The sacking of Azhar Ali as Labour’s candidate in the Rochdale by-election is the biggest disaster for Sir Keir Starmer in his nearly four years as leader of the party. There will now be an almighty inquest into how a candidate who had made such comments about Israel and Gaza was selected for such a
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The Labour Party has withdrawn support for its candidate in the Rochdale by-election after receiving an official complaint over his “antisemitic” remarks. It is understood that Azhar Ali has also been suspended from the party pending an investigation. A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Following new information about further comments made by Azhar Ali coming to
Bitcoin has returned to the $50,000 level for the first time since December 2021, riding on the coat tails of a wider rally for US stocks. The world’s largest cryptocurrency, which hit one-month highs last Friday, maintained its momentum on Monday by rising almost 5%. Rivals, such as ether, saw similar percentage moves. Analysts credited
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Yesterday evening, an autonomous Waymo car was set on a fire in San Francisco. The moment was captured and recorded on social media by several bystanders. According to one eyewitness account from Michael Vandi provided to The Autopian, people were setting off fireworks (Lunar New Year was Saturday) on Jackson Street in San Francisco. An
Revolut is launching a travel eSIM plan in the U.K., in a rare move for a financial services firm. Revolut British financial technology company Revolut is launching phone plans in the U.K., the company has told CNBC exclusively, making it the first financial services firm in the country to offer telecom plans — and among
Israel should “stop and think” before taking any further action in Rafah, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has said – as the UK sanctioned settlers in the West Bank. The former prime minister said the UK was “very concerned” about the situation on the Gaza-Egypt border. Local health officials have said 37 people were killed in
A former chief economist at the Bank of England has expressed disappointment at Labour’s decision to axe its £28bn green investment pledge. Andy Haldane, who is now the managing director of the Royal Society of Arts, told Sky’s Sophy Ridge that the original promise “led the world” in its ambition, and would have benefitted the
The UK arm of The Body Shop has entered administration, threatening jobs and stores. As first reported by Sky News, FRP Advisory has been brought in to handle an insolvency process just weeks since the new owners took control of the cosmetics retailer. The Body Shop has roughly 200 outlets across the UK. Inflation to
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As CNN’s chief climate correspondent Bill Weir accompanied scientists in Antarctica, tagging humpback whales for research, the team had an unexpected encounter with a much smaller – and stinkier – minke whale. This clip is taken from CNN’s “The Whole Story: What whales can teach us.” For more information, head to cnn.com. #CNN #News
The most important thing about American football’s biggest night of the year? It’s the celebrity appearances, of course. Forget the score, the winners, the trophy – even without the Taylor Swift factor of this year’s event, the Super Bowl always makes headlines for the halftime show (Usher and friends), the A-lister adverts (Posh and Becks,
Labour’s candidate in Rochdale “fell for an online conspiracy” that led to his remarks over the 7 October attacks in Israel, a shadow minister has said. Councillor Azhar Ali told a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party in the wake of the atrocity that Israel deliberately allowed the massacre to go ahead to give it
The manhunt for the Clapham chemical attack suspect continues after police found two “unexpected” bodies in the River Thames while searching for him. Marine police teams have been looking for Abdul Ezedi – accused of throwing a strong alkali on his ex-partner and injuring her daughters, aged three and eight – in an area around
An effigy of Elon Musk is seen on a mobile device with the X and Twitter logos in the background in this photo illustration on 23 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has to testify in a probe by the U.S. Securities and
A woman wearing a trench coat was shot dead by two off-duty police officers after she opened fire inside a Texas church run by celebrity priest Joel Osteen. Worshippers at the Lakewood megachurch in Houston ran to find safety after the violence began shortly before a 2pm Spanish service on Sunday. Two people were injured
Two Israeli hostages have been rescued from captivity during a raid by special forces in Rafah in Southern Gaza, the Israeli military has said. The army named them as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, both taken from Kibbutz Nir Yizhak in the 7 October Hamas attacks. They were rescued from a residential
There’s gonna be a Tesla ad full of lies that will play the Superbowl today, but it isn’t coming from Tesla. After years of resisting, Tesla has started to advertise over the last year. Recently, the automaker has ramped up its advertising effort with more ads on X and even video ads on Youtube. It