Naga Munchetty blasted for 'rude' comments to Carol Kirkwood on BBC Breakfast star's last day
Viewers wondered if Munchetty and Kirkwood secretly ‘don’t get on’ after watching their seemingly strained interactions on air Source link
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Ed Miliband blasted for ‘stupid’ and ‘completely crazy’ wartime policy | Politics | News
Kemi Badenoch will visit an oil rig on Monday as she launches a campaign to “get Britain drilling”. The Tory leader has branded Labour’s refusal to grant new oil and gas drilling licences as “stupid” and “completely crazy” as global markets are rocked by the conflict in Iran. The future of Britain’s remaining oil and gas reserves in the North Sea is now one of the key dividing lines in UK politics, and the Conservative leader is adamant the country should “maximise” domestic production. Mrs Badenoch said the “real reason Labour are refusing new licences is that [Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary] Ed Miliband is now running the government”. In a new advertising campaign, the Tories will claim Labour’s “ban on new oil and gas licences” has “left 2.9billion barrels in the ground and risks 200,000 jobs”. The party is also demanding an end to the energy profits levy – the so-called windfall tax – which it blames for stopping investment. Under its plans a new North Sea Authority would have a “single focus …
Starmer blasted again by Trump in huge dig as Iran war tensions erupt | Politics | News
Donald Trump has seemingly taken another brutal dig at Sir Keir Starmer as tensions over persistent US strikes on Iran threaten to boil over. The UK Prime Minister revealed on Sunday that the US would be allowed to use British bases for “limited” and “defensive” operations. But Mr Trump quickly hit back, claiming Sir Keir’s decision had taken “far too long”. The White House has now made clear the US expects full backing from its European allies as the conflict intensifies. On Wednesday, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said: “I think [Spain] heard the president’s message yesterday, loud and clear, and it’s my understanding, over the past several hours, they’ve agreed to co-operate with the US military.” She added to reporters: “The US military is co-ordinating with their counterparts in Spain. But the president expects all Europe, all of our European allies, of course, to co-operate in this long sought-after mission … to crush the rogue Iranian regime.” The US had wanted to use the base at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands, …
Martian microbes can survive being blasted into space by a large asteroid strike
Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus radiodurans, survived brief pressure spikes that could occur when rock gets blasted off Mars by a large asteroid strike. The work, published today in PNAS Nexus, adds experimental weight to a long-running idea in astrobiology: that life might sometimes hitch a ride between planets on chunks of ejecta. The pressures involved are hard to picture. The team pushed the bacteria to as much as 3 gigapascals, which they describe as about 30,000 times atmospheric pressure. In their setup, the cells sat in a thin, moist layer between steel plates, then took a hit from a third plate fired from a gas gun. At 1.4 GPa, survival stayed around 95% across three tests. By 2.4 GPa, survival dropped but was still about 60%. At 2.9 GPa, the group could not pin down a precise number, but survival was under 10%. Those figures sit far above what many earlier impact experiments have reported for other …
Blasted out at 20 times the force of gravity: what ejection from a fighter jet does to the body
Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Three US F-15E fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in the early hours of Monday in an apparent friendly fire incident during Operation Epic Fury, the joint US-Israel campaign against Iran. All six crew members ejected safely and are in a stable condition – but “safely” is a relative term when you’re being blasted out of a stricken aircraft travelling at combat speed. Decisions to eject are not taken lightly, but often only a few seconds are available to make that call – one that sets off a chain of events subjecting the body to some of the highest G-forces (the effect of acceleration on the body) a human can withstand. Waiting too long can be deadly. Some studies suggest delays are linked to death rates of up to 23%. Fighter pilots can withstand up to 9G with the help …
Meghan Markle blasted for flaunting her ‘bare toes’ during visit | Royal | News
Meghan Markle was criticised by fans for exposing her toes during a hospital visit in Jordan. The Duchess of Sussex stayed for two days in the Middle Eastern country, carrying out engagements to highlight the humanitarian efforts by the Jordanian authorities and a range of agencies supporting the health and wellbeing of Syrians and Palestinians who have sought sanctuary in Jordan over the decades. One of the engagements on Wednesday, February 25, included a visit to the Specialty Hospital in Amman. Meghan was dressed casually, in beige trousers and a black top and appeared to wear open-toed heeled sandals. Royal fans were not impressed with the look and took to social media to express their views. One user said on Instagram: “The bare toes in a hospital setting strike me as a bit of an odd choice. I wonder why she didn’t just wear the moccasins to this engagement as well since they are close-toed.” Another one agreed: “I question this too. The outfit is fine in my opinion. It’s not a fashion statement moment. …
Labour blasted as ‘simpler’ train tickets push fares up | Politics | News
Train passengers are being landed with higher fares despite Labour pledges to keep travel costs down. Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is under fire for so-called ticket “simplification” pushing up prices. Government-owned operator LNER admits people will “sometimes” pay more under its “simpler fares” structure when “customer driven demand pushes prices”. The Conservatives said the prospect of higher prices at times when more people want to travel has “blown apart” promises to make train travel cheaper. They claim “some passengers are now paying more than 40% more for comparable journeys than they did just 18 months ago”. The Tories accuse ministers of failing to “assess whether stripping away cheaper fare options could make fare evasion worse”. Last month the Government admitted the “Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has estimated annual revenue lost to fraud and ticketless travel is at least £350-£400million.” The Conservatives warn Labour is “redesigning the fare system blind, without testing whether squeezing out cheaper tickets risks pushing more passengers towards non-payment”. Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden said: “Labour promised to freeze rail fares, yet …