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How can the PM improve the lives of Londoners?
How can the PM improve the lives of Londoners?Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHelen DrewBBC Politics LondonBBCBBC Politics London has been speaking to three groups about what key priorities should be for Prime Minister Keir Starmer - or his successor - when it comes to improving the lives of Londoners, from the most vulnerable, such as children in poverty to those running small businesses.I spoke to the Little Village charity, the London Chamber of Commerce and the think tank Centre f...
Trump threatens to pull Boebert endorsement, calls congresswoman ‘weak minded’ over Massie support
President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a longtime ally of the president, and threatened to back a primary challenger after she campaigned for one of his top Republican rivals.Trump lashed out on Truth Social against Boebert, whom he previously endorsed for reelection, just hours after she campaigned with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., one of Trump’s most vocal GOP critics in Congress."Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s F...
‘It was always the way to vote Labour here’: party’s proud Welsh heartland makes a clean break of it
Labour’s sometime safest seat in the UK, birthplace of Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock, last week sent no Labour delegates to the new SeneddReminders of the Labour movement’s roots are inescapable in Tredegar, south Wales: murals pay tribute to party giants Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock, both of whom were born here.The Workmen’s Hall Library is long gone, replaced by a car park, but the Cambrian Inn, which hosted early trade unions and Chartist groups, survives. The Tredegar Medical Aid Society,...
Yvette Cooper wrote Palestine Action article despite CPS warning it could affect trial
Exclusive: Then-home secretary justified proscription of group in newspaper column despite advice it might unfairly impact trial of six activistsYvette Cooper wrote a newspaper column about Palestine Action despite prosecutors warning it could prejudice criminal proceedings against six activists from the group, it can be revealed.The then-home secretary wrote the column justifying Palestine Action’s proscription even though the Crown Prosecution Service advised it might unfairly impact a trial c...
From July 10, US can deny your visa for this one reason
USCIS now has the power to reject or deny immigration applications, even keeping fees, if an invalid signature is found months or years later. This new rule, effective July 10, 2026, applies broadly to most benefit requests, including visas and Green Cards. Applicants cannot usually fix signature errors after submission.
Anmol Pinky complains of ‘pressure to give false statements’, disputes official claim on arrest timing
KARACHI: While police on Saturday managed to secure a further six-day remand of Anmol Pinky in two cases, the suspected drug baroness contested the police’s claim that she was arrested on May 12 in Karachi, saying she had actually been picked up 22 days earlier in Lahore and was being pressured to give “false statements involving Banigala” — an Islamabad area known as the residence of former prime minister and incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan. On Saturday, police produced the suspect, Pinky,...
Tension in Lucknow as police lathicharge protesting lawyers amid demolition drive
Tensions flared in Kaiserbagh as police lathi-charged protesting advocates during a Municipal Corporation demolition drive. The operation targeted chambers near the Civil Court, ordered by the Lucknow Bench of the High Court to remove illegal encroachments. Police stated the situation is under control.
Barefoot Investor Scott Pape unleashes at Anthony Albanese in a blistering open letter
Barefoot Investor Scott Pape unleashes at Anthony Albanese in a blistering open letterREAD MORE: Winners and losers of the Budget By CAMERON CARPENTER, DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 07:04, 17 May 2026 | Updated: 07:04, 17 May 2026 e-mail View comments
‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting
Film-maker and longtime Corbyn ally says ‘poor behaviour’ squandered chance to unite the left in fight against far rightKen Loach has accused Your Party of squandering an opportunity to unite the left in the fight against the far right after the upstart socialist movement founded by the former Labour figures Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana became mired in infighting.“There was great hope when Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana joined forces; 800,000 people expressed interest – that’s three times th...
How to fix the UK
The UK, we are told, is becoming ungovernable. The “Broken Britain” narrative highlights rampant crime, boatloads of immigrants crossing the Channel, a buckling National Health Service, and a military which on a good day would struggle to seize an English market town. There is some truth in all this, but the notion that we have slipped back to the 1970s does not stack up. I know because I was there. Rubbish piled high in the streets. Trade unions bossing the country. Inflation running at 20 per...
