ISD A Canadian national who narrated propaganda videos for the Islamic State group has been charged in the US. Saudi-born Mohammed Khalifa was seized by a Kurdish-led militia in Syria in 2019 and later handed over to the FBI. Prosecutors say the 38 year old was the “voice behind the violence”. They say he served
Month: October 2021
Reuters Tens of thousands of people are holding rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights. They have been galvanised in opposition to a new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the state. Pro-choice supporters across the country fear that constitutional rights may be rolled back. In the coming
Getty Images Survivors of the terror attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 have begun describing their ordeal in a Paris courtroom this week. The suspects on trial include Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the IS cell that targeted the city on a busy Friday night. For the next five
Everard family There is an air of crisis in British policing this weekend as it faces a great moment of reckoning. Never have leaders felt that public trust is so low they have had to advise women to consider fleeing if they are uncomfortable when confronted by one of their own officers. But that is
PA Media Fuel supply is still a “big problem” in south-east England, the Petrol Retailers Association says – and “if anything it had got worse”. But the PRA said Scotland, the north of England and parts of the Midlands had seen a “distinct improvement”. The military will begin delivering petrol across the UK from Monday.
EPA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will not stand for vice-president in next year’s election, and will instead retire from politics. Mr Duterte said last month that he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. The country’s constitution bars him from a second term as president. But he now says he will withdraw,
Getty Images Taiwan has reported 38 Chinese military jets flying into its air defence zone on Friday – the largest incursion by Beijing to date. The defence ministry said the aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in two waves. Taiwan responded by scrambling its jets and deploying missile systems. China
Getty Images Welcome to the One Million Pound Club. To make the top ten donors to the Conservative Party since Boris Johnson became prime minister, you need to have stumped up a seven figure sum. At the top of the chart, by a considerable margin, the providers of one of the most memorable political images
Getty Images US media firm Ozy Media has announced that it is to close down amid a growing row over its business practices. “It is.. with the heaviest of hearts that we must announce today that we are closing Ozy’s doors”, the company said in a statement. It follows reports that Ozy’s chief operating officer
Large parts of South America are facing the most severe drought in nearly a century. At threat is one of the largest waterways in the region, the Paraná water system that millions of people in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina rely on for water and energy. The reason, say climatologists, is La Niña, a natural phenomenon
Home buyers have benefitted from lower or no stamp duty, a tax paid on property purchases, in some parts of the UK, for more than a year. The tax holidays on stamp duty or its equivalent taxes, were introduced by ministers to stimulate the housing market as the country emerged from the first national Covid
PA Media Armed forces personnel will begin delivering petrol to garages across the UK from Monday, the government says. Almost 200 servicemen and women, 100 of them drivers, will provide “temporary” support to ease pressure on stations. Ministers have also announced that up to 300 overseas fuel tanker drivers will be able to work in
Getty Images Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been criticised for leaving on vacation during Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The new federal holiday honours thousands of indigenous children who were forcefully assimilated in Canada’s state-backed residential school system. Mr Trudeau’s daily schedule had indicated he would spend the day in private meetings
With Oklahoma and Texas playing their first Big 12 road football games as lame duck league members on Saturday, the unintended consequences portion of the schools’ protracted and awkward exits from the conference are poised to begin. Oklahoma plays at Kansas State, where a vocal student section is positioned behind the bench ready to taunt
Getty Images Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has agreed to be extradited to the US to face charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. A Winnipeg courtroom on Friday received a consent form, signed in jail by Mr Nygard, agreeing to his removal. The 80-year-old designer faces a nine-count indictment in New York over allegations he
Merck An experimental drug for severe Covid cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half, interim clinical trial results suggest. The tablet – molnupiravir – was given twice a day to patients recently diagnosed with the disease. US drug-maker Merck said its results were so positive that outside monitors had asked to stop