53 minutes ago About sharing By Jeremy Bowen BBC International editor, Jerusalem UN secretary general António Guterres spoke this afternoon about the “serious risk to the maintenance of international peace and security”, citing the spillover of hostilities in “the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen”. He has triggered Article 99, prompting a UN…
46 minutes ago About sharing Wham!’s Last Christmas has had four spells at number one, but never in Christmas week itself By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Christmas has come early in the UK charts as almost three quarters of songs in the top 40 are festive tunes. Wham!’s Last Christmas has topped the singles chart…
1 hour ago About sharing Kigali can bee seen from the upper floors of the empty hostel that will put up people sent from the UK By Mayeni Jones BBC News, Kigali This week, Rwanda has been at the centre of a debate in UK politics about whether the government’s latest attempt to offshore some…
1 hour ago About sharing Omid Scobie says he had named the two royals in an earlier version of the text By James Gregory BBC News An author whose book triggered a row over allegations of racism in the Royal Family has said an earlier version of the text was to blame for the naming…
World / December 8, 2023 Israel Is Losing this War Despite the violence it has unleashed on Palestinians, Israel is failing to achieve its political goals. Tony Karon and Daniel Levy Ad Policy Israeli forces invade Gaza. (IDF) It may sound daft to suggest that a group of armed irregulars, numbering in the low tens…
December 8, 2023 The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency Should he somehow, despite four criminal indictments and multiple trials, return to the White House, we can’t say we weren’t warned. Clarence Lusane Ad Policy Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Dennis Van Tine / STAR MAX…
Politics / December 8, 2023 Nikki Haley’s Fake Moderation Should Fool No One The favorite of plutocrats and the mainstream media is running a deeply deceptive campaign. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Trump and Trump lite: Haley offers Trump’s policies, but with better outfits and a more soothing tone of voice. (Mark Wilson / Getty) The…
Politics / December 8, 2023 For the First Time in 50 Years, a Judge Has Decided Whether One Woman Could Get an Abortion Kate Cox, whose fetus is fatally diseased and threatening her life, had to ask a Texas judge to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. The judge agreed. Mary Tuma Ad Policy Kate…