US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations. Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said that conflicts of interest on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) were responsible for undermining trust...
Three men charged in connection with arson attacks on two properties and a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer will face trial in April of next year, a court has heard. Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 26 appeared together via video link from the high security Belmarsh prison in south-east London. Petro Pochynok, 34,...
A fourth man who was arrested over a series of fires connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been released on bail, the Metropolitan Police has said. The 48-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested on Monday at London’s Stansted Airport after initially being stopped by officers under schedule 7 of the Terrorism...
A fourth man has been arrested over a series of fires connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Metropolitan Police has said. The 48-year-old was arrested on Monday at London’s Stansted Airport after initially being stopped by officers under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, 2000. He was later arrested on suspicion of conspiracy...
The Kremlin has rejected claims of potential Russian involvement in alleged arson attacks at properties connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, calling them “ludicrous”. It comes after media reports that UK security officials are investigating a potential link following three incidents earlier this month. In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday: “London...
The Israeli military said it “regrets the inconvenience caused” by the shots. Israeli forces opened fire “directly and heavily” toward a diplomatic delegation representing over 20 countries on an official visit to Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, as numerous countries have ratcheted up pressure on Israel amid an escalation of...
A number of countries have condemned the Israeli military’s actions after troops fired warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation on a visit to the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military accused the group of straying from an approved route and said warning shots were fired into the air “to distance them away”....
Mark Poynting and Esme Stallard BBC Climate & Science Getty Images The world’s tropical forests, which provide a crucial buffer against climate change, disappeared faster than ever recorded last year, new satellite analysis suggests. Researchers estimate that 67,000 sq km (26,000 sq mi) of these pristine, old-growth forests were lost in 2024 – an area...
Carla Hayden is the first woman and first African American to lead the largest national library in the world. U.S. President Donald Trump sparked widespread outrage Thursday by abruptly firing Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden with a two-sentence email sent by the White House’s deputy director of presidential personnel. According to her bio, Hayden was...
“Unlearn the identity and ally politics you learned at colleges and non-profits, or from people who work at colleges and nonprofits. They are tools of counterinsurgency and make you really fucking annoying.” —Wendy Trevino 1. BIPOC radicalism is an imprecise name for a number of slippery dynamics and tendencies that foster repressive habits, discourses, and...
Today is Israel’s Independence Day, a national holiday celebrating the founding of the nation in 1948. But instead of celebrating today, many people near Jerusalem are evacuating their homes in response to fast-spreading wildfires. The fires interrupted Israel’s annual memorial day for the country’s fallen, one of the most hallowed dates on the national calendar....
The commander of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance’s criticism of Denmark. The US military’s Space Operations Command said Colonel Susannah Meyers had been removed from her duties at Pituffik Space Base due to a “loss of confidence in her...
Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez fires home a “quality” finish from Marcus Thuram’s “sensational” touch as the away side take the lead against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Read full article at source...
Norris, who twice ran wide at the tricky Degner Two corner, headed Piastri by just 0.026 seconds as the fight between the two McLaren drivers remained close and intense. Mercedes driver George Russell was third, 0.112secs off the pace, and ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. Leclerc was...
Bernd Debusmann BBC News Reporting fromAir Force One Getty Images The Trump administration has fired Gen Timothy Haugh – the head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command – the BBC’s US partner CBS has reported. It is not clear why he was removed, but it comes after a meeting between President...