Month: January 2026

Activists call for Friday ‘blackout’ in protest against administration’s violent immigration crackdownActivists are calling for a nationwide shutdown on Friday, advocating “no work, no school, no shopping” in a protest against the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdowns.Organizers say Friday’s “blackout” – or general strike, as some are calling it – is part of a growing non-violent movement to combat ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics, which have come under renewed scrutiny following […]

Victims of terrorist attacks say BAT’s operations in North Korea helped fund weapons used in the Middle EastHundreds of US military service members, civilians and their families have filed a lawsuit for unspecified damages against British American Tobacco (BAT), one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, and a subsidiary, claiming the company spent years illicitly helping North Korea fund terrorism weapons that were used against Americans.BAT formed a joint venture […]

Hannah Spencer, a Trafford councillor and a plumber, ran as the party’s candidate for mayor of Manchester in 2024The Green party has selected former mayoral candidate Hannah Spencer to run in the upcoming Gorton and Denton byelection.Spencer, a Trafford councillor and plumber by trade, has resided in the constituency in the past and was the Green’s candidate for mayor of Manchester during the 2024 election, where she finished fifth behind […]

President issues warning as warships deployed to Middle East but says ‘it would be great if we didn’t have to use them’Donald Trump has warned Iran it must end its nuclear programme and stop killing protesters if the large US armada of warships deployed in the Middle East are not be used.The US president said protestrs were being killed in their thousands, but that he had stopped Iran from carrying […]

Millions told to stay home in US and more than a million are left without power, while Australia faces record heatwaveCold weather across a vast swathe of the eastern US has been the likely cause of at least 49 deaths in the past week.At one point, about 213 million people were under some sort of winter weather warnings, affecting areas from New Mexico to New England – a spread of […]