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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday he would accept an investigation into grooming gangs who sexually abused thousands of girls. Starmer had previously resisted a national inquiry into the scandal, Sky News reported, which revealed that mostly Pakistani men had groomed, trafficked and raped young white girls over a decade ago. His change of mind on the matter comes after a government-requested audit found that a nationwide investigation was needed. Starmer told reporters traveling with him to the G7 summit in Canada that he had read the report and would accept the recommendation for a national inquiry. He said...

A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 79-year-old passenger at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, with police saying she was “forcefully pushing her,” a report said. Janiyah Wilson-Robinson, 21, of Margate, was taken into custody Wednesday following the incident at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to WPLG.

The Talk ShowsJune 15th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Alex “The wedding crasher” Padilla (D-Calif.); Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Joint interview: Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Linda Graham, war monger (R-S.C.).FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD); Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). Panel: Francesca Chambers, Mollie Hemingway, Jeremy Hunt and Dan Koh. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. Adam Schitt (D-Calif.); Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). (MSDNC) Panel: Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Stephen Hayes, Ryan Nobles and Amy Walter—EVERY...

Hossein Salami, head of the world’s leading terrorist organization, is at room temperature. Donald Trump took out Qasem Soleimani, the previous leader of Iran’s terrorist Revolutionary Guards Corps, in 2020. On Friday the 13th of June 2025, Israel erased Soleimani’s successor Salami, along with military generals, political leaders, and nuclear scientists. The latter join at least seven other scientists Israel hit in the previous decade. Iranian nuclear physicists exhibit short half-lives. The day after Trump announced the successful conclusion of trade talks with China, Israel launched against Iran. Was this coincidence? China and Iran are allied in desiring to destroy...

Spine-chilling footage shows the moment a huge fire engulfed a 67-storey skyscraper in Dubai. Marina Pinnacle - a residential building home to 3,820 people in the affluent area of the Dubai Marina - went up in flames at around 9.30pm on Friday night. Dubai Civil Defence teams spent six hours tackling the blaze until it was successfully contained early on Saturday morning. All 3,820 residents from 764 apartments were evacuated safely and there were no injuries, according to the Dubai Media Office (DMO).

The wife of suspected political assassin Vance Boetler is being detained and questioned after cops found a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports in her car during a traffic stop on Saturday morning, a report said. Jenny Boetler was stopped by police while driving in a car with several relatives near Onamia, Minnesota, late Saturday morning around 10 a.m., local KTSP reported. In the car she had a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports, that report stated citing law enforcement officials.

Men must win the culture war. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we had a little “Golden Age” of television when manly shows with manly characters briefly flourished. Sopranos, Band of Brothers, The Wire, The Shield, Deadwood, Rome, Generation Kill, Justified, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, and the first season of True Detective broke the network mold and told dark, gritty stories in ways that had never been shown on a television screen. I found myself in a gathering with a Sopranos writer once, and someone asked him why the show was so successful. Without hesitating, he answered that HBO...

“‘Do not judge so that you will not be judged’” (Matthew 7:1). One of the central messages of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount to His followers is for them to be discerning and perceptive in what they believe and what they do. All Christians need to make every effort to judge between truth and falsehood, between the internal and the external, between reality and sham, and between true righteousness and false righteousness. Every message we hear is to be judged for the soundness of its doctrine. Paul told the Galatians, “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should...

By quarterbacking Israel’s attack on Iran, Trump brought an end to a particularly demoralizing era in U.S. history. The main reason Israel’s massive attack on Iranian leadership, nuclear facilities, and other targets came as a surprise is that no one believes American presidents when they talk about protecting Americans and advancing our interests—especially when they’re talking about the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ever since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, U.S. presidents have wanted an accommodation with Iran—not revenge for holding 52 Americans captive for 444 days, but comity. Ronald Reagan told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall,...

The Comintern discarded that name around 1943 but never backed off its aggressive agenda targeting all aspects of American culture, particularly education. As a result, K–12 is a crime wave and a dead zone. Intentionally. American public schools pretend to teach children to read, but somehow they can’t manage. It’s the same story everywhere you look. There is never enough money. The kids don’t try. Parents won’t help. Education professors — I think this is obvious — tend to be ideologues dedicated to allowing as little education as possible. I’m disappointed in the upscale people, as I call them. That’s...

Any prime minister of Israel, not only Benjamin Netanyahu, would have chosen to do the same at one minute to nuclear midnight. For Israelis, this is existential. The Islamic Republic’s ambitions are wholly evil and Tehran’s never been shy in proclaiming it. Make no mistake: Operation Rising Lion is the inevitable culmination of recent history since at least President Barack Obama eroded all traditional US alliances in the Middle East in favor of a dangerous fantasy that a lasting partnership with the Iranian terror regime was possible. Obama’s betrayal began years of appeasement of Tehran, interrupted by the first Trump...

Bedbug infestations at two locations in Las Vegas have sparked legal action after four travelers reported severe "injuries." Three lawsuits were filed in April against two resorts on the Las Vegas strip for incidents that occurred in the summer of 2024. Treasure Island guest Teresa Bruce noticed bites on her body during her June 21 stay, according to the official complaint. She decided to switch rooms but wound up with more bites. The guest was "harmed and offended" by the bites, according to the complaint, and "suffered injuries." Bruce alleged that the hotel confirmed both rooms had bedbugs after sending...

As prosecutors neared the end of their witness list in Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial, multiple celebrities were mentioned in court. Sports legends Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal were mentioned during the fifth week of trial testimony in the rapper's sex trafficking and racketeering case. Diddy's trial began May 12 with opening statements. Throughout the past week of testimony, the jury mostly heard from the disgraced music mogul's ex-girlfriend. Testifying under the pseudonym "Jane," she told the jury about her relationship with the rapper beginning in 2021. Jane detailed drug-fueled nights when Diddy allegedly forced her into having sex...

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The Arab condemnation for attack in Iran is an automatic response that hides the truth: the Gulf and Jordan states want to see the Iranian nuclear project is destroyed, but cannot admit it publicly for fear of their image in the Arab world and the local street • Israel should not worry about it - if you complete the task • and: Iran's weakness can lead to a change. Prof. Eli Podeh | N12 | Posted 14.06.25 | Russian researcher, Ivan Pavlov, wrote about the tendency of people and animals to respond automatically to external stimuli. This phenomenon, which has...

U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. had "nothing to do with" Israel's attack against Iran Sunday morning, warning that any attack against the U.S. will be met with the "full strength and might" of the U.S. military. "If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," he continued. "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!" [also] Drones launched toward US base in Iraq shot down,...according to...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a message to U.S. immigration forces in Los Angeles, asking for grace for fans at the Mexico vs. Dominican Republic Gold Cup soccer game at SoFi Stadium Saturday. "We don't believe that at any soccer match there will be any [immigration] action ... we call for none to be taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Sheinbaum said in a Friday press conference. "Mexico will always promote peace," she added. A now-deleted post to social media post by U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated a promise to be "suited and booted" at the first round...

A Ronald Reagan Institute survey conducted ahead of Israel's attack on Iran reveals that 45% of US residents supported an Israeli strike should US-Iran talks collapse, with sharp divisions between Republican and Democrat voters.