Any hopes that the US-Israeli war on Iran would end soon were dashed this Easter weekend when US President Donald Trump posted a vulgar message in which he promised to escalate the bombing of public bridges and power plants by today if Tehran doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Optimists say this is just usual bluster on the US president’s part…
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0 claims checkedOil traded at more than $110 a barrel on Tuesday after Donald Trump said all of Iran could be “taken out” in one night. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 1% to $111 a…
Sport, arts, and culture minister Gayton McKenzie has rejected football superfan Joy “Mama Joy” Chauke’s request for funding to attend the 2026 Fifa World Cup in the US. Chauke took to X to plead for…
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The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has broken his silence and offered to “meet and listen” to members of the UK’s Jewish community after a fierce backlash over his booking at London’s Wireless…
Good morning. Resident doctors in English hospitals started a six-day strike at 7am this morning. Many of them will continue to work, but there will be enough of them joining the strike to have a…