Tag: blast
Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast
Good morning. British winters have grown markedly milder over the past century: analysis has shown that the average UK winter has gotten 1C warmer and 15% wetter in the last century. Last February was the warmest in recorded history. There have been fewer and fewer snow days and the Met Office found that ground frost…
Driver in Las Vegas Cybertruck blast was decorated US army soldier, officials say
Suspect, 37, who authorities believe shot and killed himself before Tesla vehicle detonated, served as Green Beret The person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside the hotel in Las Vegas part-owned by Donald Trump was a highly decorated US army Green Beret who was deployed twice to Afghanistan,…
Russia may be responsible for downed Azerbaijani plane, says US
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby has said that the US has seen “early indications” that Russia was responsible for the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on 25 December. Mr Kirby did not elaborate further, but said the US had offered assistance to the investigation into the crash. The plane is…