Tom Arms’ World Review

They have power, but the tale of the Israeli Palestinians has been a long and bitter battle to deny them representation. For the first 18 years of modern Israel’s existence, the Palestinians remaining in the new state’s…

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Security Sunday: Die neue Front der Bundeswehr in Litauen – mit Robertas Kaunas

Genau hier entsteht mit der Panzerbrigade 45 das wohl wichtigste Projekt der deutschen Zeitenwende. Bis 2027 sollen fast 5.000 deutsche Soldaten dauerhaft in Litauen stationiert werden. Doch die Bedrohung durch Russland…

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Our top ten picks of the week

It may well be the case that I just don’t understand the complexities of modern day media strategies, but my takeaway was that the whole ordeal made Badenoch look a little bit lost at sea. — Roll up, roll up, roll up…

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‘Windrush’ accusations over sharp rise in Turkish nationals facing removal from UK

Since the start of the year, there has been a sharp rise in the number of rejected applications for indefinite leave to remain for those on European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) visas, a longstanding route to…

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Rise in NHS birth centre closures ‘shocking’ denial of women’s rights, experts say

Twelve birth centres – midwife-led maternity units – have closed in England since 2019. Birth centres play a key role in ensuring that women can choose whether to have their baby at a unit in a hospital run by doctors…

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Court rules against Home Office in asylum seeker kidnapping case

The ruling means that many people who have been kidnapped for ransom, whom officials have previously excluded from being victims of exploitation under trafficking rules, will now have to have these claims considered.…

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Observations of an Expat: Post Election Worries

The midterm elections are over. MAGA and Trump have been well and truly trounced. Now is the time to worry about what Donald J. Trump will do in the next two months while he still has a sycophantic Republican Congress…

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‘Super-force’ plans a real threat to local policing, English mayors say

The changes were backed by the chief constables of other forces, including Greater Manchester police, but there is disagreement within senior policing about how radical the reduction should be. Several of England's…

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Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal

The HyperVerse scheme spread through the US and the UK from 2020 to 2022, and also targeted investors in developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Pacific before its eventual collapse left many people unable to…

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Ein Spaziergang mit Bodo Ramelow

Dabei wird deutlich, mit welcher Strategie das Gremium den Provokationen der AfD begegnet. In seiner eigenen Partei brodelt es derweil gewaltig. Ramelow findet deutliche Worte zur Antisemitismus-Debatte innerhalb der…

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