Paul Thwaite is now the highest earning CEO at NatWestGroup since his disgraced predecessor FredGoodwin was handed £7.7m in the lead-up to the financial crisis. NatWest has just posted its full-year earnings, which show its boss PaulThwaite has secured an annual pay package of £6.6m.
Africa’s energy deficit is often framed as a problem, but it should also be seen as an opportunity. Vast resources, accelerating demand and a growing pipeline of projects position the continent as a great place for investment. The continent is still far from reaching its potential, however, as many countries still lack access to electricity.
In contrast, Pinterest’s 619 million users are more niche, focused on planning and inspiration, which suits certain industries like beauty or home goods. While Pinterest has invested in AI for visual search and Performance+ ads, execution lags behind Meta’S dominance in direct-response campaigns.
NASA SpaceX Crew-12 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, visible in Massachusetts. NASA SpaceX crew-12 launches on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, or Friday the 13th. Launch visible from Raleigh, North Carolina, and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Launch also visible from Scituate, Massachusetts.
She fell on each of her final two runs while trying to complete back-to-back double cork 1080s. Kim also went upside down on her last hit, making her the only rider to do that twice. “She showed up so clutch,” Kim said later, “and won the damn thing”
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a landslide majority in parliament, 18 months after mass protests ousted the country's longest serving prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The Jamaat-e-Islami alliance, supported by the National Citizen Party, which was formed by youth activists who were instrumental in ousting Hasina, won 61 seats.
Israel’s security cabinet approved measures on Sunday that will make it easier for Jewish settlers to purchase land in the West Bank. The measures also grant Israeli authorities greater powers in areas nominally under Palestinian control. Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates led regional condemnation of the decision.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherill has banned ICE from state property in New Jersey. Sherill also announced that she would launch a portal for residents to submit details of their interactions with ICE agents. Earlier this year, Sherill banned ICE agents from entering the Hudson Valley, which is home to many of the state's immigrant communities.
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A portrait of Trump was painted by an artist commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in 2021, shortly after he left office. Presidential portraits are typically hung in the gallery after they have permanently left office but due to Trump's announcement in 2022 that he was running again, the painting was not displayed.
BNP leader Tarique Rahman is set to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh. Rahman faces huge challenges in getting the economy back on its feet and restoring democracy after 15 years of authoritarian rule under Hasina. Rahman's family background is a reminder that while the BNP have promised change, Rahman, like Hasina, hails from a political dynasty.
“She was a blazing light in the darkness. If you didn’t see her, you definitely heard her,” says mother. “Its stimulus, a kick, a hand move, but its something!” she adds. The children, between the ages of 12 and 13, were remembered as dreamers, dancers and athletes.
Kaja Kallas warns that Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is a personal vehicle for the US president that removed any accountability to Palestinians or the United Nations. Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the UN, attacked what he said was “hand-wringing” about the Board of Peace – and said the status quo of endless war had to be broken.
Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia has issued her first statement since she was released from the hospital earlier this week and sent back to ICE custody. “I want everyone to know what happened to me because the same things are happening to other women who are locked up here,” she said.
The Justice Department wants to know if Harvard has stopped using affirmative action in admissions. The lawsuit says Harvard has not provided that data. Justice Department officials said they need the data to determine whether Harvard has continued considering applicants’ race in admissions decisions. It asked a judge to order the university to turn over the records.
Two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were killed by federal officers in Minneapolis. Protesters and federal officers continued to square off near the site of the shooting. The Department of Homeland Security called the “largest immigration enforcement operation ever.” The immigration crackdown begins after weeks of escalating rhetoric by President Donald Trump.
Ukraine Olympian disqualified for wearing helmet honoring Ukrainian war dead. Vladyslav Heraskevych will no longer be able to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics. He refused "to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines," the IOC said. He was wearing a helmet with photographs of Ukrainian athletes who had been killed in the war.
Sturla Holm Laegreid, of Norway, reacts after he won bronze as teammate Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold comforts him after the men’s 20-kilometer individual biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
The family was ordered to pay $7,000 or lie about the death of their relative. The family chose to lie and said they were members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The body was buried in an undisclosed location. The funeral was held in the town of Kermanshah, near the border with Iran.
Staff numbers at creative agencies fell by more than 2,000, from 14,775 to 12,659. There was a 41% decrease in advertised jobs across all levels of seniority in the industry last year. Almost 60% of staff that left agencies last year chose to resign. Just 43% of agencies took on graduate recruitment as employees.
Merz eyes European nuclear shield in call for reset with US. German leader also revealed that "confidential talks" were ongoing with Macron on creating a joint European nuclear deterrent. “A divide has opened up between Europe and the United States,” Merz said, lamenting the end of an international world order based on rights and rules.
Former President Barack Obama said repeal of the endangerment finding will make Americans “less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change” Dr. Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and executive director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, said Trump's action “prioritizes the profits of big oil and gas companies and polluters over clean air and water”
A water leak occurred in the Louvre museum's Denon gallery on Thursday evening. The leak, which happened in Room 707 housing paintings from French artist Charles Meynier and Italian Bernardino Luini, was stopped early Friday. The area which houses Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa was unaffected.
The emails do not appear to implicate bin Sulayem in Epstein’s alleged crimes. The topics in the emails range widely, including President Donald Trump, sex and theology. The emails surfaced in the cache of Epstein-related documents recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Sudan war crimes saw 6,000 killed in three days, UN says. Both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces have been accused of atrocities. The US and Human Rights Watch believe theRSF and its allies have waged a genocide in the western Darfur region against the Massalit people.
