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ROBERT MAGINNIS: Trump’s Ankara remarks reveal a grand strategy hiding in plain sight
In an opinion piece for Fox News, former Pentagon strategist Robert Maginnis argues that remarks made by President Donald Trump alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on the eve of a NATO summit in Ankara, reveal a coherent American “grand strategy” rather than the freewheeling exchange most commentators perceived. Maginnis contends that such strategies rarely…
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Port of Dover faces ‘utter chaos’ under struggling EU entry system, MPs warn
MPs have warned that the Port of Dover faces “utter chaos and miles of tailbacks” as a result of the EU’s entry/exit system (EES), unless the technology is fixed or the checks suspended within a week. The chair of the home affairs select committee, Karen Bradley, has urged the UK government to apply “maximum pressure”…
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Trump trolls Netanyahu as he makes staggering offer to Islamic despot
Donald Trump is reported to be considering the sale of US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, a move that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly opposed. Netanyahu warns that supplying the advanced aircraft to Ankara would “destroy” the balance of power and undermine peace and stability in the Middle East. The potential deal…
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Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’ after Iranian attacks trigger massive US response
US President Donald Trump has declared that the tentative ceasefire with Iran is “over” following an overnight US bombing campaign launched in response to Iranian attacks on commercial shipping. Speaking to reporters at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Trump signalled a likely collapse of weeks of diplomacy, describing Iranian officials as “scum”, “liars” and “cheats”…
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Report to National Crime Agency of £5m Farage gift is ‘deeply serious’
Labour has condemned as “astonishing and deeply serious” the disclosure that a £5m gift to Nigel Farage from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA) by bankers who feared it might involve laundered money. The revelation intensifies pressure on the Reform UK leader over his financial affairs, coming just a day…
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Dem civil war hits primary debate stage in fiery battleground showdown: ‘What are you hiding?’
Moderate Democratic Representative Haley Stevens and progressive challenger Abdul El-Sayed clashed in a heated debate on Tuesday ahead of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, in a contest framed as a proxy battle between the party’s centrist establishment and its left wing. The confrontation matters because the seat, being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters, is…
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It’s Nigel v Count Binface! Farage’s by-election gamble risks backfiring as NO major party will stand against him… because he faces another contest after sleaze probe
Nigel Farage called for a ‘people versus the establishment’ contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
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Trump enters final NATO summit day as Ukraine, defense spending take center stage
On the closing day of the NATO summit in Ankara, President Donald Trump was set to headline talks focused on Ukraine, collective defence and higher alliance spending, with leaders seeking to project unity on transatlantic security. The day matters because Trump was due to hold a closely watched bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
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GB’s Rutter wins bronze on return after birth of son
Great Britain’s Amber Rutter wins bronze at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in her first international competition since the birth of her second son.
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UK housebuilders have far too much power. Now a £4.5bn lawsuit could change that for good | Peter Apps
The UK’s seven largest housebuilders are facing a collective legal action brought on behalf of an estimated 700,000 people who purchased a new-build home between October 2015 and June 2026. The claim seeks compensation of between £3,100 and £6,200 per buyer, amounting to a potential industry bill of £2.2bn to £4.5bn. The columnist argues the…