Author: Truth Times News Desk

Kai Wegner has withdrawn from Berlin’s mayoral race ahead of the September election, conceding that a controversy over playing tennis during a major power blackout has made it impossible for him to communicate his political agenda to voters, despite defending his actual handling of the crisis. Berlin’s mayor Kai Wegner has abandoned his campaign for reelection after months of mounting pressure over what German media dubbed “tennis-gate,” a scandal stemming from his decision to play tennis while large parts of the capital endured a major power blackout in January. Wegner announced on Friday that he would not stand in Berlin’s…

England’s World Cup quarter-final against Norway on Saturday night is expected to be the busiest night for British pubs since the 2018 semi-final, with licensing hours extended to 2am and an estimated 22 million viewers tuning in as the country weighs the prospect of a bank holiday should Thomas Tuchel’s side go all the way. Pubs across England and Wales will stay open until 2am on Saturday as England take on Norway in the World Cup quarter-final, with fans expected to drink around 42 million pints across the night. The match kicks off at 10pm amid an ongoing heatwave, with…

Duc Quang Ta and Sarfaraz Sardarzehi have been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court over their roles in a people smuggling operation that hid Vietnamese migrants in the backs of HGVs to reach the UK, with an investigation revealing the group used coded slang to evade detection while moving tens of thousands of pounds in cash. Two men convicted of smuggling Vietnamese migrants into the UK concealed inside lorries have been sentenced following an investigation by the National Crime Agency. Duc Quang Ta, 36, from Reading, and Sarfaraz Sardarzehi, 58, from London, were found guilty of people smuggling and money laundering…

Britney Spears caused a stir on Los Angeles’s 101 Freeway on Thursday after standing through the sunroof of a moving SUV at around 45mph, in the latest attention-grabbing moment since she resolved her DUI case earlier this year. Britney Spears turned heads on one of Los Angeles’s busiest freeways on Thursday, photographed standing through the moonroof of a black Mercedes SUV as it travelled along the 101 Freeway near Studio City, having set off from Thousand Oaks. The 44-year-old singer stretched both arms across the roof of the moving vehicle and threw her head back in a pose reminiscent of…

A young fox suffered cuts and swelling to its neck and face after spending almost two days trapped with its head inside a discarded plastic bottle in Glasgow, prompting the Scottish SPCA to renew warnings about the dangers litter poses to wildlife. A fox cub has been treated for injuries after being rescued in Glasgow with its head stuck inside a plastic bottle for nearly two days. The Scottish SPCA was called to the scene after a member of the public spotted the young male fox trapped, but rescuers were initially unable to catch him as he kept retreating into…

Devon and Cornwall Police have launched a manhunt for a man they describe as white, after detectives confirmed the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe is now being treated as murder, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage revealed to have spoken directly with the force’s Chief Constable. Police have confirmed they are hunting for a white male suspect after the death of former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe was formally reclassified as murder. Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement: “We are deploying all of the necessary resources to find out exactly what has happened and…

Five asylum seekers have won a High Court challenge against Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s policy of stripping migrants of the right to appeal trafficking decisions, in a ruling that complicates but does not overturn Labour’s “one in, one out” returns agreement with France. Five migrants have successfully challenged their removal from the UK at the High Court, after judges found it unlawful for the Home Office to deny suspected trafficking victims the right to appeal rulings rejecting their claims. The case centred on a policy change introduced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood that disallowed migrants from challenging decisions finding they…

Ann Widdecombe, the former Conservative MP and later prominent figure in the Brexit Party and Reform UK, has died at the age of 78, with tributes already pouring in from across British politics. Ann Widdecombe has died aged 78, her representative confirmed early on Friday morning. She served as Conservative MP for Maidstone, later Maidstone and The Weald, for over two decades before leaving the Commons in 2010, and went on to become one of the most prominent Eurosceptic voices in British politics, campaigning for Brexit as a Member of the European Parliament and later serving as Reform UK’s spokeswoman…

A wildfire near the hamlet of Bédar in southern Spain has killed twelve people, some of them trapped in vehicles as flames cut off escape routes, in what regional authorities have described as the deadliest blaze in Andalusia’s recent history. Twelve people died late Thursday when a wildfire swept through the hamlet of Bédar, near Almería in southern Spain, regional authorities confirmed, with several victims found trapped inside vehicles after flames cut off their escape routes. Around 150 firefighters battled the blaze as it broke out amid soaring temperatures, while Andalusian officials described the fire as the deadliest wildfire in…

Anya Taylor-Joy stars as a con artist on the run from the FBI and a ruthless mob boss in Lucky, a seven-episode Apple TV+ adaptation of Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, produced by Reese Witherspoon and premiering on 15 July. Apple TV+ is preparing to launch Lucky, a seven-episode crime thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a brilliant con artist forced to go on the run after a multi-million dollar heist collapses. The series, adapted from Marissa Stapley’s bestselling 2021 novel of the same name, debuts on Wednesday, 15 July, with its opening two episodes, before the remaining instalments arrive weekly, running…