London’s mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has for the first time described the situation in Gaza as a “genocide”, becoming the most senior Labour figure to contradict the government’s official position. Earlier this week, a UN Commission said a genocide was taking place in Gaza – something repeatedly denied by Israel. Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer has…
Bonnie Tyler has woken from her coma and is in intensive care, her family says. According to an update shared on the singerβs website on Monday, Tyler βis no longer in a coma but remains very unwell.β The Grammy-nominated Welsh singer had been placed in an induced coma after emergency intestinal surgery in May in…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump has harnessed the weight of his office in recent days to accelerate a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies and attacks on 1st Amendment protections. In the last week alone, Trump replaced a U.S. attorney investigating two of his political adversaries with a loyalist and openly directed the attorney general to…
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Rachel Reeves faces the prospect of another “groundhog day” unless next month’s budget goes further than plugging an estimated Β£22bn black hole in the public finances, according to a respected thinktank. It comes as latest official figures showed the UK economy grew 0.3% in the three months to August, limited growth, despite the Treasury saying…
Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn may be the figureheads of a new left-wing party, but already there is a battle over leadership. The confusion behind the initial launch speaks to a wider debate happening behind closed doors as to who should steer the party – now and in the future. Already, in the true spirit…
The UK steel industry body has said it is “disappointing” that exports of the metal will be hit with 25% tariffs. UK Steel, however, did welcome the certainty and competitive nature of the agreed 25% tax on exports of steel entering the US. “It will be disappointing if we do not have the tariff-free quota…
In one respect this decision is not altogether surprising. The way the Supreme Court hearings were going, this seemed the most likely decision from the US judiciary. Even so, it’s an enormous blow to the Trump regime. The best place to begin understanding this is to go all the way back in history to the…
With a prime minister under extreme fire and unable to command a majority in the Commons on matters of personal authority, is politics too self-absorbed to fix a problem as broken as the system for special educational needs provision? Plans to reform the 12-year-old approach to SEND are expected to be announced within weeks –…
Good as advertised. Thatβs all you can say about Dos Pueblos freshman outfielder Mattias Di Maggio, whose first year of high school baseball came to an end with a 13-6 playoff loss to Mira Costa. But what a season he had. He struck out once in 84 at-bats (it came against a Santa Barbara left-handed…