13 h. ago ‘Superflu’ mayhem will drag into New Year as mutant bug’s ‘longtail fuels post

THE NHS has been plunged into its worst-case winter scenario as an “unprecedented wave of superflu” pushed hospital cases up 55 per cent in a week.  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged Britons to “be careful” and blasted doctors plotting a mid-crisis strike next week as “irresponsible”.  NHS officials said there are now enough virus...

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44 h. ago US politics live: most Americans blame Trump for high prices, poll shows

New poll shows 55% of Americans hold Trump administration accountable for cost of living rises – a day after Trump makes false claims on economyTrump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and flings racist attacks in rally-style speechFact-checking Trump’s speechMy colleague, David Smith, notes that Trump’s speech on Tuesday was the latest instance of the president repeating a racist rant against congresswoman Ilhan Omar and countries he’s previously denigrated.“Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch. She’s always complaining,” Trump said. “We ought to get her the hell out! She married her brother Therefore she’s here illegally.” Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Starmer urges European leaders to reform human rights laws to tackle immigration and curb far right

The ECHR is seen by its critics as a major barrier to attempts to deport illegal migrants from the country.

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60 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer urges Europeans to curb the ECHR to stop asylum seekers using it to stay in Britain

Ahead of a European summit on Wednesday the Prime Minister has urged fellow members to 'go further' in modernising human rights laws to protect their borders.

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62 h. ago Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect bordersWe must protect our borders to defend our democracies – here’s howKeir Starmer has called on European leaders to urgently curb joint human rights laws so that member states can take tougher action to protect their borders and see off the rise of the populist right across the continent.Before a crucial European summit on Wednesday, the prime minister urged fellow members to “go further” in modernising the interpretation of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) to prevent asylum seekers using it to avoid deportation. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Labour calls for Electoral Commission probe into Reform UK overspend claim

Labour’s Anna Turley called on Nigel Farage to explain whether his party spent more than the £20,660 limit while campaigning.

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65 h. ago The urgent lesson that Keir Starmer must learn from Donald Trump’s new security strategy

The US National Security Strategy suggests the Trump administration plans to support far and hard-right parties in European countries, while leaving it to its own defences

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66 h. ago Black woman ‘drives 3hrs to confront troll who left racist comment online & makes shock threat if he doesn’t apologise’

A WOMAN has claimed she drove three hours to confront her racist troll, documenting the entire experience on TikTok. The TikTok user posted a video showing her journey to meet a man who allegedly had left racist comments on one of her earlier posts. Her account has since been made private, but not before other...

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3 d. ago UK is under attack from Putin’s cyber army, warns Yvette Cooper

Foreign secretary issues stark warning over Russian president ‘flooding’ Europe with cyber attacks and urges the UK and EU to band together – as Starmer holds crisis talks with EU leaders over Ukraine’s future

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3 d. ago UK military figures urge Starmer to commit to higher defence spending

Prime minister told the country needs to ‘step up’ or its advantage in the Atlantic is at risk

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6 d. ago Trump has adopted racist conspiracy theories in his extraordinary attack on Europe

Trump’s new blueprint for international policy is racist and claims that Europe faces ‘civilization erasure’ in a boost to far right and conspiracy theorists, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves urged to quit over Budget 'lying' as Keir Starmer denies misleading voters

Keir Starmer backed his Chancellor over claims she knew about a rosier economic outlook when she made a gloomy speech about the Budget.

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2 w. ago Fuzzy Zoeller, golf champion who infamously made racist Tiger Woods joke, dies aged 74

Zoeller won the 1979 Masters on his first visit to Augusta and claimed a second major at the 1984 US Open but his racist joke about Woods at the 1997 Masters haunted him

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage claimed Enoch Powell was 'right' about opposing 'vast community change'

The Reform UK leader, who is accused of making racist and pro-Hitler comments while he was a schoolboy, claimed his accusers just had different political views to him

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2 w. ago Campbell’s soup exec allegedly recorded in rant saying company’s chicken ‘came from a 3

The former employee claimed that the Campbell’s executive made racist comments about people from India and regularly came into work high on cannabis edibles

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2 w. ago Independent petition urges Starmer to protect HIV/Aids funding – and save lives

The Independent is calling on the British government to protect what is left of foreign HIV/Aids funding as international aid cuts plunge care into an unprecedented crisis

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2 w. ago Starmer rebuffs renewed talk of Andy Burnham leadership challenge

PM says Burnham doing ‘really good job’ as Manchester mayor and urges colleagues not to brief against each otherKeir Starmer has attempted to dampen the latest round of speculation about his leadership, insisting that one of his potential rivals, Andy Burnham, is doing a “really good job as mayor of Manchester” and warning colleagues not to waste their time briefing against each other.The prime minister gave his backing to Burnham on Thursday night as he travelled to the G20 summit in Johannesburg, after the Manchester mayor repeatedly failed to rule out challenging Starmer for his party’s leadership during interviews on Thursday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer calls on Nigel Farage to explain ‘disturbing’ school racism accusations

The Clacton MP has emphatically denied the allegations

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3 w. ago Mary Fowler claims racist treatment at French club Montpellier after receiving bananas as leaving present

Forward makes claim about dressing room incident at Montpellier‘It was hard to see it as merely a simple error,’ says Matildas star Matildas star Mary Fowler has claimed she experienced racism while at Montpellier in 2022 when she was given bananas while others in the squad received flowers at the end of her final season with the French club.The explosive revelations are contained in her memoir Bloom, which was released this week and details the extensive challenges she has faced in her young career, including a pattern of self harm she has worked hard to overcome. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address ‘disturbing allegations’ of past racist behaviour

Keir Starmer ramps up pressure on Reform leader, who has dismissed claims as ‘one person’s word against another’‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at schoolKeir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to urgently address multiple and detailed allegations of racist behaviour during his teenage years, as the Reform leader attempted to dismiss the claims as “one person’s word against another”.Pressure was put on Farage by the prime minister over what Downing Street said were “disturbing allegations” after the Guardian reported the testimony of more than a dozen school contemporaries, including an award-winning director who claimed to have been targeted with antisemitic abuse. Continue reading...

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