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Tehran, Iran – The Iranian military is looking at how to respond to the United States’s planned implementation of economic measures that are designed to “collapse” the government in Tehran.It comes as US President Donald Trump announced this week the “most crushing economic operation” against Iran, saying Tehran would face “economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale”.Iranian commanders are reviewing new military strategies to counteract the new US threats.“The only intelligent and effective solution to navigate difficult historical junctures and neutralise the enemy’s plots today and in the future,” Ahmad Vahdi, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),…

Rummage through Greenock’s industrial history and you will find a distinct heritage – in the 19th Century its status as a global hub for refining sugar earned it the nickname “Sugaropolis”. Thousands of ships were also built in the coastal town over a near 300-year period.More recently, the computer manufacturer IBM employed more than 5,000 people at its campus near Greenock. But the site closed completely in 2016.Indeed, in the past four years, a further 1,500 jobs have vanished. Amazon, EE and a string of other companies have gone elsewhere. Just this week, the local shipyard announced it was cutting…

Syria condemns attack in southwest as a ‘flagrant violation of sovereignty’ and a ‘blatant breach of international law’.Published On 22 Aug 202622 Aug 2026An Israeli drone strike in southwestern Syria has injured several people, the country’s foreign ministry says, in the latest of near-daily Israeli incursions and attacks in the area.Syria’s official Alikhbariya channel reported on Saturday that a man was wounded when an Israeli drone hit his truck near the town of Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Israeli military confirmed the strike, saying in a statement that it had targeted…

However the figures are also likely to reflect the fact that real wages across the Northern Ireland private sector were rising in 2024.The figures show that, on average, real disposable income per person in the UK rose by 3.1%, external. The lowest increase of 2.2% was in the north east of England.Northern Ireland is in the middle of the pack overall with real disposable income per person of £22,258, marginally below the north west of England.The West Midlands, Yorkshire, Wales and the north east of England all have lower disposable incomes.London is an outlier with an average disposable income of…

A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan’s highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and snack, local media report.The seven-year-old was spotted sitting on a bench on Mount Fuji in foggy and rainy conditions, at a point situated at over 2,000m (6,500ft).His father, 48, reportedly told him to “wait here” after the boy complained he was tired – and continued the climb with his elder son.Staff at a mountain hut found the child near the sixth station of a hiking route towards the summit and alerted police. His father was tracked…

After taking a wicket with the first ball of the Test, England dominated Pakistan across two and a half rain-affected days.They appeared more measured in their approach than during the ultra-aggressive Stokes-McCullum regime, but still scored at 4.55 runs per over – albeit against a poor Pakistan side.”We played to the fashion that we wanted to,” Trescothick said.”We wanted to be able to be clever and smart. There’s moments within the game we’ve done that brilliantly.”We still have that mantra of applying pressure because that’s the best way of being dominant over teams, if you can put them under pressure.”I…

The latest meeting was called following a report by the council’s top legal officer, Alex Bougatef, who said it was his legal duty to declare the local authority is breaking the law.Presenting the report, Bougatef said the lack of anyone in charge raised serious concerns about decision-making, accountability, and effective governance.He said: “The appointment of a leader is not optional. It’s a statutory requirement.”On Thursday evening, seven proposals were put forward and all of them failed to pass, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.Labour and Reform put forward bids to form a minority administration, as well as an alliance made…

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One person has received medical treatment after a passenger’s laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight.The pilot had reported a “cabin fire in the back of the airplane” to air traffic control, saying “the flight attendants are trying to put it out now”, according to audio obtained by the BBC’s US reporting partner CBS News. “I think we have about four to five passengers that were burned by the laptop. The laptop is contained about mid-aircraft.”One passenger received medical attention on site and was released after American Airlines Flight 2398 – coming from Atlanta, Georgia – landed at Dallas…

In a letter, Westminster City Council’s Paul Swaddle, Wandsworth Council’s Robert Morritt and Kensington and Chelsea Council’s Elizabeth Campbell said the government’s funding formula “punishes low tax councils”.They said: “If our councils do not impose council tax rises, our communities face considerable cuts in funding for local services.”This is not just devolving blame, it is devolving council tax rises and government cuts.”This is fiddled funding, cooked up in Whitehall but leaving town halls to carry the blame.”The three leaders added: “These tax rises are in addition to the new top-up council tax on many homes in our councils – and…