38 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News A diplomatic row has broken out between the British and Greek governments over the Elgin Marbles. The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Rishi Sunak in London, but No 10 cancelled the meeting at the last minute. A spokesman for…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Cleverly apologises for ‘unparliamentary language’ By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News James Cleverly has apologised in the House of Commons for using “inappropriate language” about a Labour MP but denied he used a derogatory term to describe Stockton North. The home secretary has faced allegations he used a…
5 minutes ago About sharing Walliams was a judge on the ITV talent show for 10 years By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter The producer of Britain’s Got Talent has reached an “amicable resolution” with David Walliams after remarks he made on the show were leaked. The comic left the programme last year and apologised for…
1 hour ago About sharing The London mayor says he was “kept in the dark” about what was happening 2020 as the country went into a national lockdown By Becky Morton Political reporter Excluding regional mayors from key meetings harmed the UK’s response to the pandemic, Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham have told the Covid…
1 hour ago About sharing Joint military drills were held between Palestinian armed factions from 2020 onwards By Abdelali Ragad, Richard Irvine-Brown, Benedict Garman and Sean Seddon BBC Arabic and BBC Verify Five armed Palestinian groups joined Hamas in the deadly 7 October attack on Israel after training together in military-style exercises from 2020 onwards,…
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World / November 27, 2023 “We Just Sit Here Waiting to Die”: Diary Entries From Another Week in Gaza Atef Abu Saif’s dispatches from the heart of the Israeli assault continue. Atef Abu Saif Ad Policy Palestinians in their destroyed home at the refugee camp in Nuseirat, Gaza, on Saturday, November 25, 2023. (Ahmad Salem…
November 27, 2023 The Shootings in Vermont Cannot Be Separated From Dehumanization of Palestinians Globally The attack on Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmed comes as Palestinians are silenced and oppressed across the Global North. Dave Zirin Ad Policy Police say three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering…
Activism / November 27, 2023 The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others. Natasha Hakimi Zapata Ad Policy Former Guantánamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, a British citizen,…
16 minutes ago About sharing By Jessica Murphy BBC News Rapper Young Thug’s racketeering trial has begun in Georgia with opening arguments starting on Monday morning. The Atlanta rapper, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, stands accused of co-founding a violent street gang in the Atlanta area. Prosecutors are using the critically-acclaimed performer’s own lyrics as evidence…