73 m. ago African leaders call for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against al

African leaders meeting in Uganda are calling for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group that has been wreaking havoc in the Horn of Africa nation

Politics

53 h. ago The truth about Steve Tandy, the crisis meeting he called and what players think of him

The former Ospreys head coach is the favourite to be Wales' next head coach

Sport

60 h. ago Voices: Mischievous, kind, extraordinarily empathetic: The Pope I knew supported me even at my lowest hour

Writing exclusively for The Independent, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recalls his meetings with Pope Francis – and reveals how he received a surprise call moments after he was forced to resign in November

Politics

2 d. ago The Latest: Vance calls for greater ties with India as he meets with Modi to discuss trade deal

While in India on Tuesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for enhanced engagement with the South Asian country

Economics

5 d. ago Foreign Secretary urged to intervene in HSBC pensions scandal

McDougall called on Lammy to meet members of the British National (Overseas) community whose savings have been frozen by the banking giant.

Politics

7 d. ago German police crack down on illegal street car tuning as season begins

Enthusiasts gathering on Good Friday – renamed Carfreitag – face curbs on unauthorised tuning, illegal races and pollutionPolice in Germany have announced a crackdown on illegal racing and the unauthorised modification of cars as members of the so-called tuning scene meet across the country for the start of their annual season.The Good Friday holiday marking Christ’s death on the cross, called Karfreitag in German – from the Old High German word kara, meaning sorrow – is otherwise known by the extreme car enthusiasts as Carfreitag (car Friday) for its unofficial gathering of the “tuners” and “car posers”. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Maryland senator meets Kilmar Ábrego García in El Salvador amid battle over US return

Chris Van Hollen posts photo on X but does not provide update on status of man wrongly deported from USThe Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen met in El Salvador with Kilmar Ábrego García, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.Van Hollen posted a photo of the meeting on X, saying he also called Ábrego García’s wife “to pass along his message of love”. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Rev Al Sharpton meets with Target CEO over halting of DEI initiative

Activists had called for boycotting the company after it announced a roll back of diversity, equity and inclusion effortsOn Thursday morning, the Rev Al Sharpton met with Brian Cornell, the Target CEO, to discuss the fallout from the company’s decision to walk back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts earlier this year. The meeting happened in New York at Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) headquarters, and also included the NAN national board chair Dr W Franklyn Richardson and the NAN senior adviser Carra Wallace.In January, activists in Minnesota called for a boycott of Target following the Minneapolis-based company’s decision to eliminate their DEI initiatives. Though Sharpton, one of the most prominent civil-rights activists in the US, did not directly call for a Target boycott, he supported the efforts of others to boycott, and, prior to the meeting, indicated that he would be open to calling for such an action depending on how the meeting went. Continue read...

Events

9 d. ago ‘Ambitious' new drama called 'Wes Anderson meets the Coen brothers' now streaming

The first four episodes of an inventive new Apple TV+ drama are now streaming

Events

1 week ago Prince Harry makes bombshell security claim saying 'worst fears are confirmed'

Prince Harry is now awaiting the judgment of an appeal in the latest stage of his legal battle over his security arrangements in the UK - and he has spoken out about the fight in an explosive interview

Events

1 week ago Trump adviser Peter Navarro says ‘we’re great’ after Elon Musk calls him ‘moron’

‘I’ve been called worse,’ says top trade adviser after Musk said he was a ‘moron’ and ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’Peter Navarro, a top trade adviser to Donald Trump, said he and Elon Musk are “great” after the president’s multi-billionaire business adviser publicly called him “a moron” who was “dumber than a sack of bricks”.“I’ve been called worse,” Navarro said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press in some of his most extensive remarks about the insults Musk directed at him days earlier. Praising Musk’s role in the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), Navarro added: “Everything’s fine with Elon.” Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump called a cabinet meeting after walking back his tariff plans. It might as well have been held in Moscow

ANALYSIS: Trump’s cabinet meetings have turned into North Korean-style propaganda shows, writes Richard Hall

Politics

2 w. ago Paul Scholes called out by 'unhappy' Man Utd star who demanded training ground meeting

Paul Scholes has revealed a current member of the Manchester United squad not long ago called him out on comments he had made and suggested they meet in person

Politics

2 w. ago Dermot Gallagher bristles over cheeky Celtic 'FA Cup' pop and Rangers handball as ref meets 6 calls head on

Rangers and Celtic both suffered shock defeats whilst there was plenty of controversy at Rugby Park as Kilmarnock welcomed Motherwell

Politics

2 w. ago Cory Booker urges action in first event since historic speech: ‘This is a moment for America’

Democratic senator calls on voters to get creative in pushing back against Trump at town hall in New JerseyThe Democratic senator Cory Booker took a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road Saturday to a town hall meeting in a New Jersey gymnasium, calling on people to find out what they can do to push back against Donald Trump’s agenda.Booker took questions at suburban New Jersey’s Bergen Community College the same day that more than 1,200 “Hands Off” demonstrations took place around the country. The town hall event was punctuated both by celebratory shouts of “Cory, Cory” as well as at least a half-dozen interruptions by protesters. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

Events

3 w. ago Head of Scottish prisons says service should not be immune from prosecution

Lawyer Aamer Anwar has called for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to push for the lifting of Crown immunity.

Events

3 w. ago Emergency meeting called after dire Estyn report into schools and education service

Education services in Powys are causing "significant concern"

Politics

3 w. ago Donald Trump confirms he’s meeting Bill Maher as a favor to a friend

The president confirmed the meeting, calling Maher ‘a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything, or anyone, TRUMP’

Politics

3 w. ago Harry and Meghan charity trustee's accusations that they bullied her and 'ruined' charity event are 'deflection', claim Team Sussex

In an explosive interview, Sentebale trustee chair Sophie Chandauka also claimed donors dropped their support because of the prince's reputation after he quit his royal duties.

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