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August 16, 2022

Flood warning as heatwave gives way to thunderstorms

Britain is on high alert for flash flooding as the heatwave gives way to heavy thunderstorms and torrential rain on parched ground.

2 mins

Does the cap fit? Analysing Labour's £29bn bills plan

Sir Keir Starmer has proposed a massive £29bn package to cap energy bills at current levels, which he says will help tackle Britain's worsening cost of living crisis and bring down inflation.

4 mins

London university and business school paid £15m via Kremlin-controlled bank

One of the country's leading universities and a top business school have been paid nearly £15m via a Kremlin-controlled bank in less than a decade - including more than £700,000 in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

6 mins

Strike by barristers disrupts thousands of court hearings

More than 6,000 court hearings were disrupted in the first 19 days of a strike by criminal barristers, data shows, as they walk out for another week.

4 mins

Binge-eating in lockdown blamed for spike in gout

Gout has surged in England, with unhealthy lifestyles during lockdown blamed for the rise.

1 min

City star Mendy a 'predator' who isolated women at his mansion, claim prosecution

Premier League footballer Benjamin Mendy is a "predator" who raped women in his "isolated" Cheshire mansion and thought they were "things to be used for sex and thrown to one side", a court heard.

3 mins

Anti-FBI threats on the rise as Trump warns of danger

Donald Trump has warned that "terrible things are going to happen" as he faces the blame for violence and threats directed at FBI agents.

5 mins

Modi pledges to make India a developed nation by 2050

India will aim to become a developed nation in the next 25 years, prime minister Narendra Modi said in his address to the nation on the country's 75th anniversary of independence from British rule.

3 mins

Resistance in Taiwan will be 'crushed', threatens China

Warning comes after more US politicans visit island nation

2 mins

NUCLEAR OPTION

Atomic warfare is no longer just a cautionary Cold War tale, now that Russia's military intervention in Ukraine has sharpened minds. But should the bombs start dropping, would Britain survive such an attack? Tom Ough finds out

6 mins

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