Month: February 2024

The mother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said she has been shown her son’s body but the Russian authorities are pressuring her to allow a “secret” burial. 

Social media company X has confirmed that it has taken down accounts and posts related to the ongoing farmers’ protests in India. The site, formerly known as Twitter, says it took down the pages after the Indian government sent them “executive orders”.

Beau Lamarre, a 28-year-old police officer, has been charged with murdering missing Australian TV personality Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies.

Emergency services in Valencia say that a devastating fire has killed at least four individuals in a towering residential complex. The inferno consumed a 14-story building in the Campanar neighbourhood and extended its reach to an adjacent structure.

The bank said that approach was in line with guidance from the Royal Household and aimed at minimising the environmental and financial impact of the change.

Thursday’s front pages lead on the chaos in the House of Commons on Wednesday following a debate and vote on calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war. 

House Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is facing calls to resign following the drama.

He is in the Speaker’s Chair, as usual, today and it is understood he is not planning to resign despite some 58 MPs signing a motion of no confidence in him.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle is facing growing calls to resign amid accusations he bent the rules to spare Sir Keir Starmer a backbench revolt over Gaza.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has apologised to the SNP after the House of Commons descended into chaos, as 59 MPs signed a motion of no confidence in the speaker.

Lindsay Hoyle has come out fighting in the face of Tory and Scottish National party attempts to oust him.