3 d. ago Political support grows for Polish megacity ‘bigger than London’

Political support grows for Polish megacity ‘bigger than London’  TVP World

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3 d. ago Venezuela rushes to criminalize tanker seizures after Trump targets ‘shadow fleet’

Venezuela's political opposition, including Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado, has expressed support for Trump's Venezuela policy, including the seizure of tankers

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4 d. ago Do you support a ban on trail hunting? Take our poll and have your say

Campaigners have long warned foxes are still torn to shreds by dogs during the hunts, while the national police lead on illegal hunting says they are often a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting

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5 d. ago ‘Teach your daughter to speak Polish’: Ukrainians in Poland face growing resentment

Change in attitudes has been stoked by disinformation, viral videos and the election of rightwing populist presidentValeriia Kholkina was out buying ice-cream with her husband and four-year-old daughter when a man overheard them speaking Ukrainian. “Teach your daughter to speak Polish,” said the stranger. Then he physically assaulted both parents.The incident, which happened in the city of Szczecin in north-west Poland, reflects an increasingly hostile atmosphere for Ukrainians in the country, a dramatic turnaround from the mood in 2022. Then, in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion, hundreds of thousands of Poles put on a show of support and hospitality for their neighbours, volunteering at the border and offering up their homes to refugees. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Do you support the doctors going on strike? Take our poll and have your say

Resident doctors in England are on a five-day strike after rejecting a last minute deal as Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned that the walk out comes at "the worst time for the NHS"

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1 week ago Five more London Labour councillors defect to Greens amid slumping support for Starmer in capital

Zack Polanski welcomed the Brent councillors to his party on Monday, claiming mass defection showed the ‘Green surge has widened in London’

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1 week ago UK politics: Polanski claims Green support surging in London as five Labour councillors defect in Brent – as it happened

UK politics: Polanski claims Green support surging in London as five Labour councillors defect in Brent – as it happened  The Guardian

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2 w. ago Reform support grows as immigration becomes increasing priority for Scots voters

Scottish Labour's support has dropped sharply in the last six months as voters lose faith in Keir Starmer.

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2 w. ago Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster | Antony Dapiran

The pain is visceral, but civil society, media and the creative community have been sent into retreat since the 2019 pro-democracy protestsAntony Dapiran is the author of two books on Hong Kong politics and protestWhite flowers at makeshift shrines and messages of support posted in a public square. A rainbow of folded paper cranes. Boxes of donated goods for the those in need. Hongkongers’ responses to the Tai Po fire disaster – in which at least 159 people have died and 31 are still unaccounted for – have, on the surface, resembled similar community expressions of solidarity last seen during the 2019 protests. But beneath the surface, Hong Kong civil society is struggling to respond to this latest collective trauma in a city that has deeply changed in the past five years.The cauterisation of Hong Kong’s civil society that has occurred under Beijing’s national security crackdown has meant that the types of grassroots activism that would traditionally have occurred in response to suc...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Marwan Barghouti: Palestinians need a political future as well as aid and reconstruction | Editorial

Pushing for the release of the jailed leader could prove central to the peace that Donald Trump claims to seek in the Middle EastIn a sort-of ceasefire, the killings – including of children – have slowed, not stopped. Israeli military operations continue to displace hundreds of families in Gaza. Aid has increased but Israel is still blocking vital supplies. Palestinians desperately require security, humanitarian relief and reconstruction. But they need and expect a political horizon too. Donald Trump’s plans make only the vaguest and most conditional reference to a Palestinian state, and Israelis – as well as their ultra-right government – have entrenched their opposition since the atrocities of 7 October 2023. Yet after two years of annihilation, Palestinian nationhood has won international support that many thought unimaginable.The political fate of Palestinians is bound to the personal fate of Marwan Barghouti. After more than two decades in an Israeli jail for murder, the charis...

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3 w. ago Why many experts say The Wizard Of Oz hid a revolutionary political message in support of the Trump of his day: TOM LEONARD

The writer of the 1890 book, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, was a supporter of the Populist Party, whose leader William Jennings Bryan has been compared to President Donald Trump.

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3 w. ago How MAGA star Elise Stefanik came for Mike Johnson’s head — and walked away getting what she wanted

The New York congresswoman asserted that the House speaker did not have support among Republican lawmakers, called him a liar and ‘political novice’ and insinuated he wasn’t close with Trump before backpedaling

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3 w. ago Russian attack on Kyiv cuts power to half of city and leaves two dead

Missile and drone attacks come amid Moscow’s campaign to break Ukrainian civil resistance by attacking energy gridTwo people were killed and 37 were injured in Kyiv by a Russian drone and missile attack on the capital that cut power to the western half of the city, leaving at least 500,000 residents without electricity.Nearly 600 drones and 36 rockets were fired into the country in an attack that its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said highlighted Ukraine’s need for western help with air defence, as well as other financial and political support. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Plans for Kinross "banking hub" pick up momentum as politicians support project

The hopes for a new banking hub comes after most banking services were removed from rural areas in favour of online and mobile services.

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4 w. ago Labour's not working (out): Just 13 MPs have used Commons gym this year as minister blames £40

The exclusive facility on the Westminster estate has been hit with a laundry list of complaints, from a lack of support for politicians on slimming jabs to the fact it is not open 24 hours.

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