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The Trump administration has not permitted President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team to meet with senior intelligence officials at the Pentagon, it has been reported. The move comes after President Donald Trump carried out a purge of the Defense Department’s top civilian leadership last month and installed several loyalists in key positions who have effectively stymied the transition to an incoming Biden administration. Pentagon officials have denied that there is an active effort to stymie the Biden transition. The Biden transition team has declined to comment. Current and former US government officials told The Washington Post that members of the Biden transition were not granted access to senior leadership in key Pentagon-run intelligence agencies. President-elect Joe Biden's transition team  has been denied access to top officials at the Pentagon's espionage agencies after the Defense Department's civilian leadership was purged and loyalists to President Donald Trump

A California personal trainer dad, 34, has been arrested for allegedly decapitating his daughter, 13, and son, 12, after cops made the grim discovery when the man's clients grew concerned and reported a possible gas leak at his home. Maurice Taylor Sr. was arrested Friday on suspicion of the murder of his two teenage children whose bodies were found inside the family home on the 45000 block of Century Circle, Lancaster, earlier that morning, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.   An adult female - thought to be the victims' mother - and two other children were also present in the home at the time. They appeared to be unharmed and were being questioned by officers.  It is not clear when the victims died but Taylor's personal training clients, who described him as 'mellow' and 'reliable', told the LA Times they grew concerned earlier in the week and contacted authorities as far back as Tuesday when he failed to show up for fitness sess

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer which is 100trillion times faster than the world's most advanced supercomputer - Japan's Fugaku. The prototype of the groundbreaking machine is able to perform a calculation which would take a traditional computer billions of years to figure out.  The breakthrough means the country has achieved quantum supremacy, a significant milestone as China and the US compete to lead in quantum computing technology.  The new development in technology is said to have created a computer which is 100trillion times faster than the world's most advanced supercomputer The world's most advanced supercomputer is Japan's Fugaku, which helps with climate modelling and simulating nuclear blasts and has recently helped to fight coronavirus  It comes as late last year tech giant Google claimed to have demonstrated superiority over conventional machines. Quantum computing is a fledgling technology which uses the weird world of quantum

Giants tumbleweeds have overrun a housing estate in Melbourne trapping some residents inside their homes and leaving others in fear of going outside. The dry grass from a paddock near the estate in Hillside, in the city's north-west, has been swept up by gale-force winds in a natural phenomenon called 'hairy weed invasion'.  The long grass has been whipped into giant balls which have surrounded homes and engulfed backyards forcing residents to shut doors and close windows or risk being invaded.  Scroll down for video  Gale-force winds covered the community of Hillside in dry grass from a nearby paddock in a natural phenomenon called 'hairy weed invasion' Local resident  Margaret Persico  said it was a 'complete disaster.' 'It has created this grass storm and it  has completely taken over our backyard and our frontyard,' she told Nine News.  Her husband seemed to see the funny side of the situation, saying their kids were treating it liked they had

Dozens of dead sharks have been photographed lying on the shore of a popular tourist beach in Queensland. The horrifying images were shared to Instagram on Friday and show countless dead sharks lying on the sand of South Stradbroke Island near the Gold Coast. The Department of Fisheries are now racing to determine just what happened to the mass group of fish.  Dozens of dead sharks were captured lying on the sand of South Stradbroke Island near the Gold Coast 'Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol will investigate whether the reports of dead sharks on the beach are current and whether their presence is due to discarded bycatch,' a spokesperson told the Courier Mail. A team will be sent out to the area to see if any crimes had been committed. After the photos were shared online many said the scene was 'devastating' while others suggested they may have been netted to use as flake for fish and chips. In another harrowing incident just days earlier, a Great White shark wa

Labour leader Keir Starmer has been forced to self-isolate and work from home for the second time in months after a member of his private office tested positive for coronavirus, the party has said.   In line with government advice, the 58-year-old must stay at his north-London home for 14 days since Tuesday - when he was last in contact with the infected person.  He is 'well and not showing any symptoms' and will be out of self-isolation by December 16.  Labour leader Keir Starmer, 58, has been forced to self-isolate and work from home until mid-December after a member of his private office tested positive for coronavirus A spokesperson for the politician said: 'This afternoon Keir Starmer was advised to self isolate after a member of his private office staff tested positive for the coronavirus.  'Keir is well and not showing any symptoms. He will now be working from home.' This is the second time that he has been required to self-isolate. In September Sir Keir went

A man has appeared at crown court charged in connection with one of Britain's longest-unsolved double killings. David Fuller, 66, from Heathfield, East Sussex, has been charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in 1987. He appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court this morning where he spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth.  He did not give pleas to the charges and the case has been committed to Maidstone Crown Court, where Fuller is due to appear on Tuesday.  The victims, both in their 20s, were sexually assaulted before being beaten and strangled just months apart in what became known as the Bedsit murders.   Wendy, 25, was found dead in June in her flat in Tunbridge Wells five months before Caroline, 20, was found dead in a remote field on Romney Marsh.   David Fuller from Heathfield, East Sussex, has been charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce

A farmer who used a 16-ton bulldozer to destroy a riverside beauty spot has said he acted to protect local homes from flooding. John Price - a local potato and cattle farmer - dredged a section of the River Lugg near Leominster in Herefordshire and reportedly stripped a mile-long stretch of the bank of trees and bushes. The farmer, 66, was widely criticised and the Environment Agency launched an urgent investigation into the matter. John Price - a local potato and cattle farmer - dredged a section of the River Lugg near Leominster in Herefordshire and stripped a mile-long stretch of the bank of trees and bushes Pictured is a general view of a stretch of the River Lugg in the area in 2018. This is how it would have looked before  However last night Mr Price, who lives next to the river,  said he had acted to protect locals in the nearby hamlet whose homes were devastated in last year's floods.  Local residents said they had asked the Environment Agency to clear the blocked river to

Nine Russian warships have been shadowed by the Royal Navy as they sailed in waters around the UK in the past two weeks. The ships have included a surfaced submarine, a destroyer, a corvette and a patrol ship along with their supporting tugs and supply ships travelling in the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the west coast of Scotland. First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin said: 'This is why the Royal Navy is at sea every day, protecting the UK and our interests. 'Even with the pressures of Covid, we remain at short notice to respond to threats both in home waters and around the world. 'Despite the increase in Russian activity, both on the surface and underwater, we are always ready to respond.' The incursions add to already fraught relations between the UK and Russia. They nosedived after the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in 2018.  Nine Russian warships have been shadowed by the Royal N