Tag: blames
Trump’s Energy Secretary Baselessly Blames Spain’s Power Outage on Renewables
U.S. Energy Secretary Tries to Blame Renewables for Spain’s Power Outage In response to a power outage in Spain and Portugal, the U.S. Department of Energy’s secretary Chris Wright tried to blame the use of solar and wind energy, though the cause of the blackout is not yet clear By Benjamin Storrow & E&E News…
Reversing U.S. policy, Trump attacks Zelenskyy, blames Ukraine for war with Russia
By Greg Myre , Joanna Kakissis WASHINGTON and KYIV — For the past three years, the U.S. has been Ukraine’s leading supporter in its war with Russia. Yet with a series of blunt comments, President Trump is now sounding more aligned with Russia than Ukraine. Trump, writing on social media, used his strongest language to…
Hamas blames Israel as it postpones hostage release
A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas says the group is postponing the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages, blaming what he says are Israeli violations of the ceasefire deal. Three hostages held in Gaza are due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Israel’s Defence Minister…
Next blames clothes price rises on wage increases set out in Budget
Next has announced that it will raise prices on some clothing to offset “an usually high” £73m increase in staff wages and taxes. The High Street retailer said that costs will grow due to measures announced in the autumn Budget, including higher National Insurance payments by employers as well as an increase in the National…
Azerbaijan president blames Russia for shooting down plane on Christmas Day
President Aliyev says Moscow must ‘admit its guilt’ after downing plane, albeit unintentionally, with loss of 38 lives Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev said the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticised Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. “We can say with complete clarity…
More than 150,000 people arrived in UK in small boats in last seven years
Labour blames ‘appalling legacy’ left by Tories after milestone for number of arrivals was reached on Boxing Day Labour has blamed the Tories for leaving an “appalling legacy of border security” after figures showed more than 150,000 people have arrived in the UK in small boats since 2018. The milestone was reached after Home Office…