach Thousands of mourners gather for Rabbi Schlanger’s funeral, Katy Watson reports The first of the funerals for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting has taken place in Sydney, with thousands gathering to mourn Rabbi Eli Schlanger. He was among 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a festival…
Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, the New South Wales police say. Akram, 24, was critically injured during the incident. His father…
Ángel BermúdezBBC News Mundo Reuters The US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on 10 December In a further escalation of tension between the United States and Venezuela, President Donald Trump has ordered a naval blockade to stop sanctioned oil tankers from entering and leaving the South American country. Venezuela – which…
Tom Richardsonand Peter Gillibrand,BBC Newsbeat Prime Video Ella Purnell returns as Lucy in season two of Fallout The second season of Fallout – Prime Video’s mega-hit based on the popular video game series – has landed. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where Earth has been ravaged by nuclear war, the first series was a commercial…
EPA Nato countries’ pledge to spend 5% of their economic output on defence is Donald Trump’s “biggest foreign policy success,” the alliance’s chief has said. In an interview with the BBC, Mark Rutte said it was thanks to Donald Trump that Nato was “stronger than it ever was”, adding that Trump “is good news for…
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Tribune News Service via Getty Images More than two million turkeys have been culled in the US since late August due to avian flu For years, scientists have warned that bird flu – better known as H5N1 – could one day make the dangerous leap from birds to humans and trigger a…