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Alistair Burt will bring diplomatic clout to complex cases involving human rights violations and arbitrary detentionThe Foreign Office has appointed a special envoy for British citizens detained overseas, a new role to deal with “complex consular cases” such as that of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national who was imprisoned in Tehran for six years.Alistair Burt, the former ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says they are scouring food supply chain for culprit, which may be lettuceWhat is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?Federal health officials said they expect the outbreaks of cyclospora – a parasite that causes watery, explosive diarrhea – across the US to continue through August as they scour the food supply chain for the...
A collision of online conspiracy theories came for two of the most powerful Republicans in the Senate in recent daysIt was Russia. It was Israel. Could it have been Iran? Or maybe it was a Covid-19 booster. What about the Clintons?After US senator Lindsey Graham died suddenly over the weekend from what a preliminary medical examiner report said was an aortic dissection, conspiracy theories spread ...
Lawsuit alleges administration coordinated with online surveillance groups to ‘criminalize solidarity with Palestine’Mahmoud Khalil filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Trump administration officials and several pro-Israel groups, accusing them of conspiring to target him and others as punishment for their support of Palestinian rights.The former Columbia University graduate student became the face ...
Lindsey Graham’s younger sister appointed by South Carolina’s governor three days after senator’s deathDarline Graham Nordone: Lindsey Graham’s sister and interim US senatorDarline Graham, the sister of the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham, was sworn in to fill his Senate seat on Tuesday after, just three days after his sudden death.Graham was appointed by Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s go...
Younger sister Graham was appointed by Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s governorDarline Graham Nordone: Lindsey Graham’s sister and interim US senatorDarline Graham, the sister of the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham, will be sworn in as his replacement on Tuesday to finish out the remainder of his term.Graham was appointed by Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s governor. Continue reading...
Analyst Alex Alfirraz Scheers says the US risks falling into an escalation trap if it launches a ground assault in Iran.
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Who needs nuclear weapons when you’ve got the Strait of Hormuz? Sure, ordinary Iranians are far worse off than on February 28th when the US and Israel launched a war that killed the Supreme Leader on Day One but the Islamic Republic's since discovered it’s got leverage beyond its wildest dream and betting that Donald Trump’s threats of invasion are empty.
Donald Trump backs away from fee, says regional countries will instead invest in US in return for transit protection.
One social media user described the opening of its first outlet in Monterrey as ‘like the dog teaching a duck to fly’A US chain’s plan to sell its version of Mexican food to Mexicans with a first branch south of the border has prompted bemusement, skepticism and anger among local people.Chipotle Mexican Grill, known for its customisable burritos, tacos and bowls, has more than 4,000 locations worl...
As Ann Widdecombe’s death raises concerns over security, politicians reveal extent of problemJess Phillips has received so many death threats she has to remind herself not to be blase. One night she received more than 600 rape threats. In 2019, a man forced his way into her office. The same year a white supremacist sent her a picture of Jo Cox, her friend and fellow Labour MP who was murdered in 2...
Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr Leon Moosavi, Sociologist of race and religion, and Reader in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Racism directed at the French national football team is often framed as a problem of sport, yet Dr. Moosavi argues that football merely provides a highly visible stage upon which much deeper political and soci...
The mural in a Birmingham suburb is so popular that the shop’s owner is opening two hours early to meet demandOn a busy junction in Quinton, a suburb of Birmingham, England football stars Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers are peering out from the side of a fish and chip shop, tucking into the local delicacy: orange chips.The huge lifelike image was pasted on the wall on Friday afternoon by a local...
Two fires that have burned just over 2,000 hectares since Sunday in the Fontainebleau Forest south of Paris, have been "contained", even though they are not extinguished, the local prefect said Tuesday evening. "Contained means they are confined within their perimeter," explained Prefect Pierre Ory, noting that firefighters will still need to remain on the scene for days, if not weeks. FRANCE 24's...
An immigration officer shot and killed the 26-year-old Colombian man afte reportedly ramming into his carThe man killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine on Monday has been identified as Joan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, an ICE spokesperson said in a statement .An immigration agent shot and killed the 26-year-old Colombian man on Monday morning in Biddeford, Maine, after re...
Outgoing prime minister opens third reading debate on the Hillsborough law billIn response to a question from Alec Shelbrooke (Con), Campbell said he was “totally unaware” not just of the wording of the Tory opposition day motion planned for tomorrow (see 1.04pm), but of the topic that it was going to cover. In a bid to convince MPs that this was not a lie, he said that he was standing at the desp...
Outgoing prime minister opens third reading debate on the Hillsborough law billIn response to a question from Alec Shelbrooke (Con), Campbell said he was “totally unaware” not just of the wording of the Tory opposition day motion planned for tomorrow (see 1.04pm), but of the topic that it was going to cover. In a bid to convince MPs that this was not a lie, he said that he was standing at the desp...
House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over IsraelUS politics live – latest updatesTop House Democrats on Tuesday said they will oppose an effort to cut funding from Israel’s military, amid a rebellion from voters over US support for the Middle Eastern ally that has roiled recent primary elections.The party has been debating how to vo...
Government to launch campaign to help people cope with events such as weather emergencies or cyber-attacksThe British public should begin taking “small but important steps” to secure and protect water, power supplies and basic phone signal in case of further severe weather emergencies, national crises or cyber-attacks, Downing Street has said.Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister...
US President Donald Trump says he has abandoned his proposed 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
A black Labrador named Tokyo collapsed during a hike up Ben Nevis in Scotland. Vets suspected the dog ingested discarded cannabis which caused her serious illness. The Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team assisted in bringing the unwell dog down the mountain. Tokyo received treatment at a veterinary clinic and made a full recovery. Her owner now warns other pet owners about potential discarded drugs ...
Mission: Impossible star to appear in a pre-game show that will also feature Robbie Williams and Jennifer HudsonA wide array of performers, from actor Tom Cruise to streamer IShowSpeed, will help close out the World Cup, Fifa announced Tuesday.Soccer’s governing body released the lineup for the closing ceremony, which will take place 90 minutes before Sunday’s final. The show is meant to “celebrat...
Chesley Sullenberger, 75, safely landed a US Airways flight carrying 155 people in New York’s Hudson river in 2009Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger – the pilot known for the “Miracle on the Hudson” after safely landing a US Airways flight in New York City’s Hudson river during a 2009 emergency – announced on Tuesday that he was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.“For now, this means a name may...
NASA chief Jared Isaacman made a rare visit to the Russia-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome to witness the launch.
A truce that ended nearly a decade of war in Yemen has mostly held since 2022
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has ordered its officers to suspend most vehicle stops around the country, after agents fatally shot two men six days apart during traffic stops in Texas and Maine, officials said on Tuesday. The shift in arrest tactics, which President Donald Trump’s border tsar Tom Homan called a “temporary pause” in vehicle stops, was implemented one day after ...
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday suspended vehicle stops related to immigration enforcement, two sources briefed on the matter said, after agents fatally shot two men six days apart during stops in Texas and Maine. The policy shift came one day after an ICE officer killed a driver in the coastal Maine town of Biddeford, about 24km (15 miles) south of Portland. The US Department of...
