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The chief executive of WPP, the world’s biggest advertising agency, has confirmed he is resigning from his post. Sir Martin Sorrell, who has been with the company for 32 years, is quitting following allegations of personal misconduct through the misuse of company assets, as revealed by Sky News on Saturday.In a statement released on Saturday, the 73-year-old told staff he was stepping aside following an internal investigation by the company.”As I look ahead, I see that the current disruption we are experiencing is simply putting too much unnecessary pressure on the business,” he said.”That is why I have decided that…

The UK, US and France have presented plans for a ceasefire in Syria in the wake of their joint airstrikes on the war-torn country. The three allies have produced a draft UN resolution which also includes proposals for an independent investigation into alleged toxic gas attacks to identify perpetrators.The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would be instructed to report within 30 days whether President Bashar al Assad’s government has fully disclosed its chemical weapons stockpile.:: LIVE: Boris Johnson defends UK’s role in strikes on Syria Video: Missiles launched from US submarine The draft document also calls for medical…

Starbucks has apologised after two black men were arrested while waiting in one of its coffee shops in the US. Footage showed officers in Philadelphia taking the men away in handcuffs, as onlookers insisted the pair had done nothing wrong.The video, which has been viewed more than six million times on Twitter, shows a white man telling officers he had arrived to meet the two men and questioning why they had been arrested.Melissa DePino, who posted the footage on Twitter, said: “All the other white (people) are wondering why it’s never happened to us when we do the same thing.”…

The roar of the Tornado engines cut through the warm evening air around the bay at Limasos in Cyprus. It was 3am local time.  The sound of the after-burners marked the beginning of Britain’s involvement in a US-led military strike against the Syrian regime.An attack, in the dead of night, by US, UK and French forces.The Tornado bomber jets are nearing retirement after nearly 40 years in the skies above Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. But this ageing fleet is busier than ever.:: LIVE: Trump says strikes ‘perfectly executed’ Video: British warplanes head for Syria The payload under the wings is…

Russia should take airstrikes on Syria as a warning over its use of chemical weapons, Theresa May has said. Speaking in Downing Street after Friday night’s military action against Bashar al Assad’s regime, the Prime Minister said the strikes had been limited in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma last weekend.Mrs May drew a link with the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, telling a news conference: “We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised – either within Syria, on the streets of the UK…

US Defence Secretary James Mattis says the US, along with the UK and France, have taken “decisive action” against the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons infrastructure. Mr Mattis and General Joe Dunford briefed reporters at the Pentagon an hour after President Donald Trump announced the strikes.Airstrikes by the US, UK and France were launched at 2am UK time and destroyed infrastructure at three sites connected to Syria’s chemical weapons programme near Damascus.:: LIVE – for live updates on the strikes on SyriaMr Mattis said double the number of weapons were used in the strikes compared with similar attacks on Syria carried out…

Theresa May confirms British armed forces were involved in a combined operation with the US and France to strike Syria. Here is the Prime Minister’s full statement:This evening I have authorised British armed forces to conduct co-ordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian Regime’s chemical weapons capability and deter their use.We are acting together with our American and French allies.In Douma last Saturday, a chemical weapons attack killed up to 75 people, including young children, in circumstances of pure horror.The fact of this attack should surprise no one.The Syrian Regime has a history of using chemical weapons against its…

Syria has said overnight military strikes by the US, UK and France following a suspected chemical attack will “inflame tensions in the world”. The Syrian government, which denies the chemical attack, said the strikes were “brutal, barbaric aggression” by western powers and vowed to continue to “restore security and stability in all corners of the country”.Syria’s foreign ministry said: “The barbaric aggression will not affect in any way the determination and insistence of the Syrian people and their heroic armed forces,” state news agency SANA reported, quoting an official source in the ministry.”This aggression will only lead to inflaming tensions…

Ulster Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding are to leave the club after they were acquitted of rape charges, Sky sources say. A statement from the club and Irish Rugby Football Union is expected on Saturday after a review into the players’ future.Ireland international players Jackson, 26, and Olding, 25, were found not guilty of rape last month following a trial at Belfast Crown Court. Jackson was also cleared of sexual assault.Two other men, Blane McIlroy, 26, and Rory Harrison, 25, were acquitted of lesser charges connected to the case.Protests have continued in the wake of the verdicts over…

The consumer goods giant Unilever is facing an investor backlash at its annual meeting next month over millions of pounds in bonuses handed to its top two executives. Sky News has learnt that the advisory service run by the Investment Association (IA)‎, the fund managers’ body, has issued a “red-top” warning in relation to Unilever’s remuneration report.The alert threatens to embarrass the owner of Dove shampoo and Marmite at a time when relations with investors are being strained by the company’s decision to relocate its headquarters to the Netherlands.‎City sources said on Friday that the IA “red-top” related to the…