Something Chris Tilley, from the Small Boats Operational Command, said to me earlier this year really has hit home in recent weeks. “With successive fatalities, it becomes more of an accepted risk.” In the wake of the disaster where 27 people died attempting to cross the Channel in November 2021, the smugglers stopped all crossings…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Alberta and federal governments are putting a combined $5.5 million toward attracting tourists to the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper. A July wildfire destroyed one-third of the town, including multiple hotels and 800 housing units. Year-round tourism is Jasper’s main economic driver as close to 2.5…
The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week. A Downing Street spokesperson had already ruled out financial reparations. Last year, the King spoke of his “greatest sorrow and regret” at…
Getty Images Murray Foote (left) with SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, became the party’s chief executive in August 2023 The SNP’s chief executive is quitting the post after 14 months. Murray Foote said that he “could not make the necessary personal commitment” to leading a reorganisation of the party after their disappointing performance in the…
Leaders’ statements were an attempt to fortify Western support for Ukraine in the long term, while the elephant in the room lingered. As US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood side by side at a Berlin news conference, they repeatedly showcased their “strong” transatlantic bond to the world. Biden described Germany as…
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Indian diplomats in Canada are “on notice” after she was asked whether more expulsions could come amid the diplomatic row between India and Canada. “They’re clearly on notice,” Joly said in response to the question, speaking of other Indian diplomats following the expulsion of six earlier this week. “Clearly…
The judge overseeing President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case released more evidence collected by special counsel Jack Smith on Friday, unveiling an enormous batch of heavily redacted records. The 1,889 pages of material, which Trump’s legal team had sought to keep under wraps, constitute four volumes of an appendix that Smith’s prosecutors filed alongside…
The son of Jimmy Lai, the tycoon and pro-democracy activist jailed in China, has called for “urgent” intervention from the UK as his father’s health deteriorates in solitary confinement. British citizen Mr Lai, one of the most prominent critics of the Chinese Communist Party, has been in prison in Hong Kong since December 2020. He…
The world “will not tolerate any more excuses on humanitarian assistance” from Israel on the situation in Gaza, the prime minister has said. Speaking following a meeting with US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, Sir Keir Starmer sought to make the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar a…
The government says “radical” reform of the system for getting people off sick back into work will help it slash the welfare bill. Government sources have confirmed Labour is looking to “deliver savings” on the amount is spends on welfare in 30 October’s Budget. But it says the savings will be delivered through “our own…
