Britain's interior minister Sajid Javid, one of the candidates to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said it was odd that he was not invited to a royal banquet with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this month. Javid, who is of Muslim heritage, was the only senior cabinet minister not invited to the event during Trump's state visit at which guests dined in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth. The prime minister, the foreign minister, the finance minister,...
Witnessing a colleague sexually assaulted on the factory floor, women abused for not meeting targets and another fired for being pregnant – these are just some of the shocking experiences of violence and harassment garment workers in Bangladesh have shared with ActionAid UK. The charity, which empowers women and girls living in poverty, commissioned a survey of workers in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. Six years after the Rana Plaza tragedy killed more than 1,100 garment factory workers, the charity is investigating how...
MEP Nigel Farage, whose Brexit Party now has 29 MEPs and is in talks to join the far-right bloc in the European Parliament, may be suspended from his lucrative (£90,000 a year) job as an MEP. The European Parliament has issued Farage with a summons to a hearing on Wednesday afternoon at its code of conduct committee to explain why he failed to declare almost half a million in donations from Brexit-backing financier Arron Banks. A Channel 4 News investigation...
As Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Theresa May while expressing support for her possible successor Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn is set to address a rally against the US President. Hundreds of thousands of protestors are expected to march against the State Visit by Donald Trump from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square, above them floating the Donald Trump baby blimp that has graced protests against the leader in cities across the US and all around the world. “Tomorrow's protest against Donald...
This could be quite awkward for Boris Johnson, the Led By Donkeys anti-Brexit group has projected a previous and less-than-flattering message about Donald Trump onto Big Ben. Trump seems to have forgotten (or simply missed) these comments as now they have a close relationship. The US President said of Johnson, regarding his visit to the UK: “I think I may meet with him. He’s been a friend of mine... I have a very good relationship with him.” However in 2015 Johnson has this...
President Donald Trump has landed at Stansted Airport in Essex for a controversial three day state visit with first lady Melania Trump. Before Air Force One even touched down, the President of the United States faced a protest against his reckless policy on climate change. An environmental protestor mowed a giant penis into a field near the airport. The image, which is accompanied by the message "Oi Trump" was left by 18-year old student, environmentalist and entrepreneur Ollie Nancarrow, mowed...
An orange buoy and rope could be seen wrapped around the whale when it was found dead in Scrabster, Caithness.
Former Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car crash, aged 35, it has been confirmed today. His former club Sevilla tweeted: "We couldn't be confirming worse news. Beloved Sevilla star José Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic collision. Rest in peace." Arsenal team mate Freddie Ljungberg tweeted: "Numbed by the news about my former team-mate, Jose Antonio Reyes. Gone far too soon, my thoughts are with his family and friends". The Spanish striker who died in...
Terrifying photos show how a huge 11-foot alligator forced its way into a house in the middle of the night
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