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Rishi Sunak has said he acted "decisively" in sacking Nadhim Zahawi as chairman of the Conservative Party yesterday following a row over his tax affairs. Speaking in Country Durham at the launch of his government's emergency care plan, the prime minister defended his handling of situation and stressed his commitment to "integrity" and the need to follow proper processes.

Boris Johnson has claimed Vladimir Putin told him he could kill him with a missile, in a call ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The former prime minister said the Russian President remarked: “I don’t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute.” Mr Johnson said the “extraordinary” conversation took place in February after he had visited Kyiv in a last-ditch attempt to show Western support for Ukraine amid growing fears of a Russian assault. However the Kremlin has insisted that the reports of Putin's comments to Mr Johnson are a "lie."

People cut back on video streaming services in their droves last year as the cost of living rose sharply. Analysts Kantar said the number of paid-for video streaming subscriptions in the UK fell by two million, from 30.5 million to 28.5 million. Demand had picked up again at Christmas, Kantar said, but people were "quickly looking to cut back again". Inflation, the rate at which prices rise, is at its highest level for about 40 years, hitting people's finances. "Brits' love of streaming remains as strong as ever, but the effect of high inflation meant consumers were forced to make difficult choices to balance their finances," said Dominic Sunnebo, Kantar's global director of entertainment on demand.

Barrett Strong, a pivotal figure in the history of Motown Records, has died at the age of 81. He sang the label's first major hit, Money (That's What I Want), in 1959, and went on to co-write classic songs like I Heard It Through the Grapevine, War and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. Those hits were "revolutionary in sound and captured the spirit of the times", Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a written tribute to the musician. No cause of death has been disclosed.

At least 28 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The blast happened when the mosque was packed with worshippers and more than 150 people were injured. A section of the building was destroyed, and officials say people are buried under the rubble. The cause of the explosion is unclear, but an official said police had been the target and most of those who had died were part of the police force. Security officials said a bomber sitting in the front row of the mosque had blown himself up. No group has admitted carrying it out. Muhammad Ijaz Khan, Peshawar capital city police officer, told local media that between 300 and 400 police officials were present in the area at the time of the blast.

Mining giant Rio Tinto says it is working with authorities to try to find a radioactive capsule that went missing in Western Australia this month. "We recognise this is clearly very concerning and are sorry for the alarm it has caused," the firm told the BBC. The casing contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, which could cause serious illness if touched. It was lost between the town of Newman and the city of Perth, a distance of roughly 1,400km (870 miles). "As well as fully supporting the relevant authorities, we have launched our own investigation to understand how the capsule was lost in transit," Rio Tinto's Iron Ore chief executive Simon Trott said in a statement. "As part of this investigation we are working closely with the contractor to better understand what went wrong in this instance," he added.

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The 4,300-year-old mummy was a rich, important 35-year-old man called Djed Sepsh, archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former antiquities minister, told CNN Friday. "It is the oldest mummy, complete and covered in gold, ever found in Egypt," he said, adding that it was "the most amazing discovery." Hawass said he and a team of 10 assistants discovered the mummified man 20 meters (66 feet) underground at the Gisr el-Mudir enclosure, in the shadow of the ancient Step Pyramid of Djoser in the village of Saqqara.

Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series "24" and providing the voice for Tess in the video game "The Last of Us," has died. She was 45. Wersching died Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type of cancer was not specified. Neil Druckmann, who created "The Last of Us," wrote on Twitter that "We just lost a beautiful artist and human being. My heart is shattered. Thoughts are with her loved ones."

More than 50 people have been killed in two separate travel-related accidents in Pakistan on Sunday. At least 41 people died when a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the south-west, while in the north-west at least 10 children drowned in a boating accident. All the dead recovered so far at the lake were aged between seven and 14. At the bus crash site, a local official said the bodies were "beyond recognition". The crash occurred near the southern city of Bela, in Balochistan Province, when it was travelling to the port city of Karachi. Local official Hamza Anjum told AFP news agency that 40 bodies were found alongside three injured people, one of whom died shortly after. The two remaining survivors were in a "serious" condition.

Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked by Rishi Sunak, with the Prime Minister telling the Tory chairman in a letter that it is “clear that there has been a serious breach of the Ministerial Code”. Rishi Sunak had ordered an investigation into Mr Zahawi by Sir Laurie Magnus, his independent adviser on ministers’ interests, following reports that the Tory chairman had paid a penalty as part of an estimated £4.8 million settlement dispute with HMRC. Story

Ten children have died after a boat capsized in northwest Pakistan. The incident happened in the Tanda Dam lake in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to reports. The victims were aged between seven and 14, police official Mir Rauf said, according to AFP. "A rescue operation is under way," the official said.

Charles WANTS Harry to attend his Coronation: The King 'asks Justin Welby to broker deal allowing Duke and Meghan to be at ceremony, but William fears his brother will use the event to stage a 'stunt''... as 'monarch mulls over giving his OWN TV interview' Charles asked the Archbishop for a deal to allow Harry to attend the Coronation William fears unless Harry's visit is tightly scripted, he could steal the limelight

More than 40% of Ukraine is now mined, according to one estimate. Sky News speaks to an expert about why landmines are used and how difficult they are to clean up.

Retired Nato general Petr Pavel has been elected as the new president of the Czech Republic, seeing off his populist challenger Andrej Babis. The 61-year-old took 57.6% of the vote, initial results released by the state statistics office showed. Mr Babis - who served as prime minister between 2017 and 2021 - conceded defeat in a speech to supporters soon after the results were announced. The ex-general will replace Milos Zeman, whose second term ends in March. The second-round runoff between Mr Babis and Mr Pavel was portrayed as a contest between populist oligarchy and liberal democracy. The elections' results follow an ill-tempered campaign marred by alleged death threats and disinformation.

Flybe collapses and cancels all flights, with hundreds of jobs lost The airline has gone into administration less than a year after returning to the skies following a previous collapse. Flybe operated scheduled services from Belfast, Birmingham and Heathrow to airports across the UK and to Amsterdam and Geneva.

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