A top Trump administration official said on Sunday that the planned live stream execution of the perpetrator of a mass killing of US soldiers would not pose an additional security risk to the United States. “I don’t see an elevated risk at this point at all because of this,” US Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin told CBS News’ Face the Nation, when asked if it risked turning the perpetrator into a martyr for his cause. “I think people need to understand … if you attack America, we will...

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will publish all details of his dealings with Manchester City in his previous mayoral role after his intervention in support of the football club’s owners raised eyebrows. Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch had urged him to publish “everything” related to his work with the club as Greater Manchester mayor. City have been found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations between 2009 and 2018. The club maintained their innocence and...

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the UK is “clear” there was Russian interference in the Brexit referendum. He said that when he entered No 10 Downing Street a few months ago, he had asked whether Moscow interfered in the 2016 vote on whether to leave the EU and was given “the clear answer that yes there was”. The prime minister said he believes it is important to put this “clearly on the record” to help voters in Germany and France understand that “some of this politics is...

A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend operations at the facility. Saturday’s attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, was a sharp escalation in the Yemen war, where Riyadh backs the internationally recognised government against the Houthis. The Iran-backed group on Sunday claimed multiple attacks over the past 24 hours, including...

Republican US Senator Thom ⁠Tillis on Sunday said US President Donald ⁠Trump’s diesel supply deal with Russia may be ⁠illegal and will put American lives at risk, adding to bipartisan criticism of the arrangement announced by the president on Friday. Trump said Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel that were designed to deprive Moscow of revenue for its war on ‌Ukraine. “I do believe there’s a legitimate case...

Eleven people were killed and 27 injured in western Turkey on Sunday when a coach turned over after colliding with a lorry, authorities said. The coach crashed near the entry to a motorway between the city of Bursa and the seaside city of Izmir, the governor’s office of the local Manisa district said on social media, stating the death toll. Emergency services rushed to the scene, Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said. “We are closely following the situation, in coordination with all the...

Russia is looking to expand shipbuilding cooperation with China through technology partnerships and joint investment, visiting presidential aide and Maritime Board chairman Nikolai Patrushev said. Patrushev held talks in Beijing with Ke Jixin, Chinese vice-minister of industry and information technology, the Russian Maritime Board said in a statement on Saturday. It said the two sides discussed the possibility of Chinese shipbuilders becoming technology partners and equipment suppliers for new...