‘I was shocked’: Rajinikanth on Vijay becoming Tamil Nadu CM
Veteran actor Rajinikanth clarified his political stance, stating he is no longer active in politics and was shocked by speculation about actor Vijay becoming Chief Minister. He defended his meeting with MK Stalin, emphasizing their friendship transcends politics and that he addressed criticism to prevent it from being perceived as truth.
'Silence of virgin can be treated as consent': Taliban legalises child marriages with special rules
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has enacted a new family law regulation, "Principles of Separation Between Spouses," which has drawn international criticism. A particularly controversial article interprets a virgin girl's silence after puberty as consent to marriage. The decree also addresses child marriage, divorce, and other marital disputes, granting fathers and grandfathers significant authority.
'Unparalleled momentum to India-Netherlands friendship': PM Modi on talks with Dutch PM Rob Jetten
Prime Minister Modi's Netherlands visit concluded with a strategic partnership upgrade, marked by 17 key outcomes. A significant development includes Tata Electronics' pact with ASML for a semiconductor facility in Dholera, boosting India's ambitions. Modi also lauded the Indian diaspora's role in strengthening bilateral ties.
ISPR cautions 'warmongering' New Delhi after Indian army chief's provocative statement
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday cautioned “warmongering” India against pushing South Asia towards another war after its army chief made provocative remarks about Pakistan. “Indian COAS gave a provocative statement during a recent interview that ‘Pakistan should decide if it desired to be part of geography and history’,” ISPR noted in a statement issued in response to Indian Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi’s comments. “Contrary to the delusional and hallucinational belief syst...
'Mahngai man Modi whips out his lash again': Congress takes jibe over fresh CNG price hike in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government after CNG prices were increased again in Delhi and the NCR region, marking the second hike within two days.
The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers
May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?They were times in which prime ministers seemed to be on their way out as soon as they’d arrived. The big strategic decisions the country faced were ducked or postponed. The public finances repeatedly wobbled, yet efforts to rationalise the tax system faltered in the face of vested interests, including farmers. Reforms to social security were trumpeted b...
‘Feels like an illusion’: how Trump seizing Maduro has changed little in Venezuela
Some feel optimistic change will come, but for many it’s business as usual for the movement Hugo Chávez startedWhen Ángel Linares heard a strange buzz followed by an explosion, his first thought was that neighbours were setting off fireworks to celebrate the new year.Then his windows shattered, the building’s walls shook and its facade was ripped off, sending him flying on to the ground of an apartment suddenly reduced to rubble. His 85-year-old mother, Jesucita, feared Venezuela’s northern coas...
Trump is building an empire. He wants 55 states across three continents
Taking time off from the Iran war this week, Donald Trump posted a picture of Venezuela as the 51st state, the map of the country covered in the Stars and Stripes. This was the US President’s usual trolling, but as his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, once said to me, Trump jokes, but he never really jokes. In characteristic fashion, Trump doubled down on his meme. He told Fox News he was “seriously considering a move to make Venezuela the 51st state”. Venezuela has almost 29 million peo...
Starmer’s £18bn defence bid won’t save him but might protect the military – for now
Sir Keir Starmer is poised to announce an £18bn increase in defence spending, as he battles to stay in No 10. While it may not be enough to save his skin at home after a devastating local election, it may just provide a temporary lifeline to the UK’s military which has been whittled to the bone – and bolster its reputation overseas, insiders said. The uplift, first reported by The Times, comes after national security advisor Jonathan Powell reportedly wrote to the Prime Minister warning that t...
Time for ‘legal diplomacy’
IT was 2016. We at RSIL routinely studied all major disputes and issues between India and Pakistan — Kashmir, Sir Creek, Siachen, the Indus Waters Treaty, Samjhauta Express, Babri Masjid, Junagarh, etc. Each issue had a dominant legal dimension that required sustained research. Following the Mumbai attacks in 2008, bilateral bitterness was still on the rise as the trials of suspects Zia ur Rehman Lakhvi on the Pakistani side and Ajmal Kasab in India were not well managed. Both states, instead of...