Day: September 27, 2018

    Speaking at the security council chaired by Donald Trump, she addressed Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who sat two seats down from her, furiously scribbling notes as she spoke. Saying that Britain had been attacked by two Russian agents named by aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov Mrs May said Britain had clearly laid out its position by charging the pair with attempted murder. She earlier said it was regrettable that Russia continues to prevent the Security Council from holding the Assad regime to account, while the Syrian delegation looked on, arms crossed, and unimpressed. During her speech to the gathered world leaders, she told Mr Trump: In meeting Kim Jong-un you have created a historic opportunity. Lavrov had to wait for the Netherlands, ...

    Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has published a scathing rant accusing an airline worker of racism in a row over hand-luggage. The actress, 43, was travelling from Sydney to Melbourne with Australian airline Qantas when the argument over baggage took place. Shetty, who shot to fame in the UK after she was the target of racist comments during the 2007 series of Celebrity Big Brother, penned an angry post about her treatment, saying it was clear the employee didn't like brown people. In the post, which has now been seen by 269,000 people, Shetty name-checked Qantas, saying: 'This should get your attention! Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy Mel (that’s her name) who decided it was OK to speak curtly to US (Brown people) travellin...

    Royal Mail has urged customers to stop putting empty Walkers crips packets in the post without envelopes, venturing into a row between the snack giant and protesters. Environmental campaigners have told people to send bags back to the PepsiCo brand as a form of protest because they aren't yet recyclable. Customers have been told to flood Walkers social media with pictures of us popping them in the post, along with the hashtag #PacketinWalkers. Royal Mail is legally required to deliver the bags to Walkers' freepost address, but it says packets that aren't in envelopes are causing delays. The packets cannot go through machines and must be sorted by hand. Some 310,500 people have backed a petition calling on Walkers to improve on its 2025 target to create new recycl...