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UK and Germany sign ‘landmark’ defence treaty
Britain and Germany will sign, what the UK government is calling a “landmark defence agreement” aimed at boosting security, investment and jobs. Under the agreement the German defence company, Rheinmetall will open a new factory in the UK to manufacture barrels for artillery guns – supporting 400 jobs. Both countries will work together to develop a new long range missile, and drones. German maritime surveillance aircraft will also periodically fly patrols of the North Atlantic from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. Labour promised to build closer military ties with Germany whileRead more
King Charles shouted at by Indigenous Australian senator during royal visit
An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones. “You committed genocide against our people,” she shouted. “Give us what you stole from us — our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty.” No treaty was ever struck between betweenRead more
Israel says top Hezbollah official was killed in Beirut airstrike earlier this month
The Israeli military said Tuesday that a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to be the group’s next leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut in early October. There was no immediate confirmation from the militant group about the fate of Hashem Safieddine, a powerful cleric who was expected to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders. Safieddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike in early October in a strike that also killed 25 other Hezbollah leaders, according to Israel, whose airstrikes in southern Lebanon in recentRead more
Trump accuses UK’s Labour Party of ‘foreign interference’
Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against the UK’s Labour Party, accusing it of “blatant foreign interference” in the US election in aid of the Harris-Walz campaign. The complaint cites media reports about contact between Labour and the Harris campaign as well as apparent volunteering efforts, arguing that this amounts to illegal “contributions”. The BBC understands that Labour activists campaigning in the US presidential election are doing so in a personal capacity. The Labour Party has not issued an official response. Specifically, the complaint citesRead more
Marine Le Pen hits back in EU funds misuse trial
French politician Marine Le Pen has hit back against charges of illegal party funding by European Parliament deputies from her far-right National Rally (RN) party. Le Pen and more than 20 other senior party figures are accused of hiring assistants who worked on party affairs rather than for the European Parliament which paid them. She told a court in Paris on Monday that parliamentary assistants paid for by the Brussels assembly were naturally involved in politics – because that was what drew them to the job in the first place.Read more
Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon
A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Nasa launched the spacecraft at 12:06 local time (16:06 GMT) after hurricane Milton forced the mission to postpone plans last week. Europa Clipper will now travel 1.8 billion miles to reach Europa, a deeply mysterious moon orbiting Jupiter. It will not arrive until 2030 but what it finds could change what we know about life in our solar system. Trapped under the moon’s surface could be aRead more
Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada. His impact on Canadian basketball still goes strong
Even though Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada, his impact on Canadian basketball is still going strong. Those kids who watched him play in Toronto, who dreamed of wearing a jersey with a dinosaur on their chest, who maybe didn’t realize yet that no matter how hard they practised at school or in the park would never dunk like Carter, are all grown up now. They have made Canada’s national team one of the best in the world, the best it’s ever been, and many of themRead more
Trudeau accuses India of supporting violent crimes in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Indian government has made a “fundamental error” as he accused it of supporting a campaign of violence against Canadians on Canadian soil. The prime minister spoke to reporters Monday, hours after the head of the RCMP laid out stunning allegations accusing agents of the Indian government of playing a role in “widespread violence” in Canada, including homicides, and warned that it poses “a serious threat to our public safety.” Earlier in the day, Canada announced it’s expelling six Indian diplomats. India has denied the allegationsRead more
For Pierre Poilievre, the conflict appears to be the point
Some amount of conflict is inherent to democracy — particularly so in a political system that prominently features His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. And hyperbole has probably existed for as long as humans have been able to communicate. But has any Canadian politician in recent memory embraced rhetorical conflict as enthusiastically as Pierre Poilievre? For the Conservative leader, there seems to be no such thing as overstatement. And he seems to feel it’s almost always worth going on the attack. Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill inRead more
Who will end the debate? Political gridlock continues in the House of Commons
Federal political parties appear to be locked in a game of chicken in an increasingly precarious Parliament over a debate that has stalled almost all business in the House of Commons. The Conservatives have vowed the debate will continue until the Liberals hand over to the RCMP unredacted documents about a green-tech foundation that was found to have misspent government money. The debate has now stretched into its second week. “I could sit down right now and everything would be done, if they just gave the documents,” Conservative MP KyleRead more