Ministers call on Farage to address alleged ‘repulsive’ teenage racism pred 2 urama in 5 minutami Liz Kendall and Jo Stevens react after about 20 people claim they either witnessed or were