🔴Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said a vehicle had been recovered, a person of interest was in custody and there were no further threats after the incident
🚨 NEW: Investigators are examining whether the person who drove an SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee may have been fleeing from a crime when he crashed into the crowds
🔴NEW: The man who ploughed into a crowd of people during a parade in Wisconsin, killing at least five and injuring 40 more, has been named locally as Darrell Brooks Jr, a rapper who was released from prison on Friday
The 39-year-old has not yet been charged or named by authorities, but local reports indicate that he is the ‘person of interest’ that police have in custody. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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🛰️US scientists were surprised by the feat, a sign that China’s military programme is far more sophisticated, and possibly progressing at a much faster pace than previously known
🚀Experts are unsure how China managed to overcome the challenges of physics to fire a nuclear-capable missile from a vehicle travelling at hypersonic speed and with enough power to travel around the world
🔴Europe on Sunday night faced an increasingly violent backlash against new Covid restrictions imposed to deal with a record number of new cases on the Continent.
Riot police were forced to use water cannons and tear gas as peaceful demonstrations turned violent in Brussels when tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets against the measures.
🔴 Police arrested 44 people
Police were forced to use bulldozers to remove blockades on city streets made from wooden pallets and set on fire.
➡️Several of the demonstrators caught up in the clash carried Flemish nationalist flags, while others wore Nazi-era yellow stars
Jazz hands at the ready! Yes, it’s Musicals Week on Strictly, which means costumes, props, full-on production numbers, and hopefully some great dancing.
🌟 We’ve got a special guest judge: musical theatre leading lady Cynthia Erivo.
The British actress became a phenomenon over the pond when she won a Tony Award for The Color Purple, and she’s since played legendary women like Harriet Tubman and Aretha Franklin
❄️ Rose Ayling-Ellis is playing it cool again...
She scored a perfect 40 for her Frozen-riffing ice queen tango. Now, she switches from Elsa to Anna for a quickstep to Love Is an Open Door
It’s probably been a while since anyone underestimated Reeves, writes @_BenWright_.
A senior member of the Cabinet recently confided that she’s the member of the shadow front bench the Government fears most
@_BenWright_ The world got a glimpse of why at the end of October, when the 42-year-old stepped in for Keir Starmer to respond to Rishi Sunak's Budget speech after the Labour leader tested positive for Covid
🔴Channel migrants held in new purpose-built reception centres will have to obey strict rules or risk losing their right to claim asylum
The Home Secretary plans to model the centres on the camps for asylum seekers being built by Greece, where migrants face routine checks on their movements along with curfews to prevent absconding