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Keir Starmer addresses the Commons on the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal today. MARTIN BECKFORD says these are the questions MPs will want answered
Keir Starmer addresses the Commons on the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal today. MARTIN BECKFORD says these are the questions MPs will want answeredGet your news delivered straight to you by 7am - sign up to our new Morning Mail newsletter for FREE By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR Published: 00:01, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 00:05, 20 April 2026 e-mail View comments
Keir Starmer faces moment of reckoning over Mandelson scandal: PM told to stop hiding behind officials and to finally accept culpability
Keir Starmer faces moment of reckoning over Mandelson scandal: PM told to stop hiding behind officials and to finally accept culpabilityBy MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR and DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 00:01, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 00:05, 20 April 2026 e-mail View comments
The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBloomberg via Getty ImageMarket watchers have highlighted several instances of unusual trades made just before Donald Trump's major foreign policy announcementsThroughout US President Donald Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements.The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial marke...
Keir Starmer missed TWO chances to reveal Peter Mandelson vetting failure to the Commons... so why did the PM wait so long to tell MPs?
Keir Starmer missed TWO chances to reveal Peter Mandelson vetting failure to the Commons... so why did the PM wait so long to tell MPs?By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR Published: 00:01, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 00:08, 20 April 2026 e-mail View comments
Unionist parties could take majority in tight Holyrood poll, survey suggests
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Cooper says talks between US and Iran must lead to toll-free Strait of Hormuz
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Starmer should resign for ‘shameful role’ in appointment of Mandelson – Flynn
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Swinney says he will win independence vote in 2028 and run for election in 2031
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What it would take for the U.S. to secure Iran's highly enriched uranium | 60 Minutes
The fate of the Iran war centers on highly enriched uranium, an essential ingredient for nuclear weapons. A post-Soviet-era operation that could inform a U.S. recovery mission in Iran.
South Korean President reaches Delhi, key meeting with Modi today
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سیانان: هیئت ایرانی در مذاکرات احتمالی، همان ترکیب مذاکرات قبلی خواهد بود
منابع ایرانی به سیانان گفتند هیئت اعزامی جمهوری اسلامی در مذاکرات احتمالی، متشکل از همان مقامهایی خواهد بود که در دور گذشته گفتوگوها در پاکستان حضور داشتند. با این حال برخی رسانههای ایران درباره این که آیا تهران اساسا در این گفتوگوها شرکت میکند یا نه، ابراز تردید کردهاند
Argentina's Milei says US-Israel war against Iran 'right thing to do'
Argentine President Javier Milei declared on Sunday that the joint US-Israel war against Iran was the "right thing to do", as he signed on to the so-called Isaac Accords aimed at deepening bilateral ties between Israel and Latin American countries.Making his third visit to Israel as president, Milei reaffirmed Argentina's support for the campaign against Iran, citing his government's earlier decision to designate the Islamic republic's Revolutionary Guards a "terrorist organisation".Get updated...
Art on trial - a sculptor's arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China
Art on trial - a sculptor's arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China12 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGavin ButlerBBC/Supplied: Gao QiangThe Gao brothers (pictured) rose to prominence in China's art scene during the 1990s and 2000s, earning a global reputation for works that skewered the politics of their homelandJesus Christ stands at gunpoint, palms upturned, seven figures in a firing squad around him. The bronze riflemen are unmistakable in their likenes...
آتشبس با حکومت ایران بدون تضمین، «تعویق بحران» است نه حل آن
تحلیل منتشرشده در نشریه اسرائیلنشنالنیوز هشدار میدهد که توافق یا آتشبس احتمالی با [حکومت] ایران، در صورت نبود تضمینهای بلندمدت، میتواند بهجای حل بحران، صرفاً به تعویق آن منجر شود.
Most voters blame Trump for rising gas prices: Poll
Most registered voters blame President Trump for rising gas prices, according to a new poll. Quinnipiac University’s national poll, which was released Wednesday, found that more than half of voters, 51 percent, blame Trump “a lot” for gas prices spiking while 14 percent blame him “some.” Comparatively, 11 percent blame him “not much” while 23…
Los Angeles woman arrested on Iranian arms trafficking charge
Federal prosecutors say a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war
Woman charged in US with trafficking arms to Sudan for Iranian government
US federal prosecutors said on Sunday an Iranian national was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly trafficking arms to Sudan on behalf of Tehran. Shamim Mafi, 44, is charged with “brokering the sale of drones, bombs, bomb fuses and millions of rounds of ammunition manufactured by Iran and sold to Sudan”, US Attorney Bill Essayli wrote in a social media post. A resident of the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills, Mafi “is an Iranian national who became a lawful permanent.....
معاون وزیر خارجه روسیه: در هر توافقی، واشینگتن باید همه تحریمهای تهران را لغو کند
میخاییل اولیانوف، نماینده روسیه در وین، خواستار لغو کامل تحریمهای ایران و تضمین عدم بازگشت آنها شد. کانال ۱۲ اسرائیل از طرح توقف ۱۵ساله غنیسازی و نظارت کامل خبر داد. تهران خواستار خروج نیروهای آمریکا و رفع تحریمهاست و در اسرائیل درباره پیامدهای توافق ابراز نگرانی شده است.
Iran-US talks hit snag, as Tehran rejects second round of talks in Islamabad over naval blockade
The Iran-US talks hosted in Pakistan hit a snag as Tehran refused to attend a second round in Islamabad, protesting Washington's ongoing naval blockade of its ports and the Strait of Hormuz.Iran has recently declared the waterway "completely open".Late on Sunday (April 19) Iran rejected the second round of talks with the US in Pakistan, state media reported, citing a US naval blockade as the main "obstacle".On Sunday, after repeated warnings from the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance&nb...
Iran accuses US of breaching ceasefire, vows retaliation after ship seized in Sea of Oman
Iran accuses US of breaching ceasefire vows retaliation after ship seized in Sea of Oman