In November, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi enraged China by suggesting that Japan would intervene militarily if Beijing sought to take Taiwan by force. China has long insisted that Taiwan, occupied for decades by Japan until 1945, is its territory and has not ruled out force to achieve "reunification"
The death of Abel Mwansa Jr. resonated as far away as the family's native Zambia. “I can’t handle this pain,” the boy’s father wrote on Facebook. ‘Tell dad to come and pick (me) up when he comes back from work.’
The files provide more information regarding Epstein’s relationships with the financial elite. Other records indicate how eager financial elites were to collaborate with Epstein. Beyond verified contacts, the files contain a significant volume of speculative claims. President Donald Trump himself has claimed that there is nothing in the files and the story is a w
Gisèle Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview will air on Sunday 15 February at 10pm on BBC Two and will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am. Despite her ordeal, the impact of her determination to speak openly about what happened sparked global conversations about consent and how society treat women.
Dominique Pelicot drugged and raped his now ex-wife for years between 2011 and 2020. He also invited over 50 other men to rape her while she was unconscious. Dominique has been sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison. Gisèle has confirmed she will see her ex-husband in prison and wants to ask him this one crucial question.
It is far from clear whether Iran will offer the kind of nuclear deal Trump would find acceptable. Trump seems undecided about whether any deal should focus narrowly on the nuclear issue or whether he should pursue something resembling a grand bargain. A thin deal without substance, institutional anchoring and clear mechanisms for handling the inevitable disputes over sanctions relief and compliance is unlikely to endure.
The 53-year-old West Virginia native was a knockout in a low-cut, skintight black dress that showed off her figure. The ex-wife of Ben Affleck had lean arms, a tiny waistline and a natural glow. Dr Wilks added, 'I am betting she is on a protein-heavy, fiber-packed diet while having very few carbs.'
“We want the war to end in a way that satisfies the US and the Ukrainian people,” Zelensky says. “It’s always been like that.” “The Russians can use this time to end the war while President Trump is really interested in that,’ he adds.
Abel Mwansa, 12, was identified as one of the two boys killed at the school. His father told CBC his son always had a smile on his face. Police have named the other victims as Ezekiel Schofield, 13, Kylie Smith, 12; Zoey Benoit, 12 and Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39.
San Francisco teachers’ strike ends as union and school district reach tentative deal. 5% raises over two years and fully funded healthcare starting 2027. Public schools closed for some 50,000 students this week as a result of the strike. The deal will provide pay raises and improved healthcare benefits.
Dry and cold conditions prevailed in large parts of Scandinavia, the Baltics and eastern Europe. Temperatures fell to -35.6C in Utsjoki in Finland. The prolonged cold spell allowed parts of the Baltic Sea to freeze over, with thick ice sheets forming in the Bay of Gdansk.
Jury finds Henry McGowan not guilty by reason of insanity. McGowan had pleaded not guilty to murdering his father in November 2024. Mr McGowan was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder following the incident. He was found not guilty on all three criteria needed for a not guilty verdict. He did not know the nature of his actions, he did not stop himself from doing it.
Walz said NATO and the U.N. are stronger, and that more global conflicts had been resolved, because of President Donald Trump. That one NATO ally threatens another NATO ally has deeply affected European trust in the trans-Atlantic relationship. The remarks by Merz, opening the Munich Security Conference in Germany, show how some European countries don't want to rely on U.S.' nuclear umbrella.
"They should agree very quickly," he told reporters Thursday. Trump held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. Netanyahu wants Washington to press Tehran to scale back its ballistic missile program and end its support for regional proxies. Trump said he insisted to the Israeli leader that negotiations with Iran must continue.
Two people have made bets on the future of the U.S. military. The bets were made on whether President Obama would win or lose the election. The winner will be announced at a later date. The loser will be revealed at the end of the month. The bet was made on the day that Obama won the election by a wide margin.
The High Court said the decision to ban was wrong because the Home Secretary had not carried out that proportionality test. But it's another for them to then decide that those incidents meant the group should be banned. That second decision – to ban the group – required a proper legal assessment of whether it was "proportionate" to do so.
A DHS shutdown would have wide-ranging effects, causing the closure of agencies such as FEMA, Secret Service. FAA funding would not be affected, but TSA funding would, because the TSA is a branch of DHS. Acting TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill warned this week that these impacts will likely occur again if a shutdown continues for too long.
Jack McBrams: Malawians are known for integrity and work ethic. In Malawi, accountability is loud at the beginning and silent at the end. A major daily reported that Malawi may have lost 10 trillion Malawi Kwacha through fraud, corruption, and illicit financial flows in the last twenty years.
Europe hopes to repair trans-Atlantic trust as Rubio attends key security conference. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said there has been a “shift in mindset,” with “Europe really stepping up.” With Rubio heading the U.S. delegation this year, European leaders can hope for a less contentious approach more focused on traditional global security concerns.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington criticized the White House's response to his earlier order that it come up with a plan to give the men a chance to challenge their removals. "Remarkably, although the government does not dispute the men were denied due process, it still was not willing to do what was right without a court order," he said.
Egypt is pressing for the “full and non-selective implementation’ of US President Donald Trump’s plan. “There must always be movement to unify positions on Gaza, especially since Egypt and Jordan would bear the brunt if the crisis reignites,” an Egyptian official says.
The FAI had previously called for Israel to be banned from UEFA-sanctioned competitions. Sinn Féin TD, Chris Andrews, has also spoken out in favour of the boycott. The FAI recognised the moral argument and brought a motion to UEFA calling for Israel’s exclusion.
Israel was able to significantly degrade Iran’s air defenses with airstrikes and covert attacks from teams on the ground. “If the regime itself believes its survival is at stake, which it did not believe in June last year, I think the game is different,” Metz said.
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins praised White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for sticking up for her during a Saudi Arabia trip. "He didn’t answer, which is how it works – you shout questions, they either answer or they don't, it’s their prerogative," she said.