Party no longer campaigning for Azhar Ali, who suggested Israel had allowed 7 October attack to happen Labour has withdrawn its support for Azhar Ali, its candidate for this month’s Rochdale byelection, in the wake of controversial comments he made about the 7 October attacks on Israel. In line with […]
Month: February 2024
Exclusive: Esther Ghey says she believes social media use left her daughter vulnerable, while killers were able to access violent content online ‘I want to make things better’: Esther Ghey on her hopes for online reform The mother of Brianna Ghey has called for her murder to be a “tipping […]
Politicians say Palestinians sheltering in the southern city in Gaza have nowhere else to go See all our Israel-Gaza coverage Joe Biden has added his voice to growing international calls for Israel to drop plans for an all-out military assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, after a […]
Government plans to deliver SMRs ‘lack clarity’ say environmental committee, and will likely fail to meet clean-energy goal of 2035 MPs have warned that a planned fleet of small nuclear reactors are unlikely to contribute to hitting a key target in decarbonising Britain’s electricity generation, as the government opened talks […]
Measures would include making it easier to get planning permission to build on derelict sites in urban areas Rishi Sunak will announce a series of proposed changes to the planning system on Tuesday to encourage developers to build more homes, in a move designed to boost development in urban areas […]
Exclusive: Push follows new evidence that raises questions over Home Office’s cheating accusations against 35,000 international students ‘It destroyed my life’: the students accused of cheating in English tests What is the Home Office English test scandal? International students accused of cheating at English-language tests are planning a fresh push […]
Police fire teargas on supporters of Imran Khan amid turmoil as several parties claim they would be forming government Police fired teargas to disperse supporters of Imran Khan as protests broke out across Pakistan amid allegations of widespread vote-rigging targeting the former prime minister’s political party and other nationalist groups […]
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Starlink says it does not do business of any kind with Russia’s government or military See all our Ukraine war coverage Russian forces in occupied Ukraine are using Starlink terminals produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for satellite internet in what is beginning to look like a “systemic” problem, Kyiv’s main […]
Runner set the world record at Chicago Marathon in October Sebastian Coe ‘shocked and deeply saddened’ at the news Tributes have been paid to the world marathon record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, after his shock death, alongside his coach, in a road accident on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who won the London […]