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HuffPost UK'Shame!' Nigel Farage Shouted Down By MPs After Repeating Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory In The Commons
The Reform UK leader's remarks during PMQs was not welcomed by his colleagues.
- HuffPost
'Holy S**t': Jon Stewart Nails Exact Moment Kamala Harris 'Crushed' Trump At Debate
The "Daily Show" host hit the former president for an "insanely false" claim at the debate.
- The Telegraph
Reeves claimed £4,400 in energy support before axing winter fuel payments
Rachel Reeves claimed £4,400 of taxpayer cash towards her energy bills before axing winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.
- The New York Times
The Moment Trump Couldn’t Resist Bungling
She looked faux-fascinated, as if coaxing him into thinking he was onto something — nodding, head-tilting, performatively squinting, smiling a little, then a little more — a reel of soon-to-be memes, screaming silent bemusement with a hand on her chin. He looked miserable. The initial question, at least, should have been fertile terrain for former President Donald Trump: a prompt for Vice President Kamala Harris about immigration, a vulnerability for her, and how she might diverge on the subject
- The Independent
Trump confronted by ‘Central Park Five’ member he called to be executed in debate spin room
Trump was all smiles as he was confronted by the man he called to be executed for a crime he didn’t commit
- The Telegraph
Reeves urged to launch tax raid on pension lump sums
Rachel Reeves is under pressure to mount a multi-billion pound raid on the pension pots of wealthy savers by slashing the amount of tax-free cash they can withdraw.
- The Daily Beast
‘Disaster’: Lindsey Graham Leads Right-Wing Freak-Out Over Trump’s Debate
For Lindsey Graham, there was only one word for Donald Trump’s Tuesday night debate performance against Kamala Harris: “Disaster.” Trump was unprepared, and his debate team should be fired, Graham told Tim Miller, host of The Bulwark Podcast.However, other right-wing figures claimed it was the debate anchors who were the villains of the night, making it into a “three-on-one attack” on Trump—as the former president himself put it, declining to commit to a second debate.Even Fox News’ Jesse Watter
- Evening Standard
The US presidential debate saw Trump become what he most feared: a laughing stock
Last night’s showdown saw a calm Kamala Harris tower over Donald Trump from the moment she arrived on stage — then Taylor Swift joined in. Sarah Baxter gives her analysis
- The Telegraph
Labour refuses to rule out scrapping bus passes for some pensioners
A government minister has failed to rule out means testing free bus passes for pensioners.
- Manchester Evening News
Carol Vorderman demands apology from Keir Starmer
The TV presenter has attacked the Labour government's decision to slash winter fuel payments for pensioners
- The National
SNP ministers ordered to release legal advice on Nicola Sturgeon probe appeal
THE Scottish Government has been ordered to release legal advice relating to its bid to keep secret legal advice it received in an attempt to refuse the publication of information relating to an investigation into whether former first minister Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code in connection with the Alex Salmond probe.
- HuffPost UK
Putin Will Not Be Happy About The Dramatic Change In Russia's Birth Rate
The president called on Russia to have "seven or eight" children per family last year. It does not seem to have gone to plan.
- Evening Standard
Elon Musk offers to 'give a child' to Taylor Swift in vile tweet sparking huge online backlash
X users branded the billionaire ‘creepy and weird’
- The Guardian
‘The end of Schengen’: Germany’s new border controls put EU unity at risk
Critics say tightened land border checks a ‘transparent’ bid to appease far right that breaches free movement rights
- HuffPost
'She Spanked That Ass': Ex-RNC Chair Says Kamala Harris Hit Trump In His 'Manhood'
Michael Steele spots a moment when the former president was "crushed" by Harris.
- Reuters
Exclusive-The identities of Wagner mercenaries lost in a Mali ambush revealed
LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) -Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data. The loss of such experienced fighters exposes dangers faced by Russian mercenary forces working for military juntas, which are struggling to contain separatists and powerful offshoots of Islamic State and Al Qaeda across the arid Sahel region in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
- HuffPost
Kamala Harris' Campaign Strikes Rawest Of Nerves For Donald Trump In Mocking New Ad
One of Donald Trump's obsessions is lampooned in the spot — with some help from Barack Obama.
- HuffPost
'She Completely Destroyed Him': George Conway Hits Trump After Debate 'Beatdown'
The conservative attorney and longtime Trump critic mocked the former president over his "brutal" debate performance.
- BuzzFeed
18 Awkward, Yikes, Or Otherwise Ridiculous Presidential Debate Moments
Trump telling Harris to stop laughing at him was a real thing that happened multiple times.
- Sky News
Trump v Harris: How body language spoke as loudly as the words
Body language spoke as loudly as the words as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump clashed in their election debate in Philadelphia. The performance by Ms Harris was described as being the opposite of President Joe Biden's in June - when a muddled display set into motion a party revolt and the 81-year-old incumbent drop out of the 2024 race for the White House. While Mr Biden gazed away from the cameras during his debate with Mr Trump, Ms Harris looked comfortable addressing viewers directly.