Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said it was “a day of deep reflection and pain”, as he commemorated the victims of Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. Lammy described the attack last year, which killed about 1,200 people, as “the worst attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust”. Speaking at South Tottenham Synagogue, he…
British sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, the prime minister’s spokesman has said. Questions over the government’s commitment to maintaining the British overseas territories as part of the UK have been raised after the government announced on Thursday it was handing the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius. Sir Keir…
David Lammy has said the government is “young” after Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray resigned and a new poll found most people think the government is “sleazy”. The foreign secretary said Ms Gray was a “superb public servant” after she quit on Sunday following weeks of briefings against her, including her salary…
Ceremonies, events and protests are being held across Canada on Monday to mark the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed more than 1,200 Israelis, while another 250 were abducted and held as hostages, triggering an Israeli counter-offensive in Gaza that the…
Washington — The Supreme Court will convene Tuesday to consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns, as major American cities report the measure seems to have caused a reduction in the use of these weapons within their borders. The court fight involves a 2022 regulation from…
Top minister John Healey refused multiple times this morning to answer basic questions about Sue Gray’s future, after her chaotic and humiliating dismissal as chief of staff yesterday. Ms Gray, who will now take on the newly-created job of ‘envoy for the regions and nations, departed Sir Keir Starmer’s right-hand side yesterday after weeks of…
Former deputy Labour leader Baroness Harriet Harman has said “missteps” and “clunkiness” should be expected when a new administration arrives in Downing Street. She was speaking to the BBC after Sue Gray quit her role as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, amid intense criticism and controversy. Ms Gray had been caught up…
Families have called for an inquiry into mental health provision for offenders languishing on indefinite jail terms – saying it could “save lives”. Relatives of offenders still serving a now-abolished open-ended jail term, known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP), believe resources are so “starved” that the remaining prisoners now have “life-long mental health issues”….
10/6: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as the world prepares to mark one year since the Hamas attack on Israel, Margaret Brennan speaks to UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell. Plus, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina joins. Be the first to…
Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, responded Sunday to Eric Trump’s implication that his father’s Democratic opponents were responsible for the attempts on former President Trump’s life, saying the innuendo was “of course” inaccurate but political candidates on both sides of the aisle “need to deescalate” their rhetoric. “No,…
