Andy Burnham will take Britain back into European Union, Neil Kinnock claims – UK politics live
Former Labour leader says he believes the prime minister has an ‘authentic commitment’ to taking the UK back into the EU
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, has said he does not agree with his colleague Suella Braverman’s assertion that black people cannot be English.
Asked about her views in an interview on Sky News, Yusuf said:
In my view Ashley Cole is the best English fullback in history, and I won’t take any other position. So in my view, Ashley Cole is English. I think the argument that he’s not English doesn’t hold water with me.
Nasser Hussain, who I grew up watching when I went to the cricket, the idea that those people aren’t English is an alien concept to me.
I would respectfully disagree with people, who make the opposite argument.
To say I’m English is to take a ‘laissez-faire, anything-goes’ attitude to ethnicity, citizenship and identity. It also denies me my Asian heritage. The liberals (many of them in today’s Conservative party) take this cosmopolitan approach to Englishness. They’re terrified of being called racist so they say that anyone, as long as they’re born here, can be English.
I take the conservative approach. Englishness is an ethnicity. There have been English people for centuries and we need to recognise this more if we are to start taking a more muscular approach to citizenship and nationality. And no, it’s not racist to say this.
Continue reading...Ian McKellen to star in UK premiere of ‘mixed reality’ play – but not in person
Audiences in Manchester will be asked to wear smart glasses for An Ark, which debuted in New York this year
Ian McKellen will star in a groundbreaking new play that gets its UK premiere in Manchester next spring. But the veteran actor will not set foot on stage.
The Lord of the Rings star is taking part in An Ark, a “mixed reality” play that had its debut in New York earlier this year. Theatregoers are asked to wear smart glasses, which project the actors into the room.
Continue reading...First Thing: Democratic leaders condemn federal raid on Ilhan Omar as she vows not to be silenced
Minnesota congresswoman criticized raid as attempt by Trump administration ‘to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement’. Plus what is to be done about the world record in the women’s marathon?
Good morning. Ilhan Omar has said she will not be silenced after federal agents raided her home. In a social media post, the Minnesota congresswoman criticized the raid as an attempt by the Trump administration “to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement”.
Donald Trump and key allies have accused Omar of fraud related to her family’s immigration history, fantasizing openly about denaturalizing her and expelling her from the country. Omar said in her post: “This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.”
How have Ilhan Omar’s Democratic colleagues reacted to the raid? House Democratic leaders, including minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, party whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar, issued a joint statement excoriating the president for the search, calling it “deeply disturbing”. The Democratic leaders vowed to “deliver full accountability for the rogue abuse of power” from the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.
Continue reading...A Demographic Mirage May Be Distorting China’s Economic Ambitions – WSJ
- A Demographic Mirage May Be Distorting China’s Economic Ambitions WSJ
- Has China really lost 130 million people? The Times
- China's 1.4 Billion Population a Statistical Manipulation? Study Says Actual Figure May Be in the 1.2 Billion Range 아시아경제
- Will China Shrink to 320 Million People? Newsweek
- China’s Long Twilight RealClearDefense
Israel’s military raids NGO offices in Ramallah
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank where Israeli forces raided several NGOs.
MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Bari Weiss ’ Bust-Up With ‘60 Minutes’ Legend Lesley Stahl Leaks – The Daily Beast
Immigration agents search congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s home
Omar, an outspoken Trump critic, said the search was "an attempt to target political enemies" and she "will not be silenced".
UK shoppers seek deals as grocery price inflation rises again
Price of chocolates falls in run-up to Halloween, while supermarkets use special offers to draw in sales
Grocery price inflation in the UK has picked up further, prompting shoppers to turn to special offers to keep their bills down – while the price of chocolates has fallen in the run-up to Halloween.
Supermarket prices were 2.5% higher than last year in the four weeks to 4 October, up from 2.3% last month, according to data from the retail analysts Worldpanel by Numerator.
Continue reading...Hobbs and Whistles owner investigates hack that may have exposed customer data
Cyber-attack on TFG London comes less than a week after online fashion seller Asos was hit by hackers
The owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles has said its websites and IT systems have been hit by a cyber-attack that may have compromised customers’ personal data.
