10 Feb 2022
<p>Russia and Belarus are conducting 10 days of war games following fears they will invade Ukraine. Russian and Belarusian troops have begun 10 days of joint military drills amid tensions over a possible invasion of Ukraine, the BBC reports. Some 30,000 Russian troops are set to participate in the military drills with Belarusian soldiers, which <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/russia-begins-10-day-war-games-in-belarus-amid-ukraine-tensions/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
03 Feb 2022
<p>The leader of IS has been killed during a raid by US Special Forces in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was confirmed as one of 13 killed during a two-hour gun battle in the Syrian region of Idlib. During a press conference this afternoon, February 3, President Joe Biden confirmed that al-Qurayshi died after he <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/us-special-forces-kill-is-leader-in-syria-raid/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
02 Feb 2022
<p>The RAF has confirmed that two fighter jets were scrambled earlier today to divert Russian Bear bombers away from UK airspace. The Typhoon fighters were launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland alongside a Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, against ‘unidentified aircraft’ approaching the UK area of interest, the RAF <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/raf-confirms-scrambled-fighter-jets-were-to-intercept-russian-bear-bombers/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
24 Jan 2022
<p>Julian Assange has been given permission to appeal his extradition to the United States to the UK Supreme Court. The British High Court of Justice said Assange, 50, had the right to appeal his extradition to face espionage charges, however it denied him a direct appeal, meaning the decision will remain up to the Supreme <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/julian-assange-wins-first-stage-of-legal-battle-to-avoid-extradition-to-us/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An investigation has been launched after a Conservative MP claimed she was told she had been sacked because of her ‘Muslimness’. Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, said she was told by a party whip that her faith had been ‘raised as an issue’ at a meeting in Downing Street after she was sacked as transport <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/investigation-launched-into-claims-conservative-mp-was-sacked-over-muslim-faith/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
20 Jan 2022
<p>The Doomsday Clock, which indicates how far humanity is from catastrophe, has revealed its time for 2022. Established in 1947, the aptly-named clock was created by some of the world’s leading scientists as they looked for a way to indicate how much danger humanity is in. While midnight in the real world marks the start <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/doomsday-clock-strikes-100-seconds-to-midnight-again/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Former pope Benedict XVI has been accused of misconduct in multiple child abuse cases. The accusations come from law firm Spilker Westphal Wastl following an investigation in Germany that sought to analyse how abuse cases were dealt with in the archdiocese of Munich and Freising between the years of 1945 and 2019. The report was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/former-pope-accused-of-misconduct-in-multiple-child-abuse-cases/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
19 Jan 2022
<p>The Madeleine McCann case appears to be moving forward once again after a German TV channel claimed that it had discovered ‘shocking’ new evidence against a suspect related to the alleged kidnapping. Two years ago, German authorities announced that Christian B – whose full name cannot be revealed under German privacy law – was being <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccann-investigators-discover-shocking-new-evidence-about-suspect/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prince Andrew appears to have left social media, with users across various platforms discovering that his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts are no longer available. In a move that comes less than a week after the Duke of York was stripped of his military titles and Royal patronages, social media users discovered that when trying <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-deletes-all-social-media-accounts-amid-sex-abuse-scandal/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson has announced a return to the ‘Plan A’ coronavirus measures after ‘Plan B’ was implemented in December. The news comes after a cabinet review of the latest coronavirus data, with a government spokesperson explaining decisions about changes to restrictions were ‘finely balanced’. Current rules under Plan B include compulsory face coverings for most <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-announces-return-to-plan-a-coronavirus-measures/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed a list of the UK’s 12 most-wanted criminals in an attempt to bring them to justice. With a grisly list of crimes including murder, gun-running, violent assaults, and managing huge drugs supply lines, the 12 are currently believed to be hiding out in Spain. But just who are <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/uks-most-wanted-criminals-list-revealed-by-national-crime-agency/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Conservative MP Christian Wakeford has announced that he is defecting to the Labour party. Wakeford, who represents Bury South, confirmed shortly before Prime Minister’s Questions that he was