Starmer travels to Washington as Putin issues threat over missiles
Starmer to meet Biden as pair decide whether to let Kyiv fire Western weapons into Russia
The Prime Minister Keir Starmer is travelling to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington DC as momentum grows to permit Ukraine to fire Western long-range missiles into Russia. On the eve of the trip, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would treat any such development as NATO participation in the war. But Starmer told journalists, "Russia started this conflict... Russia can end this conflict straight away."
Scotland's only oil refinery is to close by the summer of next year, with the loss of 400 jobs. Petroineos said the closure of Grangemouth was due to it being unable to compete with sites in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. What does it mean for the so-called "just transition" to Net Zero?
And an American athlete has smashed the world record for the fastest woman to circumnavigate the world on a bicycle.
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