55 m. ago Foreign Office issues travel warning for popular tourist hotspot, citing safety concerns and limited healthcare

Tourists have been warned to get full travel insurance and ensure their medications are fully stocked before travelling to this popular island and tourist hotspot

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65 m. ago US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers

OPM says failure to respond to email will not be considered resignation but Trump ally digs in and threatens job lossesThe US government’s human resources office has walked back an ultimatum issued by Elon Musk that would have forced its workers to resign if they did not submit a bullet-point list of their recent accomplishments, in one of the first signs of internal pushback to the Tesla billionaire’s campaign to downsize the federal workforce.The demand, made in an email sent to million of government employees over the weekend and quickly sued over by a coalition of labor and advocacy groups, represented the latest salvo by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Trump-sanctioned cost-cutting initiative Musk chairs. Continue reading...

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78 m. ago Judge blocks ICE enforcement in some houses of worship, citing ‘chilling’ effect on religion

ICE is temporarily blocked from policing mostly Quaker groups after threats of immigration enforcement

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2 h. ago Federal workers free to ignore Elon Musk email ultimatum, US personnel office says – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Here’s our latest politics storyHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Police to crackdown on phone theft with new powers to enter buildings and seize stolen phones located via tracking apps

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the move was aimed at giving officers the ability to act swiftly against phone snatchers.

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2 h. ago New document casts doubt on Trump admin’s denials about $400m ‘armored Tesla’ contract: report

After controversy, officials quietly edited the record to eliminate mention of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company

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2 h. ago One in ten students say they feel 'constantly anxious' about exams, money and the fear of failing, poll reveals

A poll of 1,000 current and past university students has revealed nearly half of them were either often or always worried during their academic years.

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3 h. ago Mississippi city drops lawsuit over newspaper editorial that judge ordered removed

A Mississippi city is dropping its lawsuit against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local officials removed by a judge

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3 h. ago Civil servants claim they work less well when they are forced into the office three days a week, report reveals

The survey by the trade union for Whitehall mandarins found that three-quarters of respondents believe the mandatory attendance requirement has been a failure.

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3 h. ago Heartbroken parents told daughter's murder is 'real inspiration' behind stalking laws

Home Office minister Jess Phillips told the parents of Alice Ruggles that failings before she was murdered by her ex-boyfriend has inspired changes to stalking laws

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3 h. ago Women tricked into dating undercover police officer lay bare extent of deception

Women deceived into dating undercover police want new ITV documentary to spark action

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3 h. ago Judge rejects immediately restoring AP's access to White House but urges government to reconsider

A federal judge has refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter

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4 h. ago LA traffic officer confronted at home by ICE agents who were ‘hesitant’ about showing warrant while citywide sweep fails to materialize

Federal officials reportedly arrested 12 people during the weekend raid, despite requesting space to hold 120

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4 h. ago Federal workers free to ignore Elon Musk email ultimatum, US personnel office says – live

OPM says federal workers not obliged to respond despite Musk’s that ignoring email would be considered resignationHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Elon Musk’s link to KGB as 'star protege "Big Balls" is grandson of executed agent'

Edward "Big Balls" Coristine is reportedly the grandson of Valery Fedorovich Martynov, a KGB agent executed by the Soviet Union for sharing state secrets with the FBI

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4 h. ago Funeral set for an officer killed while responding to a gunman in a Pennsylvania hospital

A funeral service will be held later this week for a Pennsylvania police officer who was killed last weekend while responding to a gunman inside a hospital intensive care unit

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4 h. ago MAFS UK fans demand 'justice' for Nathan as they all blast 'vindictive' Lacey

Married At First Sight UK fans flocked to social media to slam Lacey as she confronted ex Nathan at the reunion dinner party from hell, with viewers demanding 'justice' for him

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4 h. ago National Park Service withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration

A Louisiana landscape where centuries-old sugar cane plantations and Afro-Creole culture remain preserved along the Mississippi River will no longer be eligible for consideration for federal recognition following a request from state officials

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5 h. ago Lauren Sanchez buries rumor of rift with Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan after inauguration exchange

Sanchez attended the inauguration with her billionaire fiancé Jeff Bezos but eagled eyed viewers couldn't help but notice that she failed to interact with Zuckerberg's wife.

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5 h. ago UN security council approves US resolution on Ukraine war that doesn’t mention Russia; Putin says Europeans can ‘participate’ in peace talks – live

The US-drafted resolution which, fails to mention Russian aggression, receives 10 votes, while five members including UK and France abstained from the voteThe EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas earlier said that she would be travelling to the US tomorrow to meet with US secretary of state Marco Rubio, adding that what she called the “Russian narrative” is “strongly represented” in comments being made by the second Donald Trump administration.She told reporters “I think it’s good that we have as many interactions with the new administration in US as possible. I’m also travelling tomorrow to the US to meet Marco Rubio and others there to discuss these issues, because it’s extremely important.” Continue reading...

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