6 h. ago Farage calls for national emergency over arrival of people from ‘alien’ cultures

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said billions of pounds are being spent on housing ‘undocumented males’ in hotels and rented accommodation.

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6 h. ago First police officer to arrive at felled Sycamore Gap saw people 'visibly upset'

PC Peter Borini of Northumbria Police said there were already many people at the site of the felled tree when he got there at about 11:30am on 28 September 2023

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44 h. ago Number of Channel migrant crossings this year exceeds 10,000

More than 200 people made the journey, with one boat seen arriving in Dover carrying around 50 migrants.

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49 h. ago This Welsh woman is now responsible for protecting women and girls from violence

'We recognise this is a national emergency. It's not just one part of society and it's not just for victims to protect themselves. We need to hold men and boys accountable for their behaviour'

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49 h. ago This Welsh woman is responsible for protecting women and girls from violence

'We recognise this is a national emergency. It's not just one part of society and it's not just for victims to protect themselves. We need to hold men and boys accountable for their behaviour'

Events

4 d. ago Pope Francis funeral: Donald Trump arrives to pay tribute to 'people's pope' as world leaders join the hundreds of thousands gathering in Rome for emotional service

The U.S. president is joined by his wife, Melania, in the Vatican City, among some 170 heads of state or government in attendance.

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6 d. ago Kemi Badenoch urged to 'rein in' former Tory leader rival Robert Jenrick after he 'calls for a coalition with Farage's Reform'

Mr Jenrick was secretly recorded telling Conservative students that 'one way or another' centre-Right voters had to be united to ensure Keir Starmer does not 'sail through the middle' again.

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7 d. ago Warning China could be building AI army of 'Terminator' soldiers that can't be killed

The US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology has warned China is in a position to create practically un-killable cyborgs through the use of advanced biotechnology

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1 week ago Reform UK candidate backed means testing winter fuel payments despite Nigel Farage calling move ‘vindictive’

Sarah Pochin said winter fuel payments should go to those who need it and not those who don’t

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1 week ago ‘Kush destroys them’: the Guinean rehab clinic tackling a drug epidemic

Experts say a crisis is under way in Guinea, fuelled by a growing market run by cross-border trafficking syndicatesAt Guinea’s only private drug rehabilitation clinic, Dr Marie Koumbassa and her 15-person team are so convinced that drug use is a national emergency that they work for no pay.Every week, SAJED-Guinée (Service for Helping Young People in Difficult Situations due to Drugs) receives dozens of distress calls from relatives of addicts who are then taken to the facility in the working-class Conakry neighbourhood of Dabompa. Continue reading...

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1 week ago An Israeli bomb took a teen’s arm in Gaza. She’s healing with a family in Philadelphia

Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrivalDozens of people across the world were in non-stop communication for several months to arrange the arrival of Tasneem Sharif Abbas to the US. Abbas’s entire life changed when a bomb dropped on her family’s home in Gaza on 31 October 2023. A piece of metal severed her arm and she blacked out as rubble fell on her. Soon after, her arm was amputated at a local Gaza hospital. “This is not a movie or a fictional story. This is the reality I have lived,” Abbas said in a statement. “This is just a glimpse of the dark days that have turned my life into a nightmare.”Last year, the 16-year-old and an accompanying guardian, her adult sister Ashjan who is not injured, evacuated to Egypt, where they spent several months aboard a medical ship. The journey to fit Abbas with a prosthetic arm began with a 24-hour-flight from Cairo to New York, where volunteers met them in the airport d...

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1 week ago Yellow fever: Health emergency declared as 17th century disease kills 34 and warning issued

People who are not vaccinated against the disease will be banned from travelling to certain areas of Colombia after the government declared a national health emergency for yellow fever

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2 w. ago Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas Spotted Arriving by Helicopter Together in London

Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas Spotted Arriving by Helicopter Together in London  People.com

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage says Elon Musk calling for new Reform leader was 'him trying to encourage me'

The billionaire adviser to Donald Trump called for a new leader of Reform UK

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage claims Elon Musk was ‘trying to encourage him’ by calling for him to be sacked

Reform UK leader also claims his party still ‘cool’ to young people in wake of fall out with tech billionaire Tesla owner and ‘first buddy’ of US president Donald Trump

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2 w. ago Rory McIlroy faces massive tax bill if he wins The Masters and completes career Grand Slam

Rory McIlroy is in the hunt for his first Masters title and a career Grand Slam, but the Northern Irishman could face a huge tax bill if he emerges victorious at Augusta National

Economics

2 w. ago British man, 63, dies after falling at Roman aqueduct in Spain

Unnamed tourist fell from viewing platform overlooking the historic structure in Segovia, authorities say A 63-year-old British man has died after falling from a viewing platform overlooking the historic aqueduct of Segovia in central Spain, according to local authorities.In a brief statement on Saturday, officials described the man as a British passport holder who had arrived in the city on Thursday with two other people. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Musk trying to encourage me with tweet calling for new Reform UK leader – Farage

Elon Musk and Nigel Farage have clashed over the former’s support for the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Politics

2 w. ago Emergency bill to 'save' British Steel that could nationalise Scunthorpe furnace clears Parliament

The Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill has cleared the House of Lords and will become law once it receives royal assent.

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2 w. ago Labour faces calls to nationalise British Steel as MPs urged to pass emergency law today to save UK steelmaking and thousands of jobs

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

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