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Alex Christoforou: Introduces the topic of the long range missile strikes, the UK push to get the US's approval to launch Storm Shadow missiles into pre-2014 Russian territory, and Kier Starmers personal involvement, obsession with getting authorization to launch them. Starmer's meeting last week with Biden and his staff is also up for discussion. Kier Starmer didn't get the authorization, but he's not giving up.Starmer is now going to Italy, Germany and France to convince them to join his plan to 'attack Russia' (with long range missiles via Ukrainian proxies); Christaforou says he can't find other words to describe what...

Britain’s top diplomat has claimed that climate change represents a greater threat than terrorism or Russia to the national security of the United Kingdom. In his first major address since the left-wing Labour Party won the general election in July, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Tuesday that the supposed climate crisis will be “central” to his remit, despite holders of his office traditionally focussing on international relations and foreign affairs. “While I am foreign secretary, action on the climate and nature crisis will be central to all the Foreign Office does. This is critical given the scale of the threat,...

Americans planning to travel to the United Kingdom will have to pay a fee to enter the country starting next year. The county's electronic travel authorization (ETA) fee will go into effect on January 8, 2025, according to the UK government. US travelers will have to pay $13.05 (£10) to obtain the authorization which will be digitally linked to passports. The authorization will be valid for multiple trips over two years for stays up to six months at a time, 'or until the holder's passport expires,' the government said. US citizens can apply for an ETA starting on November 27,...

A UK man accidentally stabbed himself to death while trying to separate two frozen burgers with a knife in a freakish accident that initially left cops baffled, a court hearing into his bizarre death was told. Barry Griffiths, 57, died after he accidentally plunged the blade into his stomach at his home in Powys, Wales, in July last year, the Western Telegraph reported.

Tributes have been paid to the year eight pupil who died suddenly over the weekendTributes have been paid to a "popular and likeable pupil" who died suddenly over the weekend. Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern in Cardiff announced the death of Marc Aguilar, a year eight pupil at the school. It is understood he died on Saturday, September 8. In a post on social media they said: "It is with great sadness that we announce that one of our pupils passed away suddenly over the weekend. Marc Aguilar of 8 Rhymni 2 was a popular and likeable pupil and a...

Analysis In an unprecedented joint public appearance, CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief Richard Moore assert the enduring strength of their intelligence agencies Last week, the heads of major Western intelligence agencies made a striking public appearance, first with a provocative op-ed and then in a high-profile interview with the Financial Times editor. Although some questions remained unanswered, their statements provided critical insights into their covert and overt operations. William Joseph Burns, Director of the CIA, and Richard Peter Moore, head of MI6/SIS, both distinguished diplomats before their current roles, asserted with conviction that their organisations are more formidable...

Seven men who committed a string of child sex abuse offences against two teenage girls in Rotherham have been jailed for a total of 106 years. The men were all convicted in June, after a nine-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court, which was the result of an investigation by the National Crime Agency's Operation Stovewood. The victims, who were aged between 11 and 16 at the time of the offences were both in care. They were groomed and often plied with alcohol or cannabis before being raped or assaulted. At times they were collected by their abusers from the children's...

A new report released this week found the Britain's National Health Service is in dire condition and providing substandard care in many areas. The report was commissioned by the Labour government shortly after it took power. It's author is a British surgeon and member of the House of Lords, Lord Darzi.The report was the result of a nine-week review by the independent peer and NHS surgeon Lord Darzi.He was asked by Labour, shortly after the election, to identify the failings in the health service, but his remit did not stretch to coming up with solutions.His findings present a stark picture...

Story of Lord Oswald Mosley and his paramour Diana, leaders of English Fascist Party Transcript link below video Three songs in it, first Horst Wessel Lied in English, then also Happy Feet and Wenn die Soldaten

Mark Saxby, 56, says he’s been left in limbo due to Spanish authorities’ ‘petty’ concerns about his medical insurance. A British teacher has expressed deep anxiety about returning to his Spanish home amid a three-year struggle to secure post-Brexit residency. Despite the EU-UK withdrawal agreement guaranteeing residency rights for those in the country before Brexit, Mark Saxby, 56, feels trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare. Saxby moved to Valencia and purchased a property in early 2020, but a missing month of medical insurance during the first year after the UK left the EU has led to repeated denials of his residency...

