3 h. ago 'I believe that the people of East Kilbride are determined to protect our freedoms and democracy'

In an open letter, East Kilbride and Strathaven Labour MP Joani Reid pays tribute to the sacrifices made by the wartime generation.

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24 h. ago Tory extinction ‘can’t be ruled out’, says Jeremy Hunt – UK politics live

Former chancellor says he does not expect the Conservatives to die out as a party but he says it is a possibilityKeir Starmer starts by saying rising tensions between India and Pakistan will be of serious concern for many across Britain. The government is enouraging de-escalation, he says.He says tomorrow the nation will fall silent to commemorate VE Day. The armed forces protect our freedom, he says. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Does human rights law really stop the UK controlling migration? No – and Keir Starmer knows that | Jamie Burton

It would be wrong for Labour to collude in the attack on the European convention. It’s fuelled by myths and false narrativesHere’s a recent quote from a Downing Street source: “We have to be able to say something on this that isn’t just defending the status quo.”The aide was discussing the European convention on human rights (ECHR), a postwar treaty to protect the freedoms of people in Europe, ratified by the UK in 1951. Although it was also central to Keir Starmer’s entire pre-political career, his government is looking to water down some of the key provisions.Jamie Burton is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. Finnian Clarke, also a barrister at Doughty Street, co-authored Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Hot spell to continue with highs of 25C forecast for Tuesday

The Met Office said the highest temperature recorded on Monday was 24.5C in St James’s Park, London.

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2 w. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 28 people, Palestinians say

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have killed at least 28 people, mostly women and children

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2 w. ago ‘They cannot be jammed’: fibre optic drones pose new threat in Ukraine

Experimental kamikaze FPV drones have been developed that can penetrate spaces previously thought safeOn the battlefields of Ukraine, new sights emerge. Thread-like filaments of wire, extended across open fields. Netting rigged up between trees along key supply roads. Both are responses to a hard-to-detect weapon able to sneak into spaces previously thought safe, hi tech and low tech all at once.At a secret workshop in Ukraine’s north-east, where about 20 people assemble hundreds of FPV (first person view) drones, there is a new design. Under the frame of the familiar quadcopter is a cylinder, the size of a forearm. Coiled up inside is fibre optic cable, 10km (6 miles) or even 20km long, to create a wired kamikaze drone. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Gaza rescue workers say 20 people killed in Israeli strike on residential block – Middle East crisis live

Gaza’s civil defence agency says the strike resulted in ‘20 martyrs and more than 40 injured’The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 1,482 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, taking the overall death toll since the start of the war to 50,846.Hamas’s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally based on Israeli official figures. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Augusta National finds place in heart of city after ravages of Hurricane Helene

Georgia is still recovering from the impact six months on and the famed Masters course will look different as a resultHurricane Helene made landfall in the early hours of Friday 27 September, in Big Bend, Florida. Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center had been watching it building for a week, as it moved away from Nicaragua, up past Grand Cayman, Cancún, and Cuba, and the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, had declared a state of emergency on the Tuesday afternoon.“The current forecast for Hurricane Helene suggests this storm will impact every part of our state,” Kemp said, but in Augusta, over in the east of the state, people felt safe, they hadn’t had a hurricane here in almost 100 years, and this one was forecast to pass it by. Continue reading...

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last month Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 25 people in Gaza as Supreme Court hears Shin Bet cases

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women

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