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…
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have been urged to set out their plans for bold environmental action. The Conservative Environment Network has written a letter to the Tory leadership candidates which has been signed by more than 400 members. The letter insists that a green plan would help win back potential voters. It says: “As…
A parliamentary committee will probe new allegations of Indian foreign interference in Canada that led to the expulsion of diplomats by both countries in tat-for-tat-moves. At an emergency meeting on Friday, MPs on the standing committee on public safety and national security agreed to undertake a study concerning the “electoral interference and violent criminal activities…
PA Wind and solar farms that are ready to be built would be allowed to jump the queue for a connection to the UK’s electricity system under government plans. All energy schemes which need a connection to the National Grid are currently in a single queue which operates on a “first-come-first-served” basis. Some projects face…
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops Friday, a day after Israel said its forces in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of last year’s brutal attack on Israel that sparked the current conflict Sinwar’s killing in…
A presenter on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme has apologised for mispronouncing the surname of shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt as a rude word. Nick Robinson made the error while interviewing employment minister Alison McGovern on the programme on Friday morning. Listeners heard him say: “When the Tories announced £12 billion in welfare cuts, and…
You can learn a lot about modern election campaigns by looking at the rows about TV debates. And the current Conservative leadership race is no different. More often than not, the perceived frontrunner is rather more circumspect about putting themselves on a potential collision course with calamity or embarrassment than the perceived challenger. And, therefore,…
