Kim Jong-un gives Sergei Shoigu a tour of North Korea's arsenal

Kim Jong-un gives Sergei Shoigu a tour of North Korea’s arsenal of ICBMs as Russian defence chief looks for new weapons Images showed Kim walking Moscow’s Sergei Shoigu through a vast defence exhibition, featuring ICBMs and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) US angered Pyongyang this year accusing it of supplying Moscow with weapons  Kim Jong-un gave Russia’s defence […]

Malcolm X assassination witness says he was never interviewed by cops

Malcolm X assassination witness claims he was never interviewed by cops and heard police ask if gunman was ‘with us’ after they saw supporters beating him Mustafa Hassan, 84, on Tuesday told a press conference in Manhattan for the first time how he was present when Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 Hassan said he […]

Victoria still has a long way to go to clean up its act

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The murky picture IBAC’s Operation Sandon report paints of this state’s backroom, cash-for-access political culture highlights how far Victoria has to go to clean up its governance act, or Acts. The lessons learned are not just about dodgy […]

Soldiers in Niger say they have deposed the President

Coup in Niger: Soldiers take to TV in western African state and say they have deposed the President and are holding him at his palace  Benin President Patrice Talon is said to be heading to Niger in a mediation bid In a national televised address, a group of soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger President […]

ANDREW PIERCE: Sunak and Hunt's role in Dame Alison stepping down

How Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt led the pincer movement that drove NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose to step down after the Nigel Farage scandal: ANDREW PIERCE reveals how a ‘stunned’ Chancellor and ‘furious’ Prime Minister made the big bank think twice Jeremy Hunt was working in his office at 11 Downing Street shortly before […]

RUTH SUTHERLAND: Sir Howard Davies' career destined to end in ignominy

The career of NatWest’s arch-Remainer chairman Sir Howard Davies seems destined to end in ignominy – with his downfall coming at the hands of Brexiteer Nigel Farage in a delicious irony, writes RUTH SUNDERLAND It was not meant to end this way. For Sir Howard Davies, the chairmanship of NatWest was supposed to top off […]

Shoplifting gangs given 'freedom to loot' by lax police

Violent shoplifting gangs given the ‘freedom to loot’ by lax policing has left staff living under a reign of terror from armed thugs with almost 1,000 incidents a day, store bosses warn Shoplifting, violence and antisocial behaviour in Co-ops is up 35% in 6 months READ MORE: Shoplifting epidemic turning High Street stores into battlefields […]

ALEX BRUMMER: Banks must stop virtue signalling and help businesses

If banks don’t stop virtue signalling and get back to the job of helping businesses grow, then I fear a heavy reckoning At 6.45am yesterday, my phone gave a loud ‘ping’. It was a WhatsApp message from City minister Andrew Griffith. The grinding Government pressure on the NatWest board — and particularly on the bank’s […]