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Unions react angrily to sacking of Labour shadow minister Sam Tarry BBC News says Unions have reacted angrily to the decision by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to sack a junior shadow transport minister who joined striking rail workers on a picket line. Ilford South MP Sam Tarry attended the protest at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir telling his frontbench MPs to stay away. Labour said the reason he was fired was for unauthorised media appearances. Mr Tarry said he had been standing “in solidarity with striking workers”. In a statement, Labour said it would “always stand up for…

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Republicans block vote in Senate on burn pits legislation in a surprising move to anger the Veterans affairs chairman. It was a procedural vote to advance legislation aimed at helping millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits failed on Wednesday afternoon, that the furious Senate Veterans Affairs chairman warned could cost veterans’ lives. With 60 votes needed to advance, the vote was 55-42 with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer changing his vote from yes to no in order to allow a future vote on the legislation. Twenty-five Republicans who supported the previous version of the bill did not support this procedural…

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Chaos in Germany as Lufthansa ( German airline) announced the cancellation of nearly all of its flights in Germany on Wednesday due to strike action. The strike is due to start at 3:45 a.m  (2:45 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday and end at 6 a.m. (11:00 pm GMT) on Thursday, the union said in a statement. 134,000 passengers left stranded Given that a strike of ground staff by trade union Ver.di will have “a massive operational impact in the middle of the peak travel season,” The airline said it “has to cancel almost the entire flight schedule at its hubs in…

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