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Opinion: Opinion | A Wounded Trump Could Soon Make The World Pay For His Defeat
The US and the rest of the world should worry more about what Trump might do next to redeem himself.
Dublin-Rome Flight Diverted To Military Air Base In France Over Bomb Threat
Flight tracking sites showed that the Aer Lingus Dublin-Rome flight was approaching Paris when it turned sharply off its trajectory and made several loops before heading toward Evreux.
Vance Tries To Distance Himself From Trump After Republicans' Midterm Rout
Vance, who had long advocated for restraint in US military intervention overseas, was lukewarm in his defence of the conflict after Trump launched it and even became the face of an unsuccessful attempt to end the fighting.
US' 1st Muslim Senator Abdul El-Sayed Was Praised By Bill Clinton 19 Years Ago
Abdul El-Sayed had earlier revealed that Bill Clinton had asked him to consider a career in politics instead of medicine.
All About The Indian Couple Accused Of Helping Iran Evade Oil Curbs
The US Treasury Department said the couple created websites that claimed to offer ship registration services on behalf of different countries.
Iran Exempts India And China From Hormuz Restrictions. Why It Matters
The arrangement is significant for India given its dependence on the Middle East for energy supplies and its wider trade interests in the region.
Burnham says long-awaited 10-year plan may be delayed until January – UK politics live
The document has been described as the core policy statement coming from No 10Yesterday the pro-Brexit Guido Fawkes website published a list of items that it said could be banned as a result of Andy Burnham’s reset with the EU. It was based on items that have been banned under EU regulations passed since the UK left. Under the deal on food exports that has been agreed (but not yet published), the UK will have to align with EU sanitary and phytosanitary rules. And any further move to bring the UK closer to the EU could result in further regulatory alignment.One of the items on the Guido Fawkes list was smoky bacon flavouring in crisps.Oh, Stig. I mean, really, we’ve had EU straight bananas, and now we’re talking about banning smoky bacon crisps. I think you should get a life.This is actually about ensuring that we can do business with our closest neighbours.The transition is a balance between getting and accessing those benefits as quickly as possible, but dealing with some of the transitional issues that you have to deal with whenever you’re moving from one system to another. Continue reading...
Yemen’s president sacks ministers and officers in attempt to turn tide of war
Dismissals follow Houthi victories and pressure from southern Yemenis for more powerThe UN-recognised government of Yemen has shaken up its political and military leadership in an attempt to regain territory lost to the Houthis in September and lift the four-week siege of Taiz, the country’s third largest city.A counteroffensive launched on 5 October and aimed at liberating the entire country from Houthi control has failed amid fighting that has left thousands dead on both sides. The air superiority of the government’s ally Saudi Arabia – which has had to fend off near-daily Houthi attacks on its airports and military bases – has not translated into progress on the ground. Continue reading...
Europe’s far right has a Trump problem after Republican US midterms wipeout
European far-right leaders quick to distance themselves from US president and stress their own prioritiesEurope live – latest updatesUS midterms live – latest updatesThe historic Republican defeat in the US midterm elections has forcibly reminded Europe’s far-right leaders of their perennial Donald Trump dilemma: they may love his nativist agenda, but the man himself is a toxic electoral liability.Since his re-election in 2024, European populist leaders such as Marine Le Pen in France and Giorgia Meloni in Italy have carefully calibrated their public postures towards the US president, walking a delicate transatlantic tightrope. Continue reading...
Six people dead and seven injured after fire at Brooklyn home
Hundreds of first responders worked to control the blaze, and a lithium-ion battery was found at the sceneSix people died in a fire that roared through a residential home in New York City early on Thursday and seven others were injured, including three firefighters, the city’s fire department said.The major fire was reported in the early hours in Brooklyn and brought more than 200 first responders rushing to attend to the blaze and those trapped by it, in the city borough’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Continue reading...
Henry Nowak’s killer should have had longer sentence, court of appeal hears
Attorney general challenging Vickrum Digwa’s ‘unduly lenient’ sentence, which lawyer for Digwa says is ‘excessive’Vickrum Digwa, the killer of Henry Nowak, should have received a longer sentence because of his false accusations of racism against his victim and his abuse of a religious right to carry a knife, the court of appeal has been told.Digwa, 23, was jailed in June for life with a minimum term of 21 years for murdering Nowak, 18, in an attack in Southampton in December last year. Continue reading...
Mahmood accused of hardening rules for 200,000 successful asylum applicants
People previously told they could apply for indefinite leave after five years now come under 30-year ‘earned settlement’ planShabana Mahmood has been accused of causing “distress and uncertainty” to hundreds of thousands of refugees by quietly introducing plans to force them to wait up to 30 years before being granted the right to settle in the UK.The Refugee Council said the home secretary’s hardening of plans came despite her personal reassurances last year that only “illegal entrants who are not refugees will face a 30-year wait for settlement”. Continue reading...
