Month: February 2026

Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with TrumpThe Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, which its former executive editor said “ranks among the darkest days” in the newspaper’s history. Approximately one-third of employees were affected.Staffers at the Post have been on edge for weeks about the rumored cuts, which the publication would not confirm or deny. “It’s an absolute bloodbath,” […]

Former phone hacker Graham Johnson denies claims, saying payments were part of effort to draw attention to unlawful behaviour by mediaA researcher investigating lawbreaking by the media paid private investigators and ex-journalists for their testimony about alleged unlawful activity at the publisher of the Daily Mail, the high court has heard.Graham Johnson, a former phone hacker who later turned to researching unlawful activity in the press, confirmed he had made […]

Former deputy PM says allowing intelligence and security committee to rule on redactions would help ‘keep public confidence in the process’Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: 10 key takeawaysPMQs is starting soon. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has dismissed claims that his party’s plan to support the pub industry would cost far more than the £3bn it claims.To be honest […]

Six children among dead as Israeli agency restricts evacuations two days after crossing to Egypt reopenedIsraeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed at least 21 people, including six children and seven women, in Gaza, and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing just two days after it reopened.Among the casualties was a medic who rushed to the scene to assist the wounded and was killed […]

Tom Homan cites increased cooperation with local authorities but promises enforcement operations will continue.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article