Canada has listed Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian group behind a rally where people chanted “death to Canada” and burned the Canadian flag in Vancouver earlier this month, as a terrorist entity. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement on Tuesday and noted that the listing was made alongside the U.S. Treasury Department’s own decision to…
Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to support a new law to ban smartphones in schools to stop children “doom-scrolling” – after Number 10 refused to back the plan. New Labour MP Josh MacAlister is calling for the government to make legal changes to make social media and smartphones less addictive for children and to…
In a nondescript office a few floors above the cafeteria and a Dunkin’ in the Longworth U.S. House Office Building, Democratic staffers on a low-profile U.S. House committee have been gaming out what they say are some political nightmare scenarios. They’re discussing the perils of Jan. 6. But not Jan. 6, 2021. Democrats on the…
Reject the left-wing doing-down of our great British history and teach our children to take pride in it – that’s the majority view of the UK’s ethnic minorities from Caribbeans to Indians to Chinese. Research by think tank Policy Exchange found roughly two-thirds of each minority group said children should be educated about all the…
PA David Cameron has urged the UK to consider sanctioning two Israeli ministers as a way of “putting pressure” on the country to act within international law. Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, the former Conservative foreign secretary said before the election he had been “working up” plans to put sanctions on Finance Minister Bezalel…
India and Canada expelled six of each others’ diplomats in tit-for-tat moves after Ottawa accused Indian government agents of links to the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which is investigating the case at the heart of Monday’s rupture in ties, accused Indian government agents of…
New weight-loss jabs could get people “back into work” to boost the economy, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said injections could also help reduce pressure on the NHS. “I think these drugs could be very important for our economy and for health,” the prime minister told BBC Breakfast. “This drug will be…
Sue Gray had direct talks with Taylor Swift’s mother regarding the pop star’s VVIP security when she was in the UK, according to reports. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing scrutiny after his Attorney General granted Ms Swift a police escort in London. The taxpayer paid for Ms Swift’s motorbike convoy while she was…
Unemployed people living with obesity could be given new weight loss jabs to help them get back into work, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting suggested the latest generation of medicines including Ozempic and Mounjaro could be “lifechanging” for individuals and would ease pressure on the NHS. “Our widening waistbands are also placing significant…
Trump and Harris kick off campaign blitz in key battleground states – CBS News Watch CBS News With Election Day just three weeks away, a new CBS News poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris holding a razor-thin lead over former President Donald Trump both nationally and in key battleground states. Both candidates are campaigning in…
