Original title: Watch: Trump addresses online health rumours in Oval Office US President Donald Trump has said he was ‘very active’ over the Labor Day holiday weekend and dismissed reports on social media about his health as “fake news”. The president was responding to a reporter’s question about online rumours that he had died, following several days since he had been seen in public. Trump also addressed the speculation about his health in a post on Truth Social on Sunday. “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE”, read the post. ...

Original title: Killer jailed for 45 years for prison officer ’execution’ over seized phone Killer gets 45 years for prison officer ’execution’ 6 hours ago Share Save Jonny Humphries BBC News, Preston Crown Court Share Save Lancashire Police Elias Morgan killed father-of-three Lenny Scott in an “act of retaliation” A gangland “executioner” who waited four years to take revenge on a prison officer for seizing a phone from his cell has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years for his murder. Armed robber Elias Morgan shot father-of-three Lenny Scott six times outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024. He planned the killing after investigators at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool discovered evidence Morgan was having a sexual relationship with a female officer called Sarah Williams after the phone was found in March 2020. Police said Mr Scott had been “assassinated” by Morgan, who was described as a “cold-blooded executioner who took a man’s life doing his job”. Det Ch Insp Lee Wilson said Mr Scott was a “man of huge integrity and bravery who did the right thing and w ...

Original title: UK borrowing costs hit 27-year high adding to pressure on Reeves UK borrowing costs hit 27-year high adding to pressure on Reeves 6 hours ago Share Save Tom Espiner & Nick Edser Business reporters, BBC News Share Save Reuters UK government long-term borrowing costs have reached their highest level since 1998, adding to the pressure on the chancellor ahead of the Budget. The interest rate on 30-year government bonds, known as the yield, jumped to 5.72%, making it more expensive for the government to borrow money. There are rising expectations that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will increase taxes in the Budget later this year in order to meet her borrowing and spending rules, as worries grow about the state of the government’s finances. On the currency markets, the pound also fell more than 1% against the dollar on Tuesday. Sterling fell against the dollar to $1.3388, which is the lowest level against the US currency since 7 August. The UK was not alone in seeing borrowing costs rise, with yields on 30-year German, French and Dutch bonds climbing to their ...

Original title: What do we know about Kim Jong Un’s daughter - and potential successor? What do we know about Kim Jong Un’s daughter - and potential successor? 5 hours ago Share Save Flora Drury BBC News Share Save Watch: Moment Kim Jong Un’s daughter arrives in Beijing Kim Jong Un’s arrival in China for his first ever multilateral meeting was always going to make headlines. But it was the smartly-dressed girl standing just behind him as he exited his armoured train which caught Korea watchers’ attention: Kim Ju Ae, the North Korean leader’s daughter. According to South Korea’s spy agency, Miss Kim is her father’s most likely successor. But details - including her exact age - are thin on the ground. So what exactly do we know? KCNA Kim Ju Ae (far right) is making her first foreign trip with her father Miss Kim has, for a number of years, been believed to be the second of Kim Jong Un’s and his wife, Ri Sol-Ju’s, three children. The exact number, and their order, is by no means certain, however Kim is very secretive about his family, only introducing his wife to the public ...

Original title: North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing with daughter to attend massive military parade North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing with daughter to attend massive military parade 5 hours ago Share Save Emily Atkinson BBC News Share Save Watch: Moment Kim Jong Un’s daughter arrives in Beijing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing along with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, to attend China’s largest-ever military parade. The “Victory Day” parade on Wednesday will see him rub shoulders with China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other world leaders. Photos showed Kim stepping off his armoured train at Beijing Railway Station accompanied by his daughter. South Korea’s spy agency has previously said she was Kim’s “most likely” successor. Xi is hosting the parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the formal surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War Two. Xinhua Kim crossed into China on Tuesday onboard his train, which is said to include a restaurant serving fine French wines and dishes like fresh lobster. He left Pyongyang on Monday, but th ...

Original title: Russian authorities detain suspect over St. Petersburg cafe blast A Ukrainian tank is seen near the frontline area amid the Russia-Ukraine war, in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 02. (Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) The Ukrainian military has reported little change to the front lines but heavy fire from Russian forces at various parts of the front line in the Donetsk region. The General Staff said that more than 45 enemy attacks had been repelled over the past day, with the focus on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mariinka. It said there were 17 air strikes and more than 20 strikes by multiple launch rocket systems. “In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is trying to take full control over the city of Bakhmut and continues to storm it,” the General Staff said. West of the city, Ukrainian defense forces repelled about 20 enemy attacks, according to the General Staff. Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukrainian Land Forces, posted on Telegram that in Bakhmut he had met with “soldiers and commanders who destroyed the myth of invincibility of the ...

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Original title: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts News outlets will not be allowed to broadcast former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on Tuesday in a New York state court, a judge said Monday night, but he will allow some photographers to take pictures in the courtroom before the proceedings formally begin. Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan rejected the request by several media organizations, including CNN, for permission to broadcast the historic proceedings. Trump’s arraignment — like most arraignments in the Manhattan courthouse — is a public proceeding, but news cameras are not usually allowed to broadcast from inside the courtroom. However, the judge is allowing five pool photographers to take still photos at the beginning of the proceedings “until such time as they are directed to vacate the jury box by court personnel.” Earlier on Monday, Trump’s lawyers urged the judge to reject the media’s request for live cameras in the courtroom. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office told the judge they didn’t have a ...

Original title: Robin Wright Reflects on Leaving the U.S. to Live in the U.K.: “America Is a Sh**show” Robin Wright is getting candid about her life living in the U.K. In a Saturday profile with The Times U.K., The Girlfriend star reflected on the contrasts between America and England, as she’s been working and living in the latter country for the past few years. Wright considered the lifestyle differences between the two, noting that “a freedom of self here” in England as opposed to the United States, where “everything’s rush, competition and speed.” “America is a shitshow. … I love being in this country. There’s a freedom of self here. People are so kind,” she said. “They’re living. They’re not in the car in traffic, panicked on a phone call, eating a sandwich. That’s most of America. Everything’s rush, competition and speed.” Of what she’s noticed during her time living in the U.K., the Forrest Gump actress admitted she’s still learning to grapple with England’s “obsession with class,” as The Times put it. “It’s very evident when you’re in a room and you feel the judgment or the prai ...