North Korea launches ICBM towards Japan day after firing 23 missiles near South Korea; US condemns ‘violation’
North Korea fired several missiles into the Pacific Ocean near Japan on Thursday, including at least one intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korean officials said. “This morning, our military detected the firing of one long-range ballistic missile from Sunan area in Pyongyang toward East Sea, and two short-range ballistic missiles from Kaechon in South Pyongan Province […]
100 years of fascism: history shows how fascism can be the dark side to liberation
Read More When fascist blackshirts marched through the streets of Rome at the end of October 1922, their leader, Benito Mussolini, had just been installed as prime minister. While Mussolini’s followers had already organised into militias and begun to terrorise the country, it was during the 1922 squadristi, historian Robert O Paxton writes, that they […]
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen faces suspension over lobbying breaches
Read More The Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen faces suspension from the House of Commons and has been asked to apologise after a cross-party committee found that he took a “cavalier” approach to rules about paid lobbying. The standards committee endorsed findings from Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, that Bridgen breached rules on paid […]
Manston asylum centre not operating legally, concedes minister
Read More The government has conceded that the asylum processing centre at Manston in Kent is not operating legally, after the immigration minister said legal action had begun on behalf of some of those held there. The centre is supposed to hold a maximum of 1,600 people, and each for just 24 hours while initial […]
Stefanik to host rally for Zeldin, Republican candidates to ‘save’ New York from single-party ‘Democrat rule’
Post Content EXCLUSIVE: House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik is hosting a rally for New York GOP gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin and other top Republican candidates in the Empire State Thursday night to “save” the state, predicting the GOP is “on the precipice of once in a generation wins to flip blue states red […]
Russia-Ukraine war live news: Blinken hails Turkish help as grain export deal resumes
Read More Russian-imposed leader Kirill Stremousov in Kherson has reported that Ukrainian forces have destroyed the administration building in Hola Prystan, which is on the south bank of the Dnipro river. Russian news agency Interfax quotes Stremousov from a video posted to Telegram in which he said “No one was injured during the shelling, as […]
Biggest interest rate rise in decades expected as Bank of England battles inflation – business live
Read More From 1h ago Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the world economy, and the financial markets. All eyes are on the Bank of England this morning. The UK central bank is on track for its biggest interest rate rise in decades, as it tries to get a grip on […]
Russia’s reinforcements: Where Putin has found more weapons and troops as Ukraine invasion drags on
Russia’s weapon and troop shortage has forced it to turn to other rogue nations and some surprising sources in an effort to sustain its invasion of Ukraine. Analysts predicted Russia’s invasion would last only days or weeks due to confidence in a superior military force with vast supplies and an overwhelming advantage in manpower, but […]
New prime minister promises to ‘make Lesotho great again’
Read More Lesotho’s new prime minister, Sam Matekane, revealed his plan to make the country “great again” when he officially assumed the premiership on Friday, at Setsoto Stadium in Maseru. “This address represents a social contract in which I promise to make Lesotho great again,” Matekane said in his address, which centred on revitalising the […]
Red wall voters willing to give Rishi Sunak a chance, according to focus group
Read More Voters in the historic “red wall” seat of Sedgefield in County Durham, where Tony Blair was once elected to parliament, are willing to give Rishi Sunak a chance to improve their prospects as the cost of living crisis deepens, since Keir Starmer is “not making a case for himself”. Members of a focus […]
