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Attorney general postponed Najib Razak’s transfer from jail after court cleared him for house arrest on Friday.Published On 7 Nov 20267 Nov 2026Malaysia’s king has warned that any attempt to challenge his order granting jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak house arrest could amount to defying his decree, a day after authorities delayed Najib’s transfer.The 73-year-old Najib was jailed for his role in one of the largest-ever global plunders of a sovereign wealth fund, the now-defunct 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut King Sultan Ibrahim granted him a conditional pardon in September, allowing him to…
Kevin Stitt, the outgoing Republican governor of Oklahoma, has a message for President Donald Trump: Try being nice.“People are just kind of tired,” Stitt told POLITICO in an interview Friday morning, three days after the Republican Party suffered devastating election losses across the country and a few hours before Trump elevated Stephen Miller to be his chief of staff.“They are just ready for something new and a change … President Trump’s policies are amazing, and he does a really good job on a lot of fronts, but the civility and then just trying to be nice to people, I think…
The EU’s former Brexit negotiator has warned Andy Burnham he will not be able to rejoin its single market “à la carte”, after the prime minister said he wanted to explore closer economic ties with Europe.Burnham has said rejoining the EU’s internal market is among options he could pursue to reshape the UK’s long-term relationship with the bloc.Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg ahead of a summit in 10 days’ time, Michel Barnier said EU members would insist such a move require the UK to readopt conditions including the free movement of people.Echoing a line made famous during…
New Zealand (12) 34Tries: Nikora, Gagai, McLean, Hughes, Willison, Nicoll-Klokstad Goals: Isaako 5Tonga (10) 10Tries: Fifita 2 Goals: KatoaJust 23 days after breaking his arm, Kalyn Ponga returned to inspire New Zealand to a 34-10 victory in a pulsating encounter with Tonga as they reached their first World Cup final since 2013.Ponga had been named initially in reserve and then as one of the interchange players in the build-up to this contest – and the expectation was that he would be eased back into action and play a limited role. Instead, head coach Stacey Jones stunned many with his decision…
According to OpenSecrets, ambitious lawmakers use leadership PACs to gain clout with colleagues and strengthen bids for leadership posts or committee chairmanships.Published On 7 Nov 20267 Nov 2026Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed has launched a political action committee called “Habibi PAC”, days after becoming the first Muslim member of the United States Senate.Political action committees, or PACs, are organisations that raise and spend money to support or oppose candidates for office.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listA Federal Election Commission filing dated on Thursday shows that Habibi PAC is registered as a leadership PAC sponsored by El-Sayed. Such committees are…
Sir Lindsay also questioned why a fire-suppressing mist system had not yet been introduced throughout the building, even though he has called for it for years.”The major part and the most historic parts of the building haven’t got it, and that’s what we need.”Asked about reports that Parliament might be given an opportunity to vote on the way forward before the end of 2026, Sir Lindsay said that was a matter for government business managers.”Who knows when it’s going to come forward? Let’s see what the House decides,” he said.Much of the 19th-Century building’s network of wires and pipes dates…
And while Skepta’s been focused on the message, he has also been deliberate about how he’s delivering it. “It took six years to make this because it’s important to make sure we’re not tone deaf,” he says. He learned the value of that when, in 2024, he had to take down artwork for his single Gas Me Up (Diligent), following allegations that it referenced the Holocaust.The image showed a group of men with shaved heads, one featuring a tattoo reading “Gas Me Up”.It had been a reference to skinhead culture, but Skepta acknowledged how without that context people could find…
But other campaigners say a ban is not needed, including Alan Friggieri, from the charity Combat Stress, which supports veterans with PTSD.Giving evidence to MPs on the Commons’ Business Committee, Friggieri said calls to their helpline jump at this time of year because loud bangs can trigger PTSD symptoms.”Nothing quite sounds like an AK47 other than fireworks going off – it’s that crackle,” one veteran who had been shot multiple times had told him.Friggieri said veterans need to be able to plan around key dates, but he said he was not calling for a ban, because his organisation understands the…
Since 1980, more than two million homes have been sold through the scheme in England.In fact, about 40% of England’s council housing stock has been sold through Right to Buy. Most of those sales took place in the early years, says Prof Rebecca Tunstall, a housing academic at the University of York and London School of Economics. At the time, Labour was vehemently opposed to Thatcher’s plans. Yet many of its own voters went on to benefit from them.Labour now argues that not enough of those two million homes were replaced. Sir Keir Starmer’s government restricted the scheme, including by…
President Donald Trump’s decision to name hard-line loyalist Stephen Miller as his top aide cemented what many Republicans were already privately fearing: There will be no party-wide GOP reckoning with this week’s midterm bloodbath.Instead, with Trump still in office for another two years, most have grown resigned to the reality that the president is going to lean in on a confrontational approach with Congress — and is not willing to change course.Republicans on Capitol Hill and inside the Trump administration are questioning how and whether they can break with the president now after having green-lit much of his agenda, according…