Day 86: Trump meets ‘the world’s coolest dictator’

Day 86: Trump meets ‘the world’s coolest dictator’

Day 86: Trump meets ‘the worlds coolest dictator’ | Trump News | Sky News PodcastPodcastTuesday 15 April 2025 06:21, UKSpreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via thePrivacy Options. Unfortunately we […]

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Military clerk faces jail after nearly £1m Ministry of Defence fraud

A military clerk who stole nearly £1m from the Ministry of Defence by making false expense claims faces prison for fraud and money laundering. Former corporal Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, 34, defrauded the government out of £911,677 - £557,093 of which he kept for himself - by manipulating the MoD's online platform for the management of staff expense and allowance claims.The scam took place from November 2014 to January 2016 and saw Stelmach-Purdie involved in 161 fraudulent claims, a judge sitting at Southwark […]

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Trump threatens Harvard with possibility of losing tax exempt status amid row with university

Donald Trump has threatened Harvard with the possibility of it losing its tax exempt status amid a row with the university.It comes after the US government froze more than $2.2bn (£1.67bn) in funding for the university after it defied demands made by the Trump administration to curb protests on campus.The Ivy League university, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,has accused the federal government of trying "to control the Harvard community", including calling on the student body, academics and staff to be "audited" on […]

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Entertainment

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to new criminal charges

Sean "Diddy" Combs has pleaded not guilty to additional charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, which were added to the indictment against him earlier in April.The new allegations take the total number of criminal charges against the rap mogul to five - following the three original counts, which also included racketeering conspiracy, filed in September.Combs, 55, has already pleaded not guilty to the original charges and strenuously denied all allegations against him.He appeared in court on […]

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Space missions don’t get any weirder than this

Blue Origin launch: Space missions don't get any weirder than this | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News AnalysisAnalysisJeff Bezos's Blue Origin brought together six women - all at the top of their game - and dressed them in designer flight suits. One of them, singer Katy Perry, said they "put the ass into astronauts".Thomas Moore Science correspondent @SkyNewsThomas Monday 14 April 2025 21:39, UKPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player0:27 Inside the Blue Origin […]

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Race against time to keep Scunthorpe steel furnaces alive as raw materials to be delivered today

The raw materials needed to keep the blast furnaces running at British Steel's Scunthorpe plant will be delivered to the site today, the government has confirmed.Ministers have been racing against time to secure the coking coal and iron ore needed to keep the furnaces at the UK's last virgin steel-producing plant operating.If they cool down too much, the molten iron solidifies and blocks the furnaces, making it extremely difficult and expensive to restart them.Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, will visit […]

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UK

Star friend of Rory McIlroy reacts to his historic Masters victory

Friends and colleagues of Rory McIlroy have hailed his career Grand Slam as "one of the greatest days in sport" - as the golfer's psychologist revealed how he overcame an 11-year wait for another major.The Northern Irishman, 35, secured victory at the Masters to become only the sixth man to have won all four of golf's major championships.McIlroy had not won a major since the 2014 US PGA Championship - and his victory at Augusta sparked emotional and jubilant scenes. […]

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Trump blames Zelenskyy for starting Ukraine war – a day after dozens killed in Russian missile strikes

Donald Trump has questioned Volodymyr Zelenskyy's competence and suggested Ukraine started the war against Russia which is "20 times" its size.The US president also said "millions of people are dead because of three people" - blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin, his White House predecessor Joe Biden, and Mr Zelenskyy, in that order.It comes a day after 35 people, including two children, were killed by two Russian missiles that struck the northern city of Sumy as Ukrainians gathered to celebrate Palm […]

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Bank of England currency printer De La Rue maps sale to buyout firm Atlas

The company which prints banknotes for the Bank of England is on the brink of an historic takeover that would see it owned by private equity investors for the first time since it was founded 212 years ago.Sky News has learnt that Atlas Holdings, a US-based buyout firm, is in advanced talks about a 130p-a-share offer for De La Rue.The London-listed company's leading investors are understood to have been asked to provide irrevocable undertakings to accept the offer, with one […]

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