Bridge of Spies, Carol and The Good Dinosaur: This weekend’s new film releases reviewed November 27, 2015 Bridge of Spies (12A): Dir: Steven Spielberg ★★★★☆ Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks for the fourth time, in the true(ish) story of an insurance lawyer (Hanks) forced to defend a Russian spy (Mark Rylance) caught in New York at the height of the Cold War. His belief that every man deserves a fair trial makes [...]
What got us talking this week – including the Autumn Statement, Syria, Black Friday and Arsenal’s injury crisis November 27, 2015 This week, we discovered we are all late-night, smartphone-using shopping addicts, as these three charts show. So sit back and relax, while we take you through what got us talking this week. George's marvellous medicine All eyes were on Westminster this Wednesday, as George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement and Comprehensive Spending Review. In case you [...]
IAAF president Lord Coe leaves role with US sportswear giant Nike amid conflict of interest claims November 26, 2015 Athletics chief Lord Coe admitted that his controversial association with Nike was impinging on his ability to clean up the scandal-hit sport after quitting his role with the United States sportswear giant yesterday. Coe had faced mounting pressure to relinquish his £100,000 a year global ambassadorial role after conflict of interest claims surfaced following the award [...]
Why the Paris attacks have redefined the US presidential race – and not in a good way November 26, 2015 The 2016 US presidential race has been dramatically altered by the Paris attacks. An election that just weeks ago was dominated by whether the Obama administration’s policies should be advanced or repealed is now defined by an ever-changing, and increasingly dangerous, international climate. President Obama never wanted to be a foreign policy President. In both [...]
Europe’s latest Mars mission is almost ready for take-off November 26, 2015 Europe is preparing to send its latest Mars mission into space, and the craft involved are just about ready for take-off. In March 2016, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian space agency (Roscosmos) will launch their joint ExoMars mission from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, with the vehicles sent up aboard Russian Proton rockets. The first of [...]
Russia officially suspended from world athletics after it accepts indefinite ban over doping scandal November 26, 2015 Russia's indefinite suspension from athletics has been sealed in stone, after it opted not to appeal against the IAAF's ban. The IAAF had voted to provisionally suspend Russia from all international competition earlier this month after a report conducted on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) revealed its athletics federation was involved in systematic [...]
Russia tightens Turkish food import controls after Russian SU-24 jet shot down by Turkish F-16 warplanes over Syria November 26, 2015 Russia has ramped up checks on food and agriculture imports from Turkey, a move which could deal a blow to the country's economy in the wake of its downing of a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian border. The Russian government told its food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor to increase controls in response to agriculture ministry [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is as well trusted as Russian President Vladimir Putin when it comes to dealing with ISIS November 26, 2015 When it comes to dealing with the threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is as well trusted as Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leader of the country that backed Corbyn's electoral victory as a "radical breakthrough" has -47 per cent trust in making the right decisions in regard of Syria and [...]
Cameron tells MPs “we cannot stand aside” as he seeks approval to extend airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria November 26, 2015 David Cameron has told the Foreign Affairs Committee that the UK should extend its military campaign against Islamic State into Syria. Setting out his "comprehensive strategy" for how the UK will seek to tackle Islamic State, Cameron told the MPs more action was needed to tackle the group, which has claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris [...]
Turkish embassy in Moscow attacked by protestors as row over downed aircraft continues November 25, 2015 Protestors have gathered outside the Turkish embassy in Moscow, throwing stones and breaking windows, as the diplomatic crisis between the two countries rumbles on after a Russian warplane was allegedly shot-down over Turkish airspace. The Russian flight engineer, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, who was returned to his base after a 12-hour rescue mission today with Russian and [...]