Daily Politics Briefing: June 14
All the latest political developments, the day after Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's General Election manifesto.
All the latest political developments, the day after Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's General Election manifesto.
The UK’s four largest parties will go head to head once again tonight in a BBC Question Time election special, as the race to July 4 nears its conclusion.
Good Morning Britain presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls were forced to 'interrupt' the ITV show on Wednesday to make a "breaking news" announcement for viewers
It is a terrifying showdown, an epic moment of truth that threatens to blow up the EU, trigger another Eurozone crisis and, just three days into his prime ministership, throw Sir Keir Starmer’s immigration and trade plans into disarray. In two weeks’ time, France will have either elected the most radical Right-wing populist government ever to control a nuclear power, opted for a rabidly anti-capitalist, anti-Western, far-Left coalition, or proved itself to be entirely ungovernable.
With just a few days left in the law term and more than 20 rulings still to be issued, the Supreme Court once again left Americans on tenterhooks Thursday when it released just four opinions, not including its most eagerly awaited. The justices, three of whom were appointed by Donald Trump, are still weighing Trump’s bid to be granted king-like immunity shielding him from prosecution for his role in the attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021. Each day that passes without a ruling sets prosecutors back i
The BBC Question Time debate was unique in giving the main leaders a lengthy period to answer questions – half an hour each to be exact.
The former president's cognition is under the microscope after a series of alarming reports.
Ukraine has waged a highly effective asymmetric-warfare campaign against the Black Sea Fleet, destroying and damaging a number of Russian warships.
When invading Russian troops advanced towards Kyiv and the first explosions rang out in the suburbs, Daria Zymenko took refuge in Gavronshchyna, her parents' village near the Ukrainian capital.- Thousands of victims - Since Russia invaded in February 2022, Ukrainian authorities say they have documented over 300 cases of sexual violence perpetrated by the Russian troops.
OOPS! The former president botched a key phrase as he tried to attack his rival.
The latest act in the EU’s long-running farce concerning Central European member states was played out on Monday. The Austrian environment minister, Leonore Gewessler of the Green party, at the very last moment abandoned her coalition government’s agreed position and voted to approve the EU’s “nature restoration law”, the flagship policy of the EU’s Green Deal. This aims to make the bloc carbon-neutral by 2050.
Today, we bring you the news from Ukraine, continuing analysing Vladimir Putin’s state visit to North Korea and we talk to Security Analyst Jimmy Rushton in Kyiv on the situation on the front line and Ukrainian strategy for the year ahead.
There is nothing “peaceful” about the defence pact that Vladimir Putin signed yesterday with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un. On the contrary, the comprehensive strategic partnership agreed between the two leaders during the Russian president’s visit to Pyongyang demonstrates the deepening bond between two rogue states whose main aim is to forge a new “axis of evil” to confront the West.
Moscow’s military launched a surprise offensive targeting the North East of Ukraine earlier this year, destroying a key town and gaining a foothold not far from the second largest city, Kharkiv. But CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports, the Ukrainians now say they are back on the offensive.
Filipino soldiers used their "bare hands" to fight off armed Chinese coastguard in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine military chief has said. General Romeo Brawner Jr, head of the Philippine armed forces, accused Chinese personnel of boarding more than eight motorboats and repeatedly ramming, then boarding, two inflatable vessels on Monday. Comparing the act to piracy, he said the Chinese had bladed weapons and tried to prevent the transfer of food, firearms and other supplies to a Philippine territorial outpost in the disputed area of the Second Thomas Shoal.
Daniel Dale spots dozens of overt falsehoods at the former president's latest rally.
The man who once took credit for the COVID-19 vaccine keeps pandering to the GOP's growing anti-vaccine faction.
"It's beyond embarrassing, it's wrong," the former cabinet minister replied.
Exclusive: With Tory support in freefall a plurality of voters now believe Reform should replace them and Nigel Farage should be allowed on the Question Time TV debate tonight
The UK and US are at loggerheads over Ukraine’s relationship with Nato, after American officials said its path to membership should not be described as “irreversible”, it has been reported.
The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. A third bomb failed to detonate when it landed behind the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv.