17 h. ago Labour Traitors war: Streeting says No10 aides out to 'kneecap' him as Starmer hit by coup frenzy

The Health Secretary slammed Downing Street sources for ‘self-defeating and self-destructive behaviour’

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59 h. ago For American students in London, the cost of World War II hits home

For American students in London, the cost of World War II hits home  Northeastern Global News

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4 d. ago Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais

Israel turns the violence up and down at will, maintaining full dominion over Gaza and the West Bank, then calls each pause a generous ‘ceasefire’If you started attending one funeral a day beginning 1 January 2025, you would finish in the year 3887. That is how long it would take to mourn every life lost in Gaza. By then, your grandchildren’s great10 grandchildren would be dust, and still you would be burying Palestinian bodies from a “war” Israel insists was about self-defense. Even then, this number does not tell you about the thousands of ways these bodies were burned, torn, crushed and made anything but whole.And yet here we are, watching world leaders gather in Egypt for a “peace summit” last month where the only people absent were Palestinians. The banner read “Peace 2025”, while Palestine’s representatives were barred from the room.Ahmad Ibsais is a first generation Palestinian American, law student and poet who writes the newsletter State of Siege Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks

Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedomStudents, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students and workers’ strikes next May Day and a nationwide general strike in May 2028.The day of action was organized under the banner of Students Rise Up, a network of students including both local groups and national organizations like Sunrise Movement and Campus Climate Network. Students were joined by faculty and educational workers’ unions like the American Association of University Professors and Higher Education Labor United. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Redbridge Council to move homeless residents out of London to reduce cost and waiting times

Redbridge Council to move homeless residents out of London to reduce cost and waiting times  Yellow Advertiser

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6 d. ago The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery

The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to their families and tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

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7 d. ago Bonfire Night mistakes that could cost homeowners hundreds of pounds

These mistakes could end up costing you hundreds after one of the UK’s favourite nights of the year

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8 d. ago Scots gang war arrests hit 62 as five more people charged in Operation Portaledge

A further five people have been arrested and charged over recent months in connection with Operation Portaledge, bringing the total number of arrests to 62.

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1 week ago Londoners are spending more than £2,000 a month on bills for the first time

Average worker in the capital shelling out 66% of their total income on cost-of-living, according to MoneySuperMarket

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2 w. ago London named ‘the most expensive city’ in UK as spending on bills hits £2,000 a month for first time

Average worker in the capital shelling out 66 per cent of their total income on cost-of-living, said MoneySuperMarket

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Moscow under drone siege for third night running

EU edges towards using ‘reparations loan’ using Russian frozen assets; Kremlin pressing ahead with year-round conscription. What we know on day 1,344Ukraine sent drones towards Moscow for the third consecutive night, closing airports, Russian authorities said late on Tuesday. Rosaviatsiya, the air transport watchdog, said Moscow’s Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports had flights halted or restricted. Russia usually says all incoming drones were destroyed, regardless of the outcome, and typically gives limited details about the effects of Ukrainian strikes unless civilians or civilian infrastructure are hit. Over the previous two nights, Russia’s defence ministry said there were 35 Ukrainian drones destroyed over the Moscow region. Ukraine says its long-range drone strikes of recent months on Moscow and other Russian regions are aimed at hitting military and industrial assets, damaging Russia’s war economy and bringing the conflict home to Russians.Ukraine also launched se...

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2 w. ago Noel Gallagher's handwritten lyrics for Oasis hit Don't Look Back In Anger are sold for FIVE times their value as bidding war climbs to £20,000

The singer's words sold at auction for five times more than their valuation. Collectables company Propstore initially valued the handwritten relic for £4,000.

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2 w. ago New London gets cleaner energy, cost savings with solar project

New London gets cleaner energy, cost savings with solar project  West Central Tribune

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2 w. ago Putin breaks silence over 'unfriendly act' in chilling warning to Trump

The Russian despot has said in a chilling statement this evening that 'dialogue is always better than war' after Donald Trump hit the country with new sanctions

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2 w. ago War widow Christina Schmid filmed attacking husband in 'nightmare' of abuse

Afghanistan war widow Christina Schmid was papped shockingly hitting her husband Adam Plumb as details of an alcohol-fuelled rage against her spouse were revealed in court

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2 w. ago London raking in staggering £1billion a year from drivers in road charges and fines

London councils and TfL are raking in vast sums from parking charges and fines

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2 w. ago Revealed: London's war on motorists nets staggering £1billion a year from road charges and fines

London councils and TfL are raking in vast sums from parking charges and fines

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3 w. ago To hit back at the United States in their trade war, China borrows from the US playbook

China has expanded its export rules on rare earths, requiring foreign firms to get approval for exporting products containing even small amounts of China-originated materials

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3 w. ago ‘Indecency has become a new hallmark’: writer and historian Jelani Cobb on race in Donald Trump’s America

In a new essay collection, the dean of Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism makes a compelling argument that everything is connected and nothing is inevitable about racial justice or democracy“From the vantage point of the newsroom, the first story is almost never the full story,” writes Jelani Cobb. “You hear stray wisps of information, almost always the most inflammatory strands of a much bigger, more complicated set of circumstances.”The dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York could be reflecting on the recent killing of the racist provocateur Charlie Kirk. In fact, he is thinking back to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American student from Florida who was shot dead by a white Latino neighbourhood watch volunteer in 2012. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cost of living: Families are priced out of London, Assembly told

Cost of living: Families are priced out of London, Assembly told  BBC

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