In a scathing report headed by The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, MPs have strongly criticised the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, labelling it as a ‘disaster’.
Author: WTX News
Gov. Abbott cancels appearance at NRA convention for fears of public backlash. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — who was scheduled to speak Friday on the first day of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting — is cancelling his in-person appearance to attend a press conference on the school shooting in Uvalde. Abbott will speak to the convention instead “through prerecorded video,” spokesman Mark Miner told US News Thursday. Gov. Abbott cancels appearance at NRA The NRA event takes place in Houston, more than 250 miles away from Uvalde. Several scheduled speakers and performers have bowed out since Tuesday’s deadly school shooting. Abbott is now scheduled…
Texas school shooting – the Husband of killed teacher dies of grief. His heart simply couldn’t take it anymore. The husband of Mrs Garcia, one of the teachers slain in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has died of a heart attack. Joe Garcia was the husband of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years at Robb Elementary School. Mrs Garcia was one of two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in the shooting that left 21 people dead – including 19 children. The couple – who were married for 24 years – are survived by four children in the…
‘Failure of leadership’ is how the i leads with the findings from the Sue Gray report which was released yesterday.
“Drinking, fights, vomiting: All in a day’s work, says PM” – that’s the Guardian’s take on the Sue gray report.
Boris Johnson has insisted he is “moving on” from Partygate despite “sickening revelations of drunken behaviour inside Number 10”, the Metro reports.
A Mercedes SUV driver jailed in Stockport, Greater Manchester, for 5 years after killing a woman while using his phone whilst driving. Mohammed Javadpour, 53, has been jailed for five years following Elaine Goodwin’s death. After failing to cover his tracks by trying to remove his phone from the scene of the accident. Javedpour who killed a woman after ploughing head on into her car while using his phone whilst driving then tried to blame his victim. Which ultimately killed a 56-year-old nail beautician Elaine Goodwin. SUV driver jailed in Stockport Minshull Street Crown Court heard Javadpour was on his…
“Partygate official report: Laughing at us all” reads the headline of the Daily Mirror which gives a damning verdict on Sue Gray’s report.
Really… Is this what all the fuss is about? is the front page of the Daily Express which reports Partygate wasn’t a big deal.
The Party(gate) is over is the headline of the Sun – the paper wants readers to know they don’t think its a big deal and its time to move on.
The Guardian says The Texas gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers was inside the school for about 40 minutes before being killed by Border Control agents.
The Independent sats Warnings from relatives of Star Hobson were recorded as “malicious” by social services months before she was murdered by her mother’s partner, a government review has found.
The Independent says Several major cities in Pakistan have become battlegrounds as supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan march toward Islamabad.
The Metro says The mother of Texas elementary school shooter Salvador Ramos has claimed that he was not violent and that she was shocked he opened fire and killed 21 people.
The Metro says Eleven newborn babies have died in a fire that ripped through a hospital’s neonatal wing in Senegal.
The NRA’s annual meeting starts Friday in Texas, but republicans feel no pressure to act on gun control. The National Rifle Association is set to hold its 2022 annual meeting in Houston on Friday, bringing together its top brass and several notable conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, for the first time in three years. The NRA’s two previous annual meetings were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But this year the organization is moving ahead with its plans, holding the meeting at a time when both gun rights and the organization itself have come under intense…
The Metro says A clear majority of voters in the UK think Boris Johnson should resign over partygate, a new poll has revealed.
The Independent says On the eve of publication of the long-awaited Sue Gray report on Downing Street parties, the historian Peter Hennessy has described current British political standards as being a “bonfire of decencies”.
The Guardian says Well, there we had it. It had been heavily briefed that Boris Johnson would be the model of remorse for his statement to the Commons on the Sue Gray report.
Today’s news summary – Thursday’s front pages are split on the seriousness of the Sue Gray report which features on most front pages.
Wind power a vital source of energy for Finland – energy bills to rise as the Finns move towards an independent energy supply. The end of Russian electricity imports in mid-May reduced one 1,300-megawatt import opportunity, further increasing the importance of other pipelines and renewable energy sources. By the end of 2023, at least another 1,300 megawatts of wind-powered electricity will be completed, bringing the total rated capacity to about 6,500 megawatts. Wind power a vital source of energy for Finland Wind farms are now rising at an unprecedented pace in Finland. At the end of last year, the combined…
BBC News says Boris Johnson has insisted he will remain as prime minister despite the “bitter and painful” judgement of a report into parties held in Downing Street during Covid restrictions.
Sky News says Rishi Sunak is expected to bow to pressure to impose a windfall tax on energy companies when he sets out the government’s latest plan to tackle the cost of living crisis later.
Euronews says the yachts and lavish houses of Russian oligarchs that have been seized under EU sanctions could be confiscated to finance Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.
France24 says four bombs ripped through minibuses and a mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, with at least some of the attacks claimed by the IS group.