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Luke Pollard says blueprint expected last autumn is ‘a bigger task than many people outside defence realise’ A government minister has defended long delays to a military spending plan that are also stalling the UK’s next-generation Tempest fighter jet programme, but refused to say when it will be complete.The defence investment plan (DIP), originally expected last autumn, has faced repeated postponements amid warnings that the military faces a £28bn funding […]

The message, believed to be from Ghislaine Maxwell, was released as part of the latest tranche of the Epstein filesAn email believed to have been sent by Ghislaine Maxwell appears to confirm a photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around Virginia Giuffre’s waist is real.The message, released as part of the latest tranche of the Epstein files, was headed “draft statement” and sent by “G Maxwell” to Jeffrey Epstein […]

Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growthChina’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis has shown.For the second time in three years, the report showed the manufacture, installation and export of batteries, electric cars, solar, wind and […]

Maja T was part of a group that attacked participants at Budapest's 'Day of Honour', a major neo-Nazi event.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Governor JB Pritzker pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response networkThe Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has announced that his state will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), following Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the global body in 2025.Pritzker, a Democrat, made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Illinois will become part of the coordinated international […]