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Police failed to tell families of Nottingham attack victims ‘that they were being stalked by a mentally ill man’
A public inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks has heard that police failed to warn the families of victims Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates that a mentally ill man obsessed with the case had been trying to track them down, and allegedly downplayed the threat he posed. The man, who had been sectioned…
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Burnham will NOT commit to 3% defence timetable: Plans to meet target will be under wraps until spending review in 2027
Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to commit to a timetable for reaching the target of spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence, refusing to give a firm date when pressed by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch in the Commons. He said his Chancellor, John Healey, would set out the path to the target at next…
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Penny Wong gets a surprise pay bump after little-noticed rule change hands her Anthony Albanese’s salary for four days
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is receiving a temporary pay increase while serving as acting Prime Minister during Anthony Albanese’s absence at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. The boost stems from a little-noticed change by the Remuneration Tribunal, which now allows any minister acting as Prime Minister to be paid at the Prime Minister’s…
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Trump nominates Hung Cao to serve as permanent Navy Secretary amid leadership turmoil at Pentagon
Donald Trump has confirmed he will nominate Hung Cao, currently acting US Secretary of the Navy, to hold the position permanently, a move requiring majority approval in the Senate. The announcement caps months of turbulence among America’s military leadership, most recently the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll after reported friction with Defence Secretary Pete…
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Fund defence spending from tax rise on middle earners, thinktank tells Healey
The Resolution Foundation thinktank has warned Chancellor John Healey that he cannot meet Labour’s pledge on defence spending without raising taxes on middle earners, arguing the UK’s “tax wedge” remains internationally low despite recent rises. This matters because Healey, who resigned from government in June over what he called inadequate defence funding, now holds responsibility…
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Van Jones calls out El-Sayed for ‘insane’ belief that he’s ‘smarter than Barack Obama’ on Israel policy
CNN commentator Van Jones publicly criticised Michigan Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed over his stance on Israel, calling his positions “insane” and questioning whether El-Sayed believed he was wiser than former President Barack Obama on foreign policy. Jones made the remarks on the “Ask Haviv Anything” podcast while discussing what he described as a fracturing of…
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Britain’s problems? I blame Thatcher and Brexit, says Burnham: No wonder Kemi mocked him for ‘living in the past’ as the ‘Messiah without a mandate’ made his Commons debut as PM
Andy Burnham used his first statement to Parliament as Prime Minister to blame Margaret Thatcher’s reforms and Brexit for many of Britain’s current economic problems, setting out a left-wing vision involving greater state control over the economy. He acknowledged that, two years into a Labour government elected on a promise to ease the cost of…
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CBS News’ Bari Weiss Faces Backlash Over Headline Linking Muslim Senate Candidate to 9/11
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is facing renewed criticism after personally reworking the headline of an article about Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, which critics say wrongly implied he had ties to the September 11 attacks. The story, written by producer Zak Hudak, examined old tweets El-Sayed had deleted, and Weiss reportedly praised the…