SpaceX has performed the latest high-altitude flight test of its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft, resulting in a huge explosion upon landing.The Starship SN9 prototype launched from SpaceX’s Boca Chica facility in Texas on Tuesday, reaching a…

President Joe Biden visits a Covid-19 vaccination centre at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland (EPA-EFE)Former President Donald Trump aimed supporters at the US Capitol “like a loaded cannon”, according to a…

Nicola Sturgeon gives update on coronavirus measuresPoliticians from across the spectrum in Northern Ireland have urged for calm after staff at ports in Belfast and Larne were threatened and physical post-Brexit checks of animal-based food…

A British beekeeper attempting to bring 15 million bees into the UK said he has been told they may be seized and burned because of Brexit rules. Patrick Murfet, managing director at Bee Equipment, wants…

UK Covid-19 vaccinations: Latest figuresA door-to-door testing blitz of 80,000 people in England aimed at finding “every single case” of the South Africa coronavirus variant will begin on Tuesday in a bid to curb the…

'Hundreds arrested' in pro-Navalny protests across RussiaAlexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, faces a court hearing on Tuesday that could see him jailed for years. The Kremlin critic was arrested last month after returning from…

Boris Johnson ‘confident’ of Covid vaccine supplies despite EU ‘toings and froings’Boris Johnson has been accused of a dereliction of duty after he was accused of not doing enough to address Irish Sea trade disruption…

'Hundreds arrested' in pro-Navalny protests across RussiaAlexei Navalny’s wife has been detained along with 2,000 others as protesters across Russia demanded the release of the jailed opposition politician. Yulia Navalnaya joined a rally in Moscow -…