Royal Navy unlikely to pursue Channel refugee ‘pushback’ policy

Read More Military preparing options for No 10 but use of warships to turn back refugees seen as disproportionate Today’s politics news – live updates The Royal Navy is not expected to pursue a controversial Home Office policy of pushing back refugee dinghies towards France once the military is given responsibility for small boat Channel […]

BBC funding ‘up for discussion’, says Nadine Dorries, as licence fee frozen

Read More Culture secretary confirms fee will remain at £159 until 2024, but softens stance on its permanent abolition The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has confirmed that the BBC’s funding will be frozen for the next two years – but has softened her stance on the permanent abolition of the television licence fee. The annual […]

Cold case team may know who betrayed Anne Frank

Post Content close Video A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. Their answer, outlined in a new book called […]

Russia moves troops to Belarus for joint exercises near Ukraine border

Read More Russia has begun moving troops to Ukraine’s northern neighbour Belarus for joint military exercises, in a move likely to increase fears in the west that Moscow is preparing for an invasion. The joint military exercises, named United Resolve, are to take place as Russia also musters forces along Ukraine’s eastern border, threatening a […]

Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee Dies at 102

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had battled racism at home to fight for freedom abroad, died Sunday. He was 102.McGee died in his sleep at his home in Bethesda,…