Новости за 19.12.2017

Theresa May is rounding off 2017 at Westminster with a potentially gruelling interrogation on Brexit by some of the most senior and powerful MPs in the Commons.

A few miles inland from Lesbos' main town is a place the authorities would rather you didn't see.

Tensions are escalating between Saudi Arabia and Iran following a missile attack on the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Tuesday was the last day of campaigning in the Catalan election, a referendum on independence in all but name, and the signs are it'll be a tight fight to the finish for separatist and unity parties.

Disturbing footage of US jail guards firing Tasers at inmates has prompted calls for a criminal investigation.

Theresa May and Donald Trump have spoken for the first time since a public spat over the US President's controversial Britain First re-tweets.

An ex-boyfriend of The Only Way Is Essex star Ferne McCann has been sentenced to 25 years for an acid attack on clubbers.

Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, has been sentenced to 25 years for an acid attack on clubbers.

Walt Disney World has unveiled a frightfully lifelike Donald Trump robot at the reopening of one of the Florida resort's most historic attractions.

Meryl Streep has said she "wasn't deliberately silent" about sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

A rescue deal for Toys R Us UK is hanging by a thread after one of the company's largest creditors confirmed it intended to oppose the overhaul later this week.

North Korea is on its way to developing missiles capable of striking London, the Defence Secretary has warned.

The final two victims of a "harrowing" multi-vehicle car crash in Birmingham that left six people dead have been named.

Downing Street has hit back at the EU as the new battle-lines for a Brexit trade deal were drawn.

Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels at the royal palace in Riyadh.

Authorities have cleared an Air Berlin pilot who aborted his final landing at the last moment to make a low pass around a control tower.

A woman killed in a suspected hit and run involving multiple vehicles has been named, as police continue to appeal for witnesses.

Mobile phone customers will be able to switch their supplier by sending a simple text message from 2019, under changes being imposed by the telecoms regulator.

Police believe they may have disrupted a UK Christmas terror plot following the arrest of four suspects in Sheffield and Chesterfield.

A police bomb squad has been called to a property in Chesterfield following early morning raids in which four men were arrested.

An investigation is under way after a group of boys were found throwing and kicking a dead boa constrictor around the streets of Cardiff.

They tell you when to put the bins out and decide when the street lights come on - and now one council wants to dictate what you put on your plate for Christmas dinner.

The passenger train that derailed while crossing a highway bridge in Washington state, leaving three people dead, was travelling at more than double the speed limit.

Online trolls who sent abusive emails to Tory MP Anna Soubry and her fellow Brexit rebels have been confronted by Sky News.

Police have expressed concern for a two-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy who have gone missing after being left "home alone".