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“Over to you Keir,” says a senior minister, not mincing his words.Not everyone in the Labour Party wants there to be a challenge to the leadership, but even Sir Keir Starmer’s most loyal ministers are pushing him to change – and fast.The prime minister is nothing if not a determined man. But can he show he can turn it round?Millions of voters have told him they aren’t impressed with what he’s been doing in 22 months of government – and, as each hour passes, more of his colleagues are going public to say, neither are they.Labour has been battered at…
Several injured after car crashes into multiple pedestrians in UK town, police sayOne man sustained life-threatening injuries. The car was abandoned and a search is under way for the driver, police say.
Summer holidays might look different for some people this year as the war in Iran disrupts travel across the Middle East and pushes up prices for flights and package deals to European hotspots.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned last week “people might change where they go on holiday this year,” and while the government insists there is no need to cancel flights some Brits are deciding to stay put.Booking.com and Airbnb both told the BBC they were already seeing an increase in demand for domestic bookings, with searches for May half-term UK holidays up 20% on Booking.com compared with last…
They chased him all day Sunday throughout the mountains of Tennessee, a team of cops and executives and avian specialists all racing to bring a bald eagle named Rockland back home safe and sound.First he was spotted at a local hotel. Next a caller reported him perched on a car across town. Each time, team members rushed to the site, but “the advantage of those little stinkers have, that we don’t, is they can take off,” wryly notes one who watched him soar away – twice.Rockland first vanished two weeks ago, along with winged compatriots Wesley and Caesar, when a…
More than 200,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since records began in 2018, new figures show.The Home Office recorded 70 people arriving in the UK on Friday, taking the total to 200,013 in the last nine years. Calm weather conditions meant 70 people on one boat were able to make the crossing.Successive governments have promised to reduce migrant arrivals through this route and halt the smuggling operations that facilitate the dangerous crossings, but the number of small boat arrivals has more than doubled in the last three years to reach this new milestone.At least eight migrants…
LIVELabour needs to change approach but stick with Starmer, deputy leader tells BBC as MPs put pressure on PMMore than 20 Labour MPs call on Keir Starmer to set out a timetable to resign as Reform makes huge gains in England and Labour loses power in Wales.
The American empire cannot win the war against Iran at acceptable financial, military, and political costs.The war against Iran that the United States and Israel launched on February 28, 2026, will likely end in an American retreat. The United States cannot continue the war without producing disastrous consequences. A renewed escalation would likely lead to the destruction of the region’s oil, gas, and desalination infrastructure, causing a prolonged global catastrophe. Iran can credibly impose costs that the United States cannot bear and that the world should not suffer.The US – Israel war plan was a decapitation strike, sold to President…
Like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day, the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest has arrived to dispel the gloom of a weary world.With 35 countries taking part, it’s the most compact competition since 2003 – due to a partial boycott over Israel’s presence.If you can put the politics aside (and many fans feel they can’t), the competition presents its usual mix of mayhem and spectacle.This year’s hopefuls include a man entirely covered in silver paint, a fake gorilla, an actual Boy George – and the longest high note in Eurovision history.Fandoms of the operaFrance TélévisionsFrench contestant MonroeAria paying attention?…
European airlines can use US-grade jet fuel to ease potential shortages caused by the US-Israel war with Iran, the EU and two major international airline bodies have suggested.The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has suggested that wider international acceptance of US-grade jet fuel could help to head off any supply problems.The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has drawn up safety guidance, setting out how US supplies could be introduced into the European market, as well as information on the risks involved. Meanwhile, the EU has said there are no “regulatory obstacles” stopping European airlines using US-grade fuel so long as…
Brent crude rises amid clashes in critical waterway. Oil prices have jumped after clashes between United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz pushed their tenuous ceasefire to the brink. Futures for Brent crude rose as much as 7.5 percent during a volatile trading session on Thursday, before easing as Asia’s markets opened on Friday morning. The international benchmark stood at $101.12 per barrel as of 03:00 GMT, down from the day’s high of $103.70. The latest rise came after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the critical strait, a conduit for about one-fifth of global oil and…