NHS intensive care units are almost 70 per cent busier than they have been at any time over the past five years, shocking data revealed today. Official figures showed 5,176 critical care beds were occupied on January 17, the most recent day statistics are available for. For comparison, there were 3,066 critically-ill patients at the … Read more
President Donald Trump has said that his administration is ‘not going to let Seattle be occupied by anarchists’ after demonstrators took over a six-block section of the city, including a police precinct. ‘If there were more toughness, you wouldn’t have the kind of devastation that you had in Minneapolis and in Seattle. I mean, let’s … Read more
Incredible colourised pictures showing the D-Day landings in Normandy have been released on the anniversary of the heavily secretive operation that became the turning point of the Second World war. The series of photos show British and US troops storming the beaches of northern France and later talking to members of the French Resistance after … Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former rival Benny Gantz were today sworn in for Israel’s new unity government, ending the longest political crisis in the nation’s history. Lawmakers in the 120-person parliament, the Knesset, formally approved the three-year coalition government with 73 voting for and 49 against. One member was absent for the vote. Today’s swearing … Read more