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Minister defends Home Office booklet urging asylum seekers not to rape women
The government has defended a new Home Office guidance document that explicitly tells asylum seekers that rape, sex with someone under 16 and domestic abuse are serious crimes in the UK, after school standards minister Georgia Gould warned against making “full generalisations” about migrants’ attitudes towards women. The nine-page booklet, “Understanding behaviours and expectations in…
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Mahmood backs wider distribution of asylum seekers in wealthier areas
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has confirmed her backing for a “fair spread” of asylum seekers across the UK, endorsing a call originally made by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to place more migrants in wealthier, middle-class areas rather than concentrating them in deprived communities. The move signals that the government intends to treat Burnham’s proposal…
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North Korea fires a suspected missile toward the sea, Japan says
The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.
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San Sebastián Sets Michaël R. Roskam’s ‘Le Faux Soir’ as Closing Night Film
The San Sebastián Film Festival has selected “Le Faux Soir,” a Belgian-French WWII resistance drama from director Michaël R. Roskam, as its closing night film. The picture will have its European premiere at the festival following its world premiere in Toronto’s Special Presentations strand, and will close proceedings after the awards ceremony on 26 September…
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Top Dem group reveals new congressional targets in bid to flip House: ‘Proven fighters’
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has expanded its “Red to Blue” programme, adding five new candidates it believes can help Democrats retake the House of Representatives at the upcoming midterms. The scheme provides targeted support and resources to candidates running in competitive districts currently held by Republicans, and its expansion signals the party’s growing…
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What does Labour’s GCSE resit shake-up mean for young people and parents?
Education secretary Lucy Powell has announced plans to overhaul England’s GCSE resit system, aiming to end what she called a “treadmill of failure” affecting hundreds of thousands of young people. Around 200,000 pupils each year fail to achieve a grade 4 or above in both English and Maths, a requirement often needed to progress to…
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MORNING GLORY: Alaska’s ‘real’ Senator Dan Sullivan stood up over challenger
Alaska’s incumbent Republican US Senator Dan Sullivan advanced to November’s general election after Tuesday’s primary, comfortably outpolling a challenger who shares his exact name. The situation has drawn attention because most observers believe the challenger, a retired federal employee and teacher, is a “confusion candidate” deliberately entered to siphon votes from the sitting senator in…
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El-Sayed’s agenda puts ‘permanently’ changed America on the line in Michigan Senate race, GOP firebrand warns
Former Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon has warned that Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s progressive agenda could “permanently” change America if he wins, telling Fox News Digital that his politics are out of step with Michigan voters. Dixon argued the stakes go beyond a single six-year Senate term, framing El-Sayed as someone whose fundamental…
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Which country makes the best jollof rice? D.C. foodies put it to a blind test
One of the most famous dishes across West Africa is Jollof Rice — fragrant rice cooked down with spices, tomatoes and meat. But which version is best? A traveling festival aims to find out.
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Disabled adults learn and work in their communities. That right is under threat
Siblings Cody and Kaleigh Brendle have grown up with the right to community integration. Now, they worry those protections for people with disabilities like them are being eroded.