Dominic Cummings ‘was most empowered chief of staff Downing Street has seen’
The former chief adviser to Boris Johnson will give evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday.
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White House targets anti-semitism on campus amid Israel-Hamas war
Biden administration surging resources in response to ‘alarming rise’ of incidents at secondary schools and on college campuses since the 7 October terrorist attacks in Israel
Ohio woman accused of killing 4 men with fatal fentanyl doses to rob them pleads not guilty
An Ohio woman who prosecutors say killed four men with lethal doses of fentanyl in order to rob them has pleaded not guilty.
Chris Whitty referred to ‘Eat out to help out’ as ‘Eat out to help out the virus’, UK Covid inquiry told – as it happened
UK’s chief medical officer said to have attacked Treasury scheme launched by Rishi Sunak that subsidised meals out in August 2020. This live blog is closedKeith shows a WhatsApp message from Simon Case, the cabinet secretary. It is date 20 December 202…
Charge dismissed against Washington lawmaker who had gun in carry-on
“I reached into my briefcase for gum and felt my gun instead. My heart sank,” Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson said in a statement. He called the incident an “honest mistake.”
Global Affairs Canada tells Canadians in Lebanon that government evacuation flights aren’t guaranteed
As the Israel-Hamas war threatens to widen into other regions, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) says the government is not guaranteeing assisted departure for citizens who may want to leave Lebanon and is again encouraging immediate evacuation via commercia…
Hamas reports clashes with IDF – as it happened
This blog is now closed.See all our Israel-Hamas war coverageAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has urged Israel to “listen” when its friends ask it to protect innocent lives in Gaza and warned that the world “will not accept continuing …
Scammers are as close as the phone in your pocket
It is the tech equivalent of burglars pacing outside our houses in plain sight, waiting for us to leave a door unlocked or a window open.
Iran says Israeli crimes in Palestine death of humanitarian values in US, European statesmen’s lexicon
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, arguing that moral and humanitarian values apparently have no place whatsoever in the …