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Sir Keir Starmer has been warned “people are going to die” because of his decision to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners. The Prime Minister was on Friday confronted in a segment on BBC Radio Lincolnshire as a clip played from a concerned listener who will be impacted by a withdrawal of the benefit. “Elderly people are literally going to die”, Lincolnshire local Maxine said, “How’s he going to live with that? Is he going to have the courage to back down from a terrible decision?” He was told Maxine, 63, was wearing extra layers and can’t...

Two men have pleaded guilty midway through their trial to people smuggling. Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 40, were convicted for their roles in an operation which ran through Europe labelled "Tripadvisor for people smugglers". They brought about 100 migrants illegally to Europe each week, over a period of two years. The pair - based in a car wash in the south Wales town of Caerphilly - offered the migrants bronze, silver, gold and platinum packages, depending on risk. A platinum package could get you a flight, whereas silver might land you a "comfortable ride" in the back of...

The boss of Jaguar has defended the carmaker’s controversial rebrand and said criticism of its marketing campaign had featured “vile hatred and intolerance”. Rawdon Glover, the managing director of Jaguar, said the campaign message had been lost in “a blaze of intolerance”, adding that the carmaker must move away from “traditional automotive stereotypes”.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis mom says a group of armed carjackers threatened to kill her 3-year-old daughter if she didn’t give up her Jaguar Friday night. Donnii’ Watkins said she had just pulled into a parking spot at her sister’s apartment complex off Knight Arnold in Hickory Hill when she was ambushed by several men in ski masks who began beating on her SUV with guns and told her to get out of the vehicle. “I wasn’t even in a parking spot for thirty seconds. My car wasn’t even in park yet,” said Watkins. “I was like, I’m not...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t hold back after watching Jaguar’s hallucinogenic relaunch commercial. The ad, meant to mark a new chapter for the iconic British automaker, had many viewers wondering if Jaguar was selling cars or auditioning for a spot in a high-fashion runway show. Musk’s dry humor shone through when he quipped on X (formerly Twitter), “Do you sell cars?”—a question that summed up the collective confusion. Jaguar isn’t just looking for a comeback; it’s aiming for a full-on reincarnation. Part of Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) ambitious Reimagine strategy, the plan includes ditching the old and embracing an entirely...

Automaker Jaguar has announced a comprehensive recall of all its I-Pace electric vehicles in the United States, citing a potential risk of battery fires. The company is also advising customers to park outside until repairs are made and charge their vehicles outdoors so they don’t burn their houses down. Electrek reports that Jaguar has announced a broad recall of all of its I-Pace electric vehicles in the United States due to a potential risk of battery fires. This action was taken in response to worries expressed regarding a potential battery problem resembling the one that forced a previous recall of...

Jaguar has issued an urgent warning to motorists of certain models to park away from structures over fears the cars could catch on fire. The British brand has issued a voluntary recall notice for certain 2019 Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in the United States, according to the documents from the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The famed British – though Indian-owned – luxury car company, Jaguar, recently caused a social media storm on X as it unveiled its latest ‘Copy nothing’ commercial. Many commentators, including billionaire Elon Musk, quickly mocked the firm over the ad’s strange and apparently disconnected nature. Musk, for example, simply asked if the company even sells cars in his comment.

A suspicious package was discovered outside the United States Embassy in London on Friday morning, police said. The London Metropolitan Police immediately closed Ponton Road outside of the embassy in “an abundance of caution,” according to their statement, before they destroyed it in a controlled explosion. The U.S. embassy in London moved to a brand-new purpose-built location in January 2018. The 12-story government office -- complete with a moat surrounding it -- cost approximately $1 billion to construct and was funded entirely from proceeds of sale from other U.S. government property in London, according to the U.S. government.

A counter-protestor carrying a banner condemning Hamas as a terror group was arrested after holding the sign aloft as pro-Palestine activists filed past him on Saturday. Niyak Ghorbani, who was holding a banner reading “Hamas is terrorist”, was pulled to the ground and handcuffed by officers after an incident took place close to the march through central London. As police held him down he shouted “Shame on you” before saying “I wrote down Hamas is a terrorist organisation . . but they arrested me”.

Benjamin Netanyahu could be detained if he visits Britain after Sir Keir Starmer backed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant. The Hague-based court, which Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month said the UK 'supports', today issued warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the leader of Hamas. Britain, along with 123 other members of the ICC, will now be obliged to detain Netanyahu 'on sight' under international law. A spokesperson for Downing Street said the Government respected the court and refused to rule out he would be arrested if he...

In 2012, the Tesla tycoon Elon Musk took a Boris bike on a tour around London, bathing in the Olympics love-in, declaring to his Twitter followers that “I really like Britain!” Musk had good reason to be pleased that year, having made his first appearance on the prestigious Forbes Billionaire List – with a modest £1.58 billion fortune. Twelve years later, Musk’s fortune is valued at $316.5 billion (£250 billion), thanks to Tesla becoming the world’s largest car company and SpaceX becoming the planet’s leading space launch provider. But, jarringly, his valuation of the UK appears to have gone into...

Keir Starmer today insisted Britain only supplies weapons to Ukraine for 'self-defence' after Storm Shadow missiles were fired on Russia for the first time. The PM accused Vladimir Putin of wanting 'destruction not peace' as he defied threats from the Kremlin. The statement in the Commons came as experts have cautioned that the UK should expect 'more sabotage and subversion' after the West scaled up support for Kyiv. Russia this morning apparently fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as part of reprisals against targets in Ukraine. It came the day after Kyiv's forces battered a Russian command headquarters in the Kursk...

LONDON — Britain's armed forces would be ready to fight their Russian counterparts "tonight" if Vladimir Putin invades another Eastern European nation, a top U.K. military chief said Thursday. "If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight," Rob Magowan, the deputy chief of the British defense staff, told the House of Commons defense committee. "I don't think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight." The striking comments came as MPs asked Magowan Thursday how many British brigades...

Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time, the BBC understands. The war-torn country was previously restricted to using the long-range missiles within its own borders

MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned. Senior executives from Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok are also expected to be called for questioning as part of a Commons science and technology select committee social media inquiry. The first hearings will take place in the new year, amid rising concern that UK online safety laws risk being outpaced by rapidly advancing technology and the politicisation of platforms such as X....

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has heaped praise on Keir Starmer’s economic policy, as the UK prime minister used their first meeting to raise concerns about sanctions on MPs and the treatment of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai. During their conversation at the G20 summit in Rio, the first meeting between the UK and China’s leaders in six years, Starmer said he would be keen to host a full bilateral meeting with Xi and the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, in Beijing or London as soon as possible, aimed at turning the page on frosty UK-China relations. In a marked change of...

British-made Storm Shadow missiles have been fired into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, a source has told Sky News. What are Storm Shadow missiles? The UK became the first country to publicly supply Kyiv with longer-range cruise missiles last summer. It allowed Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supply depots far behind the front lines before it launched what would become a limited counteroffensive last year. The decision prompted an angry Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to deem Britain "at the forefront" of allies "pumping weapons into Ukraine". The five-metre, air-to-air missiles were invented in the mid-1990s...

Ukraine has fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, just hours after Putin's nuclear war warning. Parts of a missile were found in the village of Marine, Kursk, on Wednesday

Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, Cassandra Wardle is one of the women launching a group action against the biggest seller of talcum powder, Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Cassandra, who stumbled on a Facebook article linking cancer and talc following her diagnosis, said it was used on her as a baby and she continued to use it "for 20 years or more". "You mimic your mum who used it," she said. "Baby powder was supposed...