Month: January 2026

Agreement spins off Department of Homeland Security spending bill as Democrats demand changes to immigration enforcement. Plus, US leads global surge in gas-fired powerDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Senators have reached a deal to advance a major package of spending bills to avert a partial government shutdown that was to begin on Saturday.What is Schumer’s strategy? The intention is to buy time for further […]

Queen guitarist says ‘everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment’ when asked about touring plansQueen guitarist Brian May has ruled out touring in the US for the foreseeable future, because of the potential danger it would pose.Speaking to the Daily Mail, the 78-year-old said: “America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Lemon taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles where he was covering the Grammy awards on Thursday night, his lawyer saysEx-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protestDon Lemon’s arrest comes as the justice department pursues charges against protesters who disrupted a service a Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota earlier this month.The protesters believed that the church’s pastor was a field director for […]

Deng Chol Majek stabbed Rhiannon Whyte 23 times in October 2024 attackA Sudanese asylum seeker described as “demonic and inhuman” has been jailed for at least 29 years for a vicious attack on a woman who was working at the hotel where he was living.Deng Chol Majek is believed to have entered the UK by small boat less than three months before launching a frenzied assault on Rhiannon Whyte at […]

Concern raised over politicisation of sportBangladesh pulled out of men’s World T20 after rowBangladesh’s withdrawal from the men’s T20 World Cup could have implications for India’s 2036 Olympic bid amid concern at the International Olympic Committee over the potential politicisation of sport.Bangladesh pulled out of next month’s tournament last weekend after the International Cricket Council declined a request to move their group matches from India to the cohosts Sri Lanka, […]

Group of sanctioned British MPs and peers draw attention to plight of Jimmy Lai and Uyghurs and say they ‘will not be silenced’China has lifted the sanctions it imposed on serving British MPs and peers in a significant sign of warming relations after Keir Starmer travelled to Beijing for landmark talks with Xi Jinping.Nine UK citizens were banned from China in 2021, including five Conservative MPs and two members of […]

A look at how the exclusion of one Bangladeshi player led to an entire country exiting the T20 World Cup.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Regulator launches investigation into US gaming platform over potential risks to underage users in the EU.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Military claims without providing evidence that the slain fighters were linked to India.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article