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Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams faced renewed pressure after the head of the city’s council called for his resignation, days after four deputy mayors and several prosecutors quit in protest of the dismissal of the corruption case against Adams. New York city council demands mayor's resignation following corruption case dismissal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio continued his Middle East tour on Monday, arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of a controversial meeting on Tuesday between the US and Russian delegations to discuss the war in Ukraine. European leaders and Ukraine decried the bilateral talks, insisting any talks on the future of Ukraine must include both Ukraine and its European allies. Rubio in Saudi Arabia ahead of US, Russia talks on Ukraine

Israel is set to miss the Tuesday deadline for its withdrawal from Lebanon, as established in last November’s ceasefire agreement, with its military announcing on Monday it would remain in five “strategic” locations within Lebanese borders. Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said his government was working to achieve a full Israeli withdrawal “diplomatically”, while an estimated 100,000 people remain internally displaced in the country. Israel to ignore Lebanon withdrawal deadline, remain in 5 locations

Dirty politics spark police probe in Nelson as an investigation into claims of irregularity over a council by-election has led to the suspensions of three Labour activists to the party. Pendle Borough Council Cllr Nelson Town Council chairman Faraz Ahmad and Bradley ward’s independent representative on Pendle Borough Council Cllr Mohammed Iqbal revealed some of the individuals on the petition had allegedly not consented to their names being used. A police spokesman said: “We received a complaint earlier this month about an alleged irregularity in Bradley ward in Nelson following the calling of a by-election and we are in the…

Chancellor summons City bosses to No 11 for infrastructure task force relaunch. Rachel Reeves met senior City figures on Friday to discuss funding of national investment projects. The chancellor summoned City bosses to Downing Street on Friday for the first post-election meeting of Labour’s British infrastructure “taskforce”, as the government hopes to steer more private cash towards a string of national investment projects. Chancellor summons City bosses to No 11 This shows what is important to the Chancellor, to keep the city of London on her side. WTX News Yvonne Ridley, said “Reeves should set up a taskforce of poor…

Met apology felt like a slap in the face by racist Met Police who showed no respect for the dead. Previously when they were tasked to the same situation, but with white women, the forensic officers showed more dignity. Former Met constables Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis were jailed for sharing photos of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry’s bodies. Former Met commissioner Dame Cressida Dick issued a public apology in 2021 on behalf of the force to the family. The Met Police get a free ride hiding behind the badge Asked what her response to that apology was, Ms Smallman…

Starmer pledges up to £2.5bn to help UK steel industry after Trump’s tariffs threat but is hoping that the UK will be exempt. Keir Starmer is making arrangements domestically to protect the British steel industry following a capitulation in US-UK relations. Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump Starmer has been on the backfoot. Keir Starmer has been urged to spell out plan to fight Trump’s tariff trade war, especially by the opposition who are taking this opportunity to align themselves with Trump’s agenda. Starmer pledges up to £2.5bn to help UK steel industry US president announced a worldwide 25…

Did you know that ethnic Koreans in Ukraine feel at home despite the racism, they see themselves as Ukrainians of Korean descent and are a forgotten element Ukrainian society, living in the red zone and fully part of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Ethnic Koreans in Ukraine “Why did we Koreans come to Ukraine? To work in the countryside! The conditions here are good for growing vegetables,” said Olena Pak, a resident of the rural Shevchenkove settlement in southern Ukraine. Her parents, like those of her husband Oleh, also an ethnic Korean, came to Ukraine from Uzbekistan in the 1970s, when both countries…

According to the interior minister Austria stabbing Islamist attack the perpetrator of a knife attack in the Austrian city of Villach was radicalized online and had links to the so-called “Islamic State” group, Austria’s interior minister said. Austria stabbing Islamist attack The Syrian suspect, who randomly started attacking passersby with a knife on Saturday, was an “Islamist attacker,” Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Sunday. The attack left a teenager killed and caused five other injuries. “It is an Islamist attack with IS connections,” Karner told reporters, adding that the suspect was radicalized online “in a short space of time.”…

Pubs are set to come under further pressure when a raft of cost increases linked to the October Budget. The number of pubs that closed in 2024 has increased from 2023 and the opposition has linked to the October budget, but the real reason stems form breweries hiking up prices and not evolving with the times. Simultaneously, the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets, impacting consumer spending and leaving less disposable income for pub visits. The BBPA stresses the need for government support to help pubs navigate these difficult trading conditions and ensure their survival as vital…