Vladimir Putin should be worried. Not since the trials of the Nazis at Nuremberg and the Japanese war criminals in Tokyo have so many world leaders made common cause to bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes that have brought terror, death and misery to defenceless millions. The decision to prosecute Putin’s cabal for the … Read more
Europe has experienced an exceptional heatwave this week, with temperature records broken across multiple countries under a persistent area of high pressure, commonly referred to as a “heat dome.” The UK surpassed its May maximum temperature record on Tuesday, with 35.1C recorded at Kew Gardens, London. This broke the record set only the day before … Read more
new video loaded: Blue Origin Rocket Explodes on Florida Launchpad transcript Back transcript Blue Origin Rocket Explodes on Florida Launchpad A rocket built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company, Blue Origin, blew up during a test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. “Oh, no, that’s an explosion.” (explosion erupts) “That is crazy.” … Read more
For many Europeans of my generation, Cuba was as much a progressive cause as a country. In our selectively idealistic student days (mine were in the mid-1970s), it was a plucky little country that had overthrown a corrupt regime in cahoots with the US mafia. In a popular revolution led by the charismatic Fidel Castro … Read more
Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project promoted by politicians who “peddled the nationalistic pish”, raising more doubts about his commitment to Nigel Farage’s signature achievement. The comments by Robert Kenyon, unearthed on a defunct rugby league forum and first reported by the Telegraph, follow the emergence … Read more
Starmer say he thinks ‘much’ of what Blair had to say about his record yesterday was wrong Keir Starmer has said that “much” of what Tony Blair said in his 5,700-word essay yesterday criticising the record of the government was wrong. During a visit to a train depot in west London, Starmer was asked by … Read more
European Green parties have been through a phase of stagnation and crisis in recent years. Long gone seem the days of the “green wave” across Europe. Back in 2019, Green parties secured their best-ever result in the European parliament elections, with 74 seats. In the same year, Green parties also scored record results in Switzerland, … Read more
New Mandelson vetting revelations make it hard to believe claim that decision was ‘borderline’, Emily Thornberry says Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the Commons foreign affairs committee, has said that the latest revelations in the Guardian about why UK Security Vetting did not think Peter Mandelson should be cleared to become ambassador to the … Read more
Malcolm Mistry knew it was going to get “very warm, very quickly” on Monday morning but a slow start out of bed delayed his plans for an early game of cricket with his son. It was already 10am by the time the pair arrived at the sun-soaked nets of their local club in south-west London, … Read more
In July 2024, a European Union law came into force requiring plastic bottle caps to remain attached to their bottles. The regulation was widely mocked by social-media jokesters and Silicon Valley billionaires alike. This, people said, was Brussels at its worst: bureaucrats micromanaging, treating citizens like children who couldn’t be trusted to recycle a cap. … Read more