Terrifying moment Russian cargo plane’s engine explodes shortly after take-off, leaving trail of fire as it dumps fuel

Terrifying moment Russian cargo plane’s engine explodes shortly after take-off, leaving trail of fire as it dumps fuel

Dramatic video shows the moment a stricken Russian cargo plane’s exploded shortly after take-off, leaving a trail of fire as the plane desperately dumped fuel. The Tu-204 was shown mid-air this morning, followed by a long streak of vibrant orange as it jettisoned fuel before making an emergency landing at the airport it had left … Read more

LUCY FRAZER: Why I’ve capped the TV licence fee rise… There is no legitimate case for increasing it in the current climate

LUCY FRAZER: Why I’ve capped the TV licence fee rise… There is no legitimate case for increasing it in the current climate

By Lucy Frazer Culture Secretary Published: 22:39 GMT, 7 December 2023 | Updated: 23:11 GMT, 7 December 2023 The past few years have been tough. The unprecedented horror and disruption of the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have meant households have been buffeted by harsh economic headwinds caused by steep inflation and global … Read more

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Robert Jenrick once encouraged hundreds of foreign artists, dancers and writers to come to Britain… But now clarions his passion for immigration curbs

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Robert Jenrick once encouraged hundreds of foreign artists, dancers and writers to come to Britain… But now clarions his passion for immigration curbs

By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 23:19 GMT, 7 December 2023 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 7 December 2023 Now-you-see-him-now-you-don’t immigration minister Robert Jenrick clarions his passion for immigration curbs.  Could this be the same Tory politician who wrote in The Art Newspaper encouraging hundreds of foreign artists, dancers and writers to come to … Read more

Russian despot Vladimir Putin says his country’s alliance with Iran has helped gain ‘good momentum’ in the Ukraine war as he meets with Raisi in Tehran

Russian despot Vladimir Putin says his country’s alliance with Iran has helped gain ‘good momentum’ in the Ukraine war as he meets with Raisi in Tehran

Vladimir Putin has boasted that his country’s alliance with Iran has turned the tide of the war in Ukraine as he warmly welcomed Iran’s president to the Kremlin, where the pair also discussed the Israel-Hamas war. The despot conveyed his thanks Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for catalysing ‘good momentum’ in the assault on … Read more

Moment mother comes face to face with lifelike statue of her hero son who declared ‘glory to Ukraine’ as he was executed by Russian captors

Moment mother comes face to face with lifelike statue of her hero son who declared ‘glory to Ukraine’ as he was executed by Russian captors

Realistic statue of Ukrainian hero Oleksandr Matsievskiy has gone on display He was murdered by Russian captors in March and given posthumous medal By Oliver Price Published: 00:27 GMT, 8 December 2023 | Updated: 00:29 GMT, 8 December 2023 A photograph has captured the moment a grieving mother came face to face with a lifelike statue … Read more

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron tells Antony Blinken $300 billion in frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild Ukraine and as a ‘down payment’ on Kremlin reparations

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron tells Antony Blinken $300 billion in frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild Ukraine and as a ‘down payment’ on Kremlin reparations

David Cameron is to tell Antony Blinken on Thursday the U.K. believes there is a ‘strong argument’ for seizing frozen Russian assets and spending them on rebuilding Ukraine. The British Foreign Secretary will tell his U.S, counterpart the money could also be used as a ‘down payment’ on reparations that Vladimir Putin should later be made to … Read more

Military helicopter carrying five senior Guyana military officials is MISSING in region disputed with Venezuela – as president of former British colony appeals to America for help to repel invasion and Brazil sends troops to border

Military helicopter carrying five senior Guyana military officials is MISSING in region disputed with Venezuela – as president of former British colony appeals to America for help to repel invasion and Brazil sends troops to border

A military helicopter carrying five senior Guyanese officials plus two crew members vanished in stormy weather on Wednesday near Guyana’s contested border with Venezuela, as the president of the former British colony said he had enlisted the United States, UK and UN to guarantee their safety against the ‘outlaw nation’. Venezuela on Sunday held a … Read more

Megyn Kelly reveals what Chris Christie REALLY told her during their heated off-air debate confrontation – and why it took 17 minutes to get to candidate that is ‘polling at 2%’

Megyn Kelly reveals what Chris Christie REALLY told her during their heated off-air debate confrontation – and why it took 17 minutes to get to candidate that is ‘polling at 2%’

Debate moderator Megyn Kelly revealed what former New Jersey Chris Christie said to her when he approached her angrily during a commercial break  Kelly said Thursday that Christie was ‘p***ed’ he wasn’t getting enough questions, though also pointed out he was ‘polling at 2 percent’  During their back-and-forth, Kelly assured the former New Jersey governor … Read more

No ‘sanitary’ concerns here! Putin warmly shakes officials’ hands as he arrives in UAE after bizarrely refusing to step within 70ft of British ambassador at Kremlin event for ‘health reasons’

No ‘sanitary’ concerns here! Putin warmly shakes officials’ hands as he arrives in UAE after bizarrely refusing to step within 70ft of British ambassador at Kremlin event for ‘health reasons’

Vladimir Putin flew into the Middle East to greet UAE officials today, after he bizarrely snubbed several top diplomats from Europe, including Britain’s ambassador to Russia, just yesterday.  The despot said he could not greet Nigel Casey, the UK’s top representative in Russia, and other top foreign diplomats in Moscow when he formally accepted their credentials on arrival … Read more

Unmasked: Iranian Islamist who carried out Paris knife rampage – as German tourist he knifed to death before stabbing a Brit while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ is also pictured for the first time

Unmasked: Iranian Islamist who carried out Paris knife rampage – as German tourist he knifed to death before stabbing a Brit while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ is also pictured for the first time

The Iranian Islamist who killed a German-Filipino tourist and attacked two others, including a British father, near the Eiffel Tower has been unmasked.  Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, 26, is a convicted terrorist who has been arrested for allegedly starting a bloody rampage in Paris on Saturday night, using a kitchen knife and a hammer.   He kept screaming … Read more