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Julian Assange Lands in US Territory to Stand Trial

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 10:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed on US soil on Wednesday to face a final court hearing under a plea deal expected to end years of legal drama and allow him to return to his native Australia as a free man. AFP reporters saw a private jet carrying the 52-year-old touch down in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Pacific US territory ...

Who Is the New British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer?

par Ali A. Hamadé, 05/07 09:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lacking charisma, dull, and repetitive: these are the terms often used to describe the new British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. However, he prefers to emphasize realism and caution. This political heavyweight will step into 10 Downing Street on July 5, ending fourteen years of uninterrupted Conservative rule. Could the former Northern Ireland ...

UK to Release Thousands of Prisoners Due to Overcrowding

par This Is Beirut, 12/07 20:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Thousands of prisoners are to be released early from September in order to prevent the "collapse" of the prisons system, the UK's new justice minister announced on Friday. Shabana Mahmood said failure to do so risked the "total breakdown of law and order", with just 700 places left for men, and jails operating at 99 percent capacity since ...

Left’s Victory in the UK and France Is 'No Defeat' for the Right

par Tamer El Imad, 16/07 19:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In early July, the British and French went to the polls to elect new legislatures. Both elections saw a victory for the left, with the Labor Party and New Popular Front (NPF) winning in Britain and France respectively. However, these victories for the left were not defeats for the far right, as many have claimed. The results show a continuation of ...

King Charles III to Read Labour's First Programme in 14 Years

par This Is Beirut, 17/07 12:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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King Charles III will read out Labor's first program for government in a decade and a half on Wednesday when the UK parliament formally reopens following the July 4 election. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will put turbocharging economic growth at the heart of his legislative plans as Labor runs the UK for the first time in 14 years. "The ...

King Charles III Ends Silence on UK Far-Right Riots

par This Is Beirut, 10/08 10:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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King Charles III on Friday made his first comments about riots that have shaken British cities to praise the work of police in countering the violence. While the monarch and Queen Camilla conveyed their condolences to the families of three girls killed in a mass stabbing on July 29, Buckingham Palace had not commented on the near-daily riots that ...

Starmer Visits Ireland to 'Reset' Relations

par This Is Beirut, 07/09 12:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday began the first visit by a British leader to Ireland in five years, vowing to "reset" damaged post-Brexit relations between the two nations. The visit, described by Downing Street as a "historic moment for UK-Ireland relations", signals a further warming in bilateral ties that had frayed under the UK's ...

UK Halts Direct Flights to Iran as Part of New Sanctions

par This Is Beirut, 10/09 19:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Kingdom said on Tuesday that it has started terminating "all direct air services between the UK and Iran," as part of new sanctions on Tehran for supplying Russia with missiles to use in Ukraine. London said it was acting alongside international partners to "cancel its bilateral air services arrangements with Iran," which would ...

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