joining the opposition, telling Boris Johnson in a letter that the Conservative party was ‘doing nothing to help the people of my constituency and indeed are only <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/conservative-mp-defects-to-labour-party-over-incapable-leadership/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A second man has been arrested amid an investigation into the murder of Ashling Murphy. Murphy, a 23-year-old schoolteacher, was found dead last Wednesday in County Offaly, Ireland. As her funeral was taking place yesterday, January 18, police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of murder and began examining two cars in connection to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ashling-murphy-second-man-arrested-in-murder-investigation/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A 56-year-old man has pleaded guilty to modern slavery after investigators found a man who had been living in a shed for 40 years. Specialist officers discovered the 58-year-old man during a raid of a residential site north of Carlisle in October 2018, which was conducted following a call to a confidential helpline. Officers then <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-kept-in-6ft-shed-as-slave-for-40-years-without-heating-or-lights/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder after a body police believe to belong to a nine-year-old girl was found in a barrel. The man was arrested in Surry Hills, New South Wales on Tuesday, January 18 after the young girl was reported missing on Friday. The nine-year-old had been on holiday with her <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-charged-with-murder-after-body-of-9-year-old-girl-found-in-barrel/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
18 Jan 2022
<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed ‘nobody told him’ the Downing Street garden party broke any Covid-19 rules – but a past tweet might suggest otherwise. The government is currently gripped by ‘Partygate’, with the Conservatives accused of flouting lockdown restrictions and hosting several parties, including a ‘business meeting with cheese and wine’, a Christmas quiz <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/old-boris-johnson-tweet-sheds-doubt-that-he-was-not-aware-of-covid-rules-like-he-claimed/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23-year-old Ashling Murphy. Murphy was found dead in Ireland last week after she was attacked while on a run along the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, County Offaly, at around 4.00pm on Wednesday, January 12. The funeral for the schoolteacher took <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ashling-murphy-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Microsoft is on the brink of buying games developer Activision Blizzard in a deal valued at $68.7 billion. In what would be Microsoft’s largest-ever purchase, the company is set to pay $95 per share. Activision Blizzard, one of the gaming industry’s best-known companies, is the developer behind titles including Call of Duty and World of <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-for-70-billion-in-biggest-gaming-deal-ever/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign, but only if he ‘knowingly’ misled the UK parliament. Johnson has been embroiled in the Downing Street ‘Partygate’ scandal, dating back to the first emergence of clips discussing parties with ‘cheese and wine’ which wouldn’t be investigated, before an image of the PM appearing to host a Christmas quiz <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-will-resign-if-he-knowingly-misled-parliament/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Boris Johnson has doubled down on his claim that he didn’t know he was breaking coronavirus rules by attending a gathering at Downing Street during lockdown. The PM has faced calls for resignation after admitting to taking part in the ‘bring your own booze’ party during the height of lockdown in 2020, but he continues <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-doubles-down-on-claim-that-he-didnt-know-he-was-breaking-covid-rules/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prince Andrew and Prince Harry will reportedly not be receiving the Platinum Jubilee Medal next month, The Telegraph has claimed. The medal – given to serving members of the Armed Forces, police, fire, emergency, prison services and those who hold honorary military titles – marks the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. The news comes <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-and-prince-harry-not-eligible-for-platinum-jubilee-medal/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Volcanic ash which has settled on an airport runway in Tonga is preventing New Zealand’s relief planes from landing. The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga on Saturday, January 15, sending a plume of smoke and ash into the air and reportedly causing ‘significant infrastructural damage’ on Tonga’s main island Tongatapu. Just over 104,000 people live <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/tonga-volcano-runway-ash-is-blocking-new-zealand-relief-efforts/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
17 Jan 2022
<p>The Taliban has announced a new national battalion of suicide bombers. In the immediate fallout of the militant group’s takeover of Afghanistan, reports emerged of some fighters fearing they’d ‘missed their chance at martyrdom’ in a regime based on maintaining power, rather than fighting against the US, UK and other forces. Now, the Taliban has <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/taliban-announces-a-national-suicide-bomber-brigade/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>