Fox News Media and controversial host Tucker Carlson have "agreed to part ways", the media company has said. The announcement comes less than a week after parent company Fox Corp agreed to pay $787.5m (£632m) to Dominion Voting Systems to avert a defamation trial. Read more: … [Read more...]
Jack Teixeira: US intelligence leaks suspect ‘had more online friends than real friends’
Jack Teixeira is suspected of leaking top-secret military documents via the Discord chat platform, frequently used by people who play online games. Ben, 18, who attended the same high school as Teixeira but didn't know him well said: "He was a quiet kid. He had more online friends than real friends." Read more: … [Read more...]
TikTok CEO: ‘We are not owned by the Chinese government’
Mr. Shou Zi Chew, CEO of the social media app TikTok, has testified before US Congress amid growing security concerns around user data. Mr Chew said “let me state this unequivocally, ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country” before mentioning Project Texas, a proposal that would move all US data to domestic servers. Read more: … [Read more...]
Chinese spy balloon flying over US airspace, says Pentagon
The US military is tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over northwestern America in recent days. A senior defence official said the US has "very high confidence" it is a Chinese high-altitude balloon and was flying over sensitive sites to collect information. Beijing did not immediately deny it belonged to them. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson … [Read more...]
Liz Truss fights to save premiership after tax U-turn and Chancellor sacking
The Prime Minister faces what could be an uphill task to persuade financial markets, Tory MPs and voters that she has what it takes to succeed, just 38 days since she entered Downing Street. Liz Truss has insisted she will stay on as PM to see through her "mission" to get the economy growing. Keep up with all the latest reaction and analysis in the Sky News Politics Hub: … [Read more...]
Three Tory MPs call on Liz Truss to quit
Former minister Crispin Blunt MP told Sky News it was “blindingly obvious” Prime Minister Liz Truss had to stand down following the disastrous mini-budget He said many of his colleagues felt the same but were not willing to go public yet. Mr Blunt said the public looked at Ms Truss with “a mixture of pity and contempt”. Rishi Sunak was on obvious replacement, he … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Tory Party members want Truss out – and Boris in
A poll of Conservative party members shows 55% want Liz Truss to quit now - and Boris Johnson to replace her. Read the latest from the Sky News politics Hub: https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-live-updates-jeremy-hunt-rishi-sunak-politics-12593360 #JeremyHunt #UKpolitics #SkyNews #liztruss #china SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: … [Read more...]