8 h. ago 'Blood on your hands': David Lammy booed at vigil for Manchester terror attack victims as Deputy PM is told he's offering 'empty words' and locals 'want action'

The Deputy Prime Minister was forced to stop on several occasions due to persistent heckling from the crowd gathered on Middleton Road in Crumpsall.

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30 h. ago Badenoch brushes off defection of former Tory armed forces minister to Reform

Sarah Atherton lost her seat in last year’s general election.

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34 h. ago Organisers call for sixth night of protest as Morocco death toll rises to three

Prime minister praises security response and says government is ready for talksMorocco’s prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch, has praised the security force reaction to protests over corruption and public spending and said the government was ready for talks, as organisers called for a sixth night of protests.In a statement, Akhannouch said the death toll in the protests had risen to three. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Douglas Ross brands seagull summit a ‘sham’ and ‘frustrating waste of time’

The event last week followed "concern" from the public about urban gulls.

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3 d. ago Police to roll out face recognition cameras across Britain in 'Orwellian' nightmare

Ministers have paved the way for the widespread use for forces in the UK by publishing for the first time nationwide guidance on their use

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6 d. ago Royal British Legion calls for Starmer to fulfil forces covenant pledge

The leading military charity has written to the Prime Minister, urging him to fulfil a pledge to place the Armed Forces Covenant in law.

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7 d. ago Fury in Scotland and Northern Ireland over Keir Starmer's compulsory 'Brit Card' ID plan

Scottish First Minister John Swinney claimed that by 'calling it Brit Card, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British'.

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9 d. ago Russia feared to have carried out GPS attack on Spanish Air Force plane carrying defence minister

Russia is believed to have targeted a Spanish military jet with defence minister Margarita Robles on board after it experienced a GPS disturbance

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9 d. ago Russia feared to have hit Spanish Air Force plane with GPS attack after flight to Lithuania carrying defence minister suffers electronic 'disturbance'

Russia is feared to have hit a Spanish Air Force plane with a GPS attack, after a flight carrying Spain's defence minister suffered an electronic 'disturbance'.

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1 week ago Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure

Mette Frederiksen says she cannot rule out Russia’s involvement after Copenhagen airport forced to shutThe Danish prime minister has said the country was subjected to the “most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date” after a drone incursion shut Copenhagen airport for several hours.Mette Frederiksen said authorities were still investigating who was behind the suspected hybrid attack, but she said she could not rule out Russia. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Seagull summit goes ahead days after SNP minister was forced to quit over Douglas Ross row

Douglas Ross caused a huge political row last week after he blasted the Scottish Government for failing to invite MSPs to the powwow on gulls.

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1 week ago 'Pitiful' £100,000 funding announced to tackle menacing seagulls in Scotland, ahead of Inverness summit

The announcement was made ahead of a special seagull summit in Inverness.

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2 w. ago SNP minister Jamie Hepburn accused of physical assault on ex Tory leader in row over seagull summit

A senior SNP minister has been accused of physical assault by the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

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2 w. ago Venezuela starts days of military and ‘electronic warfare’ drills after US strikes on alleged drug boats

Armed forces say ‘special naval militia’ involved in Caribbean deployment as defence minister cites ‘threatening, vulgar voice’ of WashingtonVenezuela says it has begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region.Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month – a move slammed by UN experts as “extrajudicial execution”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nepal appoints its first female PM after historic week of deadly protests

Anti-corruption advocate Sushila Karki was nominated by gen Z representatives after forced resignation of predecessorNepal has sworn in its first female prime minister after a historic week in which widespread youth protests forced the resigniation of her predecessor and the dissolving of parliament.Sushila Karki, the former chief justice of Nepal, took the oath of office to lead an interim government late on Friday, after several tense days of negotiation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour MP calls for ministers to apologise over historic forced adoption scandal

Around 185,000 children were given up by unmarried mothers between 1949 and 1976 who had been ‘railroaded’ into the decision

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3 w. ago 4 years, 3 protest movements: How public fury toppled leaders in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

The deadly protests in Nepal that forced the country's prime minister to resign on Tuesday were a result of long-simmering discontent ignited by the government’s ban on major social media platforms

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3 w. ago Behind Nepal’s deadly protests over social media ban lies anger over corruption and nepotism

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

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3 w. ago Starmer backs Rayner's costly workers' rights law as unions pile on the pressure

Business leaders and the Tories had renewed their calls for the Bill Ms Rayner had championed to be toned down, or even ditched, after she was forced to quit as Deputy Prime Minister.

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3 w. ago Labour minister forced to deny Reform deputy leader Richard Tice was deliberately missed off bungled national emergency alert, insisting 'I would love to believe we were that organised'

The newly minted Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard (pictured) appeared on Good Morning Britain today to discuss the Government's new Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS).

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