Sir Keir Starmer says Labour would scrap the government's Rwanda scheme, labelling it a "waste of taxpayers' money". The Labour leader adds a new Border Security Command would help take down people-smuggling gangs in the first place.
Today, we discuss the latest from the battlefields of Ukraine and Russia, take a brief look at the implications of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and talk to Foreign Correspondent Colin Freeman about his recent reporting tour in the Donbas.
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Ebrahim Raisi was one of Iran's hardest of hardliners, a fanatical and absolute believer in the Iranian revolution and its mission. A man who launched the first direct attack on Israel in his country's history and a hardliner on whose watch hundreds of Iranians have been killed in the brutal repression of recent women-led protests, Mr Raisi had a huge amount of blood on his hands. Mr Raisi was personally involved in two of the darkest periods of Iranian repression.
"Everything has turned to s***."
‘Donald Trump doesn’t freeze,’ the ex-president claims
Labour’s lead over the Tories has fallen as the public sees greater signs of economic recovery, according to a new poll.
Barbara McQuade pinpointed what she thinks are errors from Todd Blanche in the former president's hush money trial.
It did not take long for the first accusations of foul play to appear on Iranian state television following the announcement that Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s president, had died in a helicopter crash.
Paymaster general John Glen struggled when the Sky News host called out the PM's personal wealth.
Minnesota's KSTP juxtaposed the former president's fresh denial to a reporter with what he actually said.
The "Daily Show" correspondent also highlighted the "darker question" when it comes to Republicans and Russia.
The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep. Tensions have never been higher than they were last month, when Iran under Raisi and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an airstrike on an Iranian Consulate in Syria that killed two Iranian generals and five officers.
Britain owes Caribbean nations more than £200 billion in slavery reparations, a leading academic has claimed.
The Downing Street diary has an enormous red ring circled around Wednesday morning when the Office for National Statistics releases its monthly inflation data. The Politics at Jack and Sam's podcast discuss whether the prime minister can use this week to create an economic turning point. Rishi Sunak is hoping this will allow him to lay claim to what he hopes will be seen as one of his stronger economic achievements - holding down price rises after Liz Truss's premiership.
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDonald Trump followed up his endorsement by the National Rifle Association on Saturday with a speech stoking fears of the government under Joe Biden “coming for your guns,” and a bizarre monologue set to dramatic music resembling a song favored by QAnon.Addressing thousands of members of the NRA at their annual meeting in Texas, the former president stuck to his usual talking points, hailing the reversal of Roe v. Wade as an “amazing thing,” comparing himself to Al Ca
Cohen testified the youngest Trump daughter was the subject of an alleged blackmail scheme in 2016
Nicola Sturgeon has said she was “part of the problem” on transgender issues and this was partly why she stood down as first minister.
John Oliver trolled Donald Trump on Last Week Tonight after the former POTUS said he had created a new nickname for corn. The HBO late-night show host dedicated Sunday’s episode to corn and noted the way politicians pander to the corn farmers. “There is a long history of American politicians being weird around corn,” Oliver …
Conservative attorney George Conway said Monday that former President Trump’s description of the security outside the Manhattan courthouse is an “amazing lie.” In remarks to reporters on Monday, Trump compared the scene outside the courthouse — where his hush money criminal trial is taking place — to Fort Knox. “Outside looks like it’s supposed to…
One cannot help but sense that the Biden campaign is getting worried. They are right to be.
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