Police have spent £26.5 million on maintaining order during the nine pro-Palestinian and three pro-Israel demonstrations that have taken place in London since the Hamas attack on Israel, said the deputy deputy commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police.more
The ruling Conservative Party in Great Britain is increasingly immersed in internal disputes. The latest episode of the conflict was started by former minister Simon Clarke, who yesterday in the Daily Telegraph called for the removal of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as leader before this year's elections.more
The British government yesterday once again extended - until February 8 - the time that Northern Irish parties have to form a common government. The political stalemate in this province has been going on for almost two years, although the short extension of the deadline suggests that its end may be near.more
Britain does not seek confrontation with Yemen's Houthi rebels, but will strike again if their attacks on ships in the Red Sea continue, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday.more
Putin will not get Alaska back, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel stated yesterday. In doing so, he referred to Vladimir Putin's Friday decree regarding properties abroad that belonged to the former Russian Empire and the USSR.more
During a conference on anti-Semitism online organized in Krakow, Elon Musk noted that the most important form of preventing indoctrination, propaganda and teaching hatred is freedom of speech and media freedom.more
The death toll from storm Isha, which passed through the British Isles on the night from Sunday to Monday, has increased to two. In both the UK and Ireland, tens of thousands of people remain without electricity.more
After the head of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, appealed for citizens to be prepared for an armed conflict and stock up on water, flashlights and battery-powered radios, stores offering emergency kits in the Netherlands are running out of supplies, De Telegraaf reported.more
A leaked secret military report shows that Germany is analyzing the option of abandoning Ukraine by the United States and emboldening Russia to the extent that it will invade Poland - reported the most popular Australian news portal news.com.au.more
A new book about King Charles III, "The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy" brings an interesting fact about Boris Johnson and his relationship with Elizabeth II. During the pandemic, when the Queen allowed the British Prime Minister to walk around the gardens of Buckingham Palace, an unpleasant event occurred.more
Welsh independence is a viable alternative, although it would pose significant challenges in the short and medium term in terms of raising sufficient tax revenue for public services, according to the latest report of the Independent Commission into the Constitutional Future of Wales.more
Politicians in Northern Ireland have once again failed to reach an agreement on forming a government, which the province has been out of for almost two years. Even though the deadline for his appointment has passed, they will most likely get another chance.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak assured yesterday that he is ready to ignore the interventions of the European Court of Human Rights preventing the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda. He also called on the House of Lords not to block the bill on deportation adopted by the House of Commons.more
56.3 per cent of respondents give a good assessment of the measures taken so far by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, 36.9 per cent say bad things about them and 6.8 per cent have no opinion, according to the poll, the results of which are published today by "Rzeczpospolita".more
The adoption of a law fundamental to the political future of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda has again come into question after a larger than expected rebellion within his Conservative Party.more
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has no choice but to use unconventional, decisive tactics to restore the rule of law in the country, but he must be careful to avoid inflaming divisions in a polarised society, writes the UK's Financial Times in an editorial commentary.more
For the UK's opposition Labour Party to gain an absolute majority in the House of Commons, there must be a record shift of up to 12.7 percentage points in the electorate's voting preferences in its favour at the expense of the Conservative Party, according to an analysis published yesterday.more
The joint US and UK attacks on Huti rebel targets in Yemen were intended to be a "limited, single action" - explained British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday, reporting in the House of Commons on last week's operation.more
The UK House of Commons today began a two-day debate on a highly controversial and hugely divisive bill within the ruling Conservative Party to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda.more
One of the most controversial Islamist groups in the UK, Hizb ut-Tahrir, is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, accused of praising the Hamas attacks. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the group was "antisemitic" and "actively promotes and encourages terrorism".more
Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced yesterday that emergency contraception - the so-called the morning-after pill - to be available without a prescription. From July 2017, emergency contraception, i.e. the so-called "Morning after pills" are only available by prescription.more
The UK will send 20,000 troops to one of NATO's biggest military drills since the Cold War as the alliance practices repelling an invasion by Russian forces, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced today.more
An accidental premature detonation of a mine alerted the Germans and led to the massacre of 20,000 British soldiers during the Battle of the Somme. This was the discovery made by scientists who first studied German fortifications on Hawthorn Ridge near Beaumont Hamel in northern France. The explosion in question, which occurred on 1 July 1916, was a colossal mistake by the British.more
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki admitted in an interview published yesterday that, looking at the increasing centralization of the European Union and Brussels' interference in the affairs of member states, he understands why the British decided to leave it.more