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Azruddin Mohamed’s election comes six months after he formed political party that became country’s second largest A Guyanese businessman facing extradition to the US on gold-smuggling and money-laundering charges has been elected as the country’s opposition leader, six months after he formed a political party that quickly became the second largest in the South American country . Azruddin Mohamed,…

Aircraft carrier strike group assets aided by Israeli aircraft could have enough firepower to bring down regime The Iranian government is bracing itself for a fresh US and Israeli missile assault after it was announced that the US Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group has now deployed key assets to the region, observers have said. It is thought that Washington has the firepower in conjunc…

Roy Morton was 80 when he was stunned, restrained and arrested in bungled raid at his home in 2021 Scotland Yard has settled out of court with a retired ballet dancer who sued the force after he was shot with a Taser weapon in his own home in a bungled dawn raid. Roy Morton, who has a pacemaker and lives alone, was stunned, restrained and arrested by firearms officers who forced entry into his ho…

Party see prevention of Greater Manchester mayor from running as an opportunity but a high Greens vote could allow Reform UK to win the seat The Greens are set to stage an all-out fight to win the upcoming Gorton and Denton byelection, with officials in the party arguing they have a real chance of victory after Andy Burnham was barred from applying to be the Labour candidate. The Greens came thir…

Outrage mounts after US attorney general’s request as state reels from the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis There was widespread outrage after attorney general Pam Bondi pushed for access to Minnesota’s voter rolls as the state reeled from the killing of Alex Pretti over the weekend. Bondi included the demand for voter rolls in a letter she sent to Minnesota governor Tim Walz on Satu…

European retailers urge traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pact Leading British and European retailers are trying to salvage the core elements of the Amazon soy moratorium after the world’s most successful forest protection agreement was wrecked by Brazilian lawmakers and abandoned by international traders. In an open letter, high street brands incl…

Exclusive: Hundreds of works by the artist and poet Peter Kien have new home in UK after campaign by Judy King They survived the Nazis, were confiscated by the communists, and for the last three decades they have been jealously guarded, bound in red tape, by a museum in the Czech Republic. Due to the attentions of an overzealous Czech customs guard and the vagaries of the British weather, a happy…

Party spokesperson apologises for statement on former home secretary who has defected to Reform UK UK politics live – latest updates The Conservatives have withdrawn a claim that Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform UK on Monday was connected to her mental health, following criticism from across the political spectrum. Earlier, in an official statement it now says was “sent out in error”, the p…

Actor gives evidence alleging Associated Newspapers Ltd used services of convicted phone hacker The actor Sadie Frost has said she had “a price put on my head” by the publisher of the Daily Mail, as she accused it of repeatedly using information secured from her private calls and sensitive personal records. Appearing in the high court, Frost said she was horrified by an email suggesting a Mail on…

Move comes as the SEC has taken a series of friendly stances towards the cryptocurrency industry under Trump The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday agreed to dismiss its enforcement case against a cryptocurrency exchange founded by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, after investors in its lending program recovered their assets in full. The SEC has taken a series of…

Some parts of city were buried under nearly 60cm of snow and over 500 flights were cancelled Sunday Toronto is beginning to dig itself out from the largest snowfall in the city’s history, a process which officials say is likely to take “several days”. Some parts of Canada’s largest city were buried under nearly 60cm of snow and more than 500 flights were cancelled Sunday after Toronto’s main airp…

Aircraft crashed at airport in Bangor, which has received about 10in of snow as deadly storm pummels US US gripped by severe winter storm – latest updates Seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries when a private business jet crashed in a snowstorm at Maine ’s Bangor international airport, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says. The Bombardier Challenger …

Return of police sergeant Ran Gvili’s body should pave way for progress on second phase of Trump ceasefire plan The remains of the Israeli police sergeant Ran Gvili, who was killed fighting Hamas-led militants on 7 October 2023, have been returned to Israel. Militants took Gvili’s body to Gaza to use as a bargaining chip. He was the last of 251 people captured that day still held in the territory…

Men in custody for live broadcasting discriminatory content to YouTube likely to incite hatred, police say Two far-right British activists have been arrested by French authorities in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. The arrests followed an order issued on Friday prohibiting British participants in a planned “stop the boats” protest, dubbed Operation Overlord, in the departments …

Business wing of Christian Democrats aims to scrap legal right to fewer hours, saying people should need permission The business wing of Germany’s leading Christian Democrats party is proposing a ban on workers’ legal entitlement to work part-time, arguing that those wishing to work fewer hours should have to acquire special permission to do so. Currently, every employee in Europe’s largest econo…