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Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has urged the United States to reopen its investigation into a 1967 Israeli attack on a US Navy ship, the USS Liberty, that killed 34 service members and injured 171 others.Monday marked the 59th anniversary of the attack, and Massie honoured the occasion by delivering a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, in the presence of survivors.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Israeli government has long maintained the incident was a “friendly fire” accident. But some crew members from the USS Liberty have disputed that assessment, calling the attack deliberate.Massie highlighted…
Available for over a yearToday we hear from Labour MP Jess Phillips, who resigned from government in part over what she saw as its failure to act quicker on kids‘ online safety. One of the measures she was pushing for at the time was announced today. Sir Keir Starmer has told firms to either activate built-in features or update software to prevent children from taking, sending or viewing sexually explicit images on their phones and other devices. And after 24 hours of missile fire between Israel and Iran. Diplomatic correspondent James Landale and chief presenter in the US Caitríona Perry…
The drone entered Latvian airspace due to ‘Russian electronic warfare’, the military says.Published On 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026NATO fighters have scrambled to shoot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace from Russia.The Latvian military said on Monday that French aircraft had destroyed “a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvian airspace as a result of Russian electronic warfare”, without saying where the drone originated.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe incident adds a growing list of incursions from the Russia-Ukraine war into neighbouring countries that are part of the NATO alliance, sparking fears of escalating spillover effects…
Published On 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 has struck the southern Philippines, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 200.The quake on Monday is the strongest to hit the country this year, according to Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.Several low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damage in the hard-hit city of General Santos.Tsunami damage was reported in at least one southern coastal village, while smaller waves were recorded in Indonesia, Palau and as far away as southern Japan.The quake also triggered a landslide in Glan,…
“Before every tournament there are always concerns,” Kelly Cates says as she approaches her fifth World Cup as a television and radio presenter. “There’s always something everybody’s worried about. This time I worry about the humidity and the altitude for the players and there are political concerns, obviously.“But there are also concerns that it’s not going to feel like a World Cup. In the US, they probably see that as a good thing. They probably see it as: ‘We’re going to make it better.’ Whereas we’re looking at it from a more traditional point of view, thinking: ‘Why are you…
The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are upgrading and expanding their arsenals, accelerating an arms race that is creating “new risks” amid rising global tensions, a new report has warned.Published on Monday, the study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said most of these countries deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems last year.It added that the powers’ increasing reliance on nuclear weapons is reversing decades of demobilisation efforts, even as dangers of escalation and miscalculation are growing.“The evidence is growing that the nuclear weapon states are sidelining, and even walking away from, their disarmament commitments and are instead…
The England and Wales Cricket Board are investigating an incident in a nightclub involving captain Ben Stokes and pace bowler Gus Atkinson following the first Test against New Zealand.An ECB statement said the pair were involved in a “breach of team protocols” in the early hours of Monday morning, after the conclusion of England’s win at Lord’s on Sunday.It is the latest controversy to hit the England team following an Ashes tour dogged with allegations of a drinking culture.As a result, England imposed a midnight curfew on all players and staff.”The ECB is currently investigating a breach of team protocols…
In 1987, the tabloid press in Britain was at the peak of its powers. The Sun newspaper, with its brash celebrity scoops and strident support for Margaret Thatcher – who won her third general election that year – was selling almost 4m copies a day.Competition for stories and readers was relentless, resulting in ever more salacious and lurid editorial devices to win a slice of the readership from rivals on the newsstand. The Sun stood atop the tabloid market, its topless Page 3 girls credited with a share of its popularity. It was against this backdrop that the Sunday Sport,…
Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have expressed readiness for stronger military confrontation if necessary, after ending an exchange of fire with Israel that raised concerns of a return to all-out war.Iran’s armed forces on Sunday night launched an air attack against Israel in response to strikes on the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh in Lebanon, as they had previously threatened to do if Israeli raids continued.Israel’s government said it targeted a command centre of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, while US media reports said Washington was aware of and supportive of the attack that killed at least two people.Iran fired ballistic…
After weeks of warning that continuing Israeli attacks on Lebanon would jeopardise diplomacy, Iran launched its first direct strikes on Israel in two months overnight on Sunday, casting new doubts about the likelihood of a US-Iran peace deal.While Israel and the US have sought to separate Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon from the wider US-Israeli war on Iran, Iran has consistently stated that it will not entertain a peace deal that does not extend to Lebanon as well.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLast night’s attacks confirmed this.Following an initial Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut on…