The South-African listed TFG London said it identified the “cybersecurity incident” at the three UK-based retail chains on Sunday. Its two other UK brands, Inside Story and White Stuff, are not affected.
Continue reading...High on hopium – Politico
At least 160,000 people take to streets in third week of French school protests
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joins teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schools
More than 160,000 schoolchildren, students and trade unionists have marched in cities across France as protests over high school education continued into a third week and many demonstrators denounced policing tactics.
Riot police fired teargas at the end of Tuesday’s marches in Nantes and near the Montparnasse area of Paris, but most of the demonstrations over teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling school buildings held in cities including Lyon, Lille and Marseille were peaceful.
Continue reading...How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power
The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage Lula
Thundering to a crowd of thousands of far-right supporters in São Paulo on 7 September, Brazil’s Independence Day, the senator Flávio Bolsonaro focused less on his opponent in the presidential election, the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, than on someone who is not running at all.
“Whoever votes for Lula is voting for Alexandre de Moraes,” Bolsonaro shouted, referring to the shaven-headed supreme court justice once described as “Voldemort” by Elon Musk.
Continue reading...Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January
Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per month
It is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2027.
As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go into effect.
Continue reading...Navi Pillay’s Nobel rewards the Israel genocide lie – Washington Examiner
- Navi Pillay’s Nobel rewards the Israel genocide lie Washington Examiner
- Trump Says He Should Have Won 8 Nobels After Being Snubbed for the Prize The New York Times
- Trump fumes at ‘stain’ on Norway after missing out on Nobel Peace Prize The Washington Post
- Is the Whole World Wrong? Tablet Magazine
- Analysing Africa newsletter: A Nobel and ignoble day for the rule of law The Economist
One year into ceasefire, vexed Gazans say they’re still living like war never ended – The Times of Israel
- One year into ceasefire, vexed Gazans say they’re still living like war never ended The Times of Israel
- Wringing Hope From the Rubble of Gaza The New York Times
- A US-brokered ceasefire was supposed to end the war in Gaza. A year later, progress has stalled AP News
- Palestine weekly: Gaza marks year of ‘ceasefire’ with more Israeli killing Al Jazeera
- Photos: What a year of ceasefire in Gaza looks like NPR
Ex-Chicago detective identified as killing child in 65-year cold case
Police used recently discovered DNA to pin murder of eight-year-old girl on Thomas McInerney, who died in 2006
Chicago police on Monday said they recently used newly discovered DNA evidence to tie the 1960 murder of an eight-year-old girl to one of its own former homicide detectives.
Thomas McInerney had been dead for 20 years by the time authorities issued a statement identifying him as the killer of Gloria Kowalewicz – well after retiring from the Chicago police department (CPD) and two federal public defender’s offices in Nevada where he worked as an investigator.
Continue reading...UK holiday demand may have peaked amid cost of living squeeze, says travel industry
Spain remains most popular destination as Britons book later in hope of better deals, Abta report finds
The UK’s cost of living squeeze means fewer people plan to ringfence money for holidays abroad next year, the travel industry has warned.
Despite war, wildfires and EES border checks, the numbers of Britons taking holidays climbed back to pre-pandemic levels this year – but rising costs may mean the numbers have peaked, according to an annual travel industry report on Tuesday.
Continue reading...11 sailors missing after drone sinks ships in Black Sea – NBC News
- 11 sailors missing after drone sinks ships in Black Sea NBC News
- Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria Reuters
- 11 missing after ships struck off Bulgaria in latest Black Sea attack Inquirer.net
- Bulgarian PM summons Russian ambassador after ship sinks in Black Sea drone attack BBC
- Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says AP News
Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill five people on Mexico’s Pacific coast – The Guardian
- Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill five people on Mexico’s Pacific coast The Guardian
- Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico's Pacific coast, pounds resorts and vulnerable towns CBS News
- Storms cause 5 deaths in Mexico as flood risk eases in southwestern US NBC News
- Hurricane Simon crawls along Mexico's Pacific coast, bringing floods and evacuations Reuters
- Severe storms, multiday flood threat target Plains this week Yahoo