Giorno: 18 Agosto 2021

New UK Resettlement Scheme for Afghans May Expand: Home Secretary

Read More Home Secretary Priti Patel has defended the number cap on a new Afghan resettle scheme, saying the government will need to lay the groundwork first. Patel also suggested that the cap is not absolute. The Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme, which was announced on Wednesday, is expected to resettle 5,000 Afghan nationals in the UK in […]

Police lawyer grills axed top cop Vearey on ‘lighting up shadows’ Facebook post

Read More The third day of an arbitration hearing at the sectoral bargaining council in Cape Town on the May dismissal of former detective head Major General Jeremy Vearey adjourned early on Wednesday because of technical glitches. Advocate Omphemetse Mooki, representing the South African Police Service, had  opened his cross-examination by indicating he would put […]

Cambridge to end teacher training if government enacts overhaul

Read More Teacher training Cambridge to end teacher training if government enacts overhaul Exclusive: university hits out at planned changes in England, which have been called a ‘wrecking ball’ Education editor Wed 18 Aug 2021 12.15 EDT Last modified on Wed 18 Aug 2021 13.02 EDT The University of Cambridge says it will cease teacher […]

Why did we ignore the lessons of history in Afghanistan? We need a public inquiry | Jonathan Steele

Read More OpinionAfghanistan Why did we ignore the lessons of history in Afghanistan? We need a public inquiry The US and Britain’s dogged pursuit of reform and regime change made the return of the Taliban almost inevitable Wed 18 Aug 2021 12.30 EDT Last modified on Wed 18 Aug 2021 12.32 EDT When rising British […]

UK news media repeat call for evacuation of Afghan journalists

Read More Afghanistan UK news media repeat call for evacuation of Afghan journalists PM and foreign secretary asked for rapid progress on ensuring safety of those who worked for British media Open letter urges Boris Johnson to make good on promise Media editor @jimwaterson Wed 18 Aug 2021 12.16 EDT First published on Wed 18 […]

Rasmussen Poll: Voters Prefer Trump’s Immigration Policy Over Biden’s

Forty-five percent of voters say that former President Donald Trump had better immigration policies than President Joe Biden, while 40% prefer the approach of the current president…

Sen. Tuberville slams ‘Squad’ for not hearing ‘one word’ on protecting women in Afghanistan

Post Content Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tubervile slammed members of the left-wing “Squad” for being “closed-mouthed” about protecting women in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country. “I have not heard one word from all of these women in ‘The Squad’ in Congress saying anything about protecting the women of Afghanistan. You know, […]

McCarthy, aiming to regain House majority, likens 2022 midterms to ‘the 100-year storm’

Post Content EXCLUSIVE – As he spearheads the push by Republicans in the House of Representatives to regain the chamber’s majority in the 2022 midterm elections, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy points to the retirement announcement last week by longtime Democratic Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin as a pivotal moment. “When you sit back and […]

Prosecutor: R&B Singer R. Kelly Is a ‘Predator’

R. Kelly is a “predator” who demanded absolute fealty from the many women and underage girls he recruited for sex in a two-decade racketeering scheme, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday as the R&B superstar’s sex abuse trial began.

House Republicans warn prisoners freed by Taliban ‘pose serious concern’ to US security

Post Content EXCLUSIVE: The top Republicans on the House Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees are demanding the White House provide critical information related to the thousands of detainees released from Afghan prisons by the Taliban amid their takeover of Afghanistan, warning that the freed prisoners “pose serious concern to the security of […]