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SUE REID: Germany in shock as hard-Right party stands on the brink of power
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has finished the Saxony-Anhalt state election as the clear leading party, according to an exit poll giving it 44.5 per cent of the vote, putting it on course to control a regional parliament for the first time since the Nazi era. The result marks a watershed for German politics, delivering…
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Police force that told women to share toilets and changing rooms with trans officers scraps its policy after court threat
Gwent Police has scrapped a policy that told women officers and staff to share toilets, changing rooms and showers with transgender colleagues based on their presented gender rather than biological sex, following the threat of legal action from a women’s rights group. The force had been criticised for breaching new equality guidance after the Equality…
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Austria’s Islamic headscarf ban in force as under-14s go back to school
A new law came into force in Austria banning girls under 14 from wearing Islamic headscarves in public and private schools, coinciding with the start of the new school year. The measure, championed by Integration Minister Claudia Bauer as a defence against the “oppression” of young girls, has been introduced by a coalition of three…
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Reform UK donation row tests public trust in Farage
Nigel Farage has faced questions over Reform UK’s handling of donations after a fresh row over party funding threatened to overshadow policy announcements made at its Birmingham conference. Farage insisted the party would have “sent money back” to donors whose contributions had come under scrutiny, but the episode raises questions about trust and transparency ahead…
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Trump appears to debut darker hair, sparking online buzz
President Donald Trump appeared to debut a noticeably darker, brunette hair colour on Friday, prompting a wave of speculation and jokes online after he was photographed disembarking Air Force One in New Jersey ahead of a weekend at his Bedminster golf club. The change is notable because Trump, long associated with his distinctive blond style,…
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Reform UK Faces Foreign Donations Row as Farage Defends £500k US-Sourced Payment
Reform UK has become embroiled in a controversy over funding sources following the release of undercover Channel 4 footage documenting discussions regarding a £500,000 contribution purportedly originating from the United
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New Mexico governor rejects Trump proposal to rebrand state
The White House and President Donald Trump renewed a row over New Mexico’s name after amplifying a Truth Social image depicting the state relabelled “New America,” with the word “Mexico” crossed out in red and replaced. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the idea, telling Fox News Digital the state’s name “isn’t up for…
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Anglo-Russo peace push falters as Farage donor row deepens and rail chaos hits CrossCountry
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner met Zelensky in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin, while Farage battled a foreign-donations row engulfing Reform UK; also today, royal news, rail disruption, a new TfL calm pod, Celtic’s Asian Games blow, and tributes to Olivia Newton-John.
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REVEALED: Donald Trump’s FULL itinerary in Ireland – all his stops, exactly who he’s meeting… and the colossal security operation that will see him skip the Phoenix Park to sleep in a bed that he owns in Co Clare
Donald Trump’s forthcoming visit to Ireland will involve a vast security operation, culminating in the US president spending the night at his own Doonbeg hotel in Co Clare rather than the state guest house, the Mail can reveal. His itinerary includes meetings with President Catherine Connolly, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and most of his Cabinet, along…