There may be some truth to the myth of Merlin. On Tuesday, archeologists in Scotland revealed evidence of the legendary wizard’s death in Drumelzier between the 6th and 7th centuries — and the findings could change the way we tell Merlin’s tale. Merlin was said to have been a loyal advisor to King Arthur amid the Dark Ages before being imprisoned, killed and buried along the river Tweed, according to Vita Merlini Sylvestris (the Life of Merlin of the Forest), a medieval manuscript of his life which is currently held at the British Library. A new geological survey of the...

Mar 12, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- U.S. officials received a warning as early as 1995 that Islamic militants were plotting to attack an American nuclear site, but did not pass along the information to the agency that oversees nuclear facilities or to the plants themselves, The Associated Press has learned. The warning came in police interrogations of convicted terrorist Abdul Hakim Murad and from a computer seized in the Philippines from Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. Both men were linked to Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorist network, and...

The former head of Russia's biological weapons program and the man considered to be the foremost expert in the field of bioweapons told NewsMax he has "strong suspicions" that Cuba is developing deadly pathogens. Questions about Cuba's biological development program were defined recently by three separate charges. First, an undersecretary of state announced, "The U.S believes that Cuba has at least a limited offensive biological warfare research and development effort." Second, a spokesman for dictator Fidel Castro dismissed the slur as "loathsome." And finally, former President Jimmy Carter chimed in that the U.S. had no hard evidence that Cuba is...

"I want you to address three things that aren't being talked about ... the first is that if the media was doing its job properly one of the biggest stories right now would be the number of people taxpayers specifically workers who are actively looking at ways to get out of the UK..." Katie Hopkins: THIS is the biggest story in Britain right now. (And the media are deaf to it.) [video]

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Mum of two Liza* explains the reality of hygiene poverty – but you can help Boots and charity The Hygiene Bank support struggling familiesRoughly 4.2 million adults in the UK are living in hygiene poverty, struggling to afford everyday essentials such as toothbrushes and toothpaste. The rising cost of living has meant that, for many families, basic items have had to be sacrificed as they stretch their budgets to pay bills and buy food. These are among the findings of a new report by grassroots charity The Hygiene Bank*. For mum of two Liza**, having to let her children go...

The left-wing Labour Party government in Britain announced Monday that it will be suspending dozens of arms export licences to Israel over concerns of UK weaponry being used to violate human rights in Gaza. Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons that the British government will be suspending 30 of its 350 arms export licences to Israel, including UK-made components used in military drones, helicopters, and aircraft, including fighter jets used by the Israelis. The move comes after months of protests by left-wing activists and a two-month review conducted by the Foreign Office, The Guardian reports. While the...

One unshakable law of economics is this: What you reward, you get more of, and what you tax, you get less of. The government of the formerly Great Britain doesn't seem to understand this fundamental law. They are proposing to hike taxes and fees, and high-income and wealthy (which are not always the same thing) Brits are looking to the exits. We can hardly blame them.An exodus is being reported by bankers, financial advisers and business chiefs with experts warning that the Chancellor risks ruining hopes of faster economic growth with a widely expected increase in capital gains tax (CGT).It...

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed pensioners’ worst fears. There will be no U-turn on his decision to remove the winter fuel payment. He has said it is a choice he “has to make”, a decision he “didn’t want” to make. But this cannot be true. Be under no illusions, this is a cold, hard political calculation. Sir Keir is trying to dress up his political choices as “difficult decisions”, sheepishly blaming everyone but himself. He is trying to take the 10 million pensioners who will lose their annual payment for fools. Removing the winter fuel payment is something he cannot...

Violent knife and sex offenders can increasingly escape prosecution if they show contrition and say sorry, a report Wednesday claims. According to the Daily Telegraph, more than 147,000 people accused of offences including sex crimes, violence and weapons possession across the UK were given community resolutions in the year to March instead of being prosecuted. Such resolutions do not result in a criminal record. The outlet set out the terms applied to each case of forgiveness against a background of jail overcrowding: Police guidance says community resolutions should be restricted to low-level crimes, with offenders required to apologise to the...