5 d. ago Son of former shah says he is ‘uniquely positioned’ to lead Iran as he predicts end of regime

Reza Pahlavi sets out ambition to lead country his father once ruled, but many question his level of popular supportReza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s former pro-western monarch, has predicted the country’s Islamic regime will fall and claimed he is “uniquely” placed to head a successor government.His bid to assume the leadership of a possible new Iran follows weeks of mass protests that have left thousands dead after being brutally suppressed by security forces. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Albanese says the social media ban is working, but it is too early to say if it has been successful

As the UK government faces pressure to follow suit, evidence on whether the ban is working is still a while away.More than 4.7m accounts for teens under 16 have been been taken offline by Australia’s social media ban, but that doesn’t mean it’s been successful.As the UK government faces pressure to follow suit, let’s take a closer look at the facts and figures. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Inside Maduro's 'hell on Earth' jail with 'white room' torture chamber where enemies were raped and electrocuted

For many Venezuelans, El Helicoide is the physical representation of the decades of repression they have felt under successive governments. described by former prisoners as 'hell on earth'.

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8 d. ago SNP warns Scottish snub in UK wind contracts would be 'devasting' for economy and green jobs

Scottish wind developments will find out on Wednesday if they have been successful after bidding for a UK government contract.

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1 week ago NIGEL FARAGE: Our Forces deserve better than Labour's bumbling platoon of no

NIGEL FARAGE: For years, I have argued that successive Conservative and Labour governments were spending nowhere near enough on defence to meet the challenges we face in the world.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer 'regrets' tweet welcoming return of freed activist Alaa Abd El

Keir Starmer expressed frustration that he had not been made aware of 'abhorrent' posts by Alaa Abd el-Fattah but declined to apologise for his welcome during a BBC grilling

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3 w. ago Government reviews 'information failures' amid row over activist's vile tweets

Calls are growing for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be stripped of citizenship after ‘abhorrent’ tweets calling for violence towards Zionists and the police

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3 w. ago ‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm

For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, made a move considered more than unusual at the time. He bought a 42-hectare stretch of farmland on the slopes and valleys of Wadi Salem, and formally registered the purchase with the Ottoman authorities, who then ruled the region.A few years later, after transferring the title to his son, Nassar did something even more extraordinary. He re-registered the deed under each successive administration – the British mandate, then the Jordanian government, and finally, after 1967, under Israeli occupation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Foreign Office probes handling of Egyptian activist case amid calls to deport him

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who recently arrived in the UK after years of imprisonment in Egypt, does maintain that other posts have been ‘completely twisted out of their meaning’

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3 w. ago Activist apologises for historic tweets as Tories urge Starmer to deport him from UK

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who recently arrived in the UK after years of imprisonment in Egypt, does maintain that other posts have been ‘completely twisted out of their meaning’

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3 w. ago Starmer under mounting pressure to strip Egyptian activist of British citizenship

Calls are growing for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be deported from UK after ‘abhorrent’ tweets calling for the death of Zionists

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3 w. ago Successive UK governments face questions over support for activist Alaa Abd el

Dissident released by Egypt was welcomed back to UK by Keir Starmer but offensive social media posts have since surfacedSuccessive UK governments are facing questions over their decision to campaign for the release and return of British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after past violent and offensive social media posts came to light.The dissident’s historical remarks – in which he appeared to call for violence towards “Zionists” and the police – have prompted a widespread backlash since his return from detention in Egypt on Friday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tories and Labour face questions over support for activist Alaa Abd el

Dissident was freed by Egypt after campaign by successive UK governments but offensive posts have surfacedThe decision by successive UK governments to campaign for the release and return of British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been called into question after past violent and offensive social media posts came to light.The dissident’s historical remarks – in which he appeared to call for violence towards “Zionists” and the police – have prompted a widespread backlash since his return from detention in Egypt on Friday. Continue reading...

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