Trump fires top US general CQ Brown in shake-up at Pentagon
The new Pentagon chief had accused CQ Brown of a "woke" focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
Using an e-scooter can add £1,000 to your car insurance quote
Under-30s risk a huge hike in huge car insurance premiums later in life if handed the IN10 endorsement
Young people using private electric scooters on roads and pavements risk facing huge insurance premiums when they want to drive a car, says the comparison website MoneySuperMarket.
It emerged this week that almost 800 children aged 13 to 16 had been issued an IN10 endorsement – the code used by the police for “using a vehicle uninsured against third-party risks” since the start of 2020. It stays on a person’s driving record for four years from the date of the offence.
Continue reading...Arab leaders huddle in Saudi Arabia in pushback to Trump’s Gaza plans – NPR
- Arab leaders huddle in Saudi Arabia in pushback to Trump’s Gaza plans NPR
- Saudi Crown Prince MBS Rallies Arab Leaders on Gaza Plan to Thwart Trump Bloomberg
- Arab Leaders Scramble to Counter Trump’s Gaza Plans The New York Times
- Arab states scramble to counter Trump's Gaza 'Riviera' plan Reuters
- Egypt and its neighbors working on alternative to Trump's Gaza plan that wouldn't displace Palestinians CBS News
Hamas releases remains of captive Shiri Bibas after ‘mix-up of bodies’
Family members and forensic experts confirm that the new remains turned over by Hamas belong to the deceased Bibas.
Konstantin Kisin: anti-woke libertarian who reluctantly calls himself ‘right wing’
In speech at Arc conference, podcaster argues ‘identity politics and multiculturalism … are two failed experiments’
Konstantin Kisin has until this week been best known as a libertarian, pro-free speech independent podcaster, and for a viral appearance at the Oxford Union arguing that “woke culture has gone too far”.
His profile has suddenly risen, however, after hosting the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, on his podcast, and arguing in an episode with Fraser Nelson, the former editor of the Spectator, that Rishi Sunak was not English owing to his “brown Hindu” background – triggering criticism on social media.
Continue reading...Shiri Bibas remains identified as Israel and Hamas prepare for another hostage-prisoner swap
Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s body
The body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, Israel’s army radio reported early on Saturday, adding that Bibas was likely killed in captivity with her children.
The confirmation came as Israelis and Palestinians braced for another tense exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday after uproar in Israel over allegations that two child hostages were “brutally murdered” by Hamas, and the group’s initial failure to deliver the body of their mother, instead returning the corpse of an unidentified woman.
Continue reading...US Embassy bans employees from using public transport in Israel following bus bombings – The Jerusalem Post
- US Embassy bans employees from using public transport in Israel following bus bombings The Jerusalem Post
- Bus driver got passengers off minutes before bomb detonated Thursday night – report The Times of Israel
- Shin Bet Arrests Two Israelis Suspected of Involvement in Tel Aviv Suburbs Bus Bombs Haaretz
- Multiple Bus Explosions in Israel Put Country on Terrorism Alert The New York Times
- Three empty buses explode in Israel in suspected terrorist attack The Washington Post
‘We are in danger’: Migrants deported from US were locked in hotel and held at remote camp in Panama, lawyers say – CNN
- ‘We are in danger’: Migrants deported from US were locked in hotel and held at remote camp in Panama, lawyers say CNN
- Panama sends 97 deportees from US to the Darien camp after they refused to return to their countries The Associated Press
- Trump deports hundreds to third countries, leaving them in legal limbo The Washington Post
- After US deportation, Chinese woman in Panama camp says ‘guarded like prisoners’ South China Morning Post
- Migrants, Deported to Panama Under Trump Plan, Detained in Remote Jungle Camp The New York Times
Long-term effects of Gaza war could quadruple Palestinian death toll, warn UK doctors
Surgeons who worked in Gaza fear disease, malnutrition and eradication of healthcare will reverberate for decades
British doctors who worked in Gaza during the war have issued dire predictions over the long-term health of Palestinian civillians, warning that large numbers will continue to die.
The prevalence of infectious disease and multiple health problems linked to malnutrition, alongside the destruction of hospitals and killing of medical experts, meant mortality rates among Palestinians in Gaza would remain high after the cessation of Israeli shelling.
Continue reading...The rise of the far right in Europe
As AfD is polling second in Germany, we look at how the far-right rose to popularity in Europe over the last 25 years.
19 things Trump and his team did this week
In his fifth week in office, Trump called Zelensky a dictator, sought more federal civil service cuts and dropped in on Nascar.
Trump says Starmer and Macron ‘haven’t done anything’ to end Ukraine war
Trump's criticisms come as the UK and French leaders prepare to visit the White House next week.
Trump says Starmer and Macron ‘haven’t done anything’ to end Ukraine war
Trump's criticisms come as the UK and French leaders prepare to visit the White House next week.
Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due
Pete Hegseth supports cuts of up to 8% of civilian workforce as Trump bids to institute massive government cuts
The Pentagon announced plans Friday to fire 5-8% of its civilian workforce, staring next week with layoffs of 5,400 probationary workers, a Department of Defense official said in a statement.
The initial civilian layoffs will be followed by a Department of Defense hiring freeze to analyze the military’s personnel needs in compliance with Donald Trump’s political goals, Darin Selnick, the acting under-secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said in the statement.
Continue reading...Trans Euphoria star says new passport lists her as male
Hunter Schafer, a transgender woman, hits out at President Donald Trump's policies on gender.
Trans Euphoria star says new passport lists her as male
Hunter Schafer, a transgender woman, hits out at President Donald Trump's policies on gender.
DR Congo rebels seeking to exploit discrimination against minority Tutsis
What is it like to be an ethnic Tutsi in DR Congo - the people for whom the M23 rebels say they are fighting?
US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s anti-DEI purge
Adam Abeldon rules that president’s efforts to ban DEI programs likely violate first amendment of constitution
A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and by businesses that contract with the federal government.
US district judge Adam Abelson said the directives by Trump and an order urging the Department of Justice to investigate companies with DEI policies likely violate the first amendment of the US constitution.
Continue reading...Fit for a pontiff: Inside the Roman hospital caring for Pope Francis
The Gemelli hospital has been treating popes for more than thirty years.
Three teenagers arrested after alleged break-and-enter and sexual assault in Cairns
The boys are accused of breaking into a home in Cairns and threatening a couple with a knife early on Friday morning, before taking a woman into a separate room
Three teenagers accused of a “horrific” break-and-enter and sexual assault are in custody after police pulled off a dramatic arrest on a busy street.
The teenagers are accused of breaking into a home in Cairns and threatening a couple with a knife early on Friday morning, before taking a woman into a separate room.
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