Month: December 2025

Homeland security secretary backs broad restrictions after guard member’s killing, echoing Trump’s hardline stanceKristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, has advocated for a new travel ban on visitors from an unspecified number of countries following the shooting death in Washington DC of a national guard member by an Afghan national.Noem posted to X her proposal on Monday night after she said she had spoken with Donald Trump, whose first […]

Bank of England’s move risks stoking concerns about weakening protections against UK bank failuresBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has attempted to reassure that the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis have not been forgotten, as he announced plans to loosen capital rules for high street banks for the first time since the global crash.The central bank has announced on Tuesday that it will lower […]

Crackdown, which will be blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform party, not likely to be ready for elections bill in new yearUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are working to ban political donations made with cryptocurrency but the crackdown is not likely to be ready for the elections bill in the new year, Whitehall sources have said.The government increasingly believes that donations made with cryptocurrency pose a risk to the integrity […]

Condemnation of system that ‘allows officers to simply walk away, retiring without consequence’Full report: 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct casesTimeline: decades seeking justice and changeMargaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed, has criticised the lack of accountability.I cannot accept or understand how 97 people can be unlawfully killed, the police can lie, and nobody is held accountable,” she says.“I recognise […]

No sign of an end to rancour among 14 parties elected to the Belgian capital’s 89-seat parliament after 542 daysIt is a city that prides itself on the art of political compromise. But recently that quality has been sorely lacking in Brussels, which has gone a record-breaking 542 days without a government.The Brussels Capital Region, which governs the Belgian capital of 1.25 million people, has not had a government since […]

Ukrainian leader in Ireland to shore up support as US envoy visits Kremlin US-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chiefSee all our Ukraine war coverageIn parallel to Witkoff’s meeting in Moscow, we will also follow Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s first visit to Ireland.He has arrived in Dublin last night, and has a busy schedule today, paying a brief visit to the country’s new president […]

" What we are showing is the resilience, signs of resilience, trying to just stand up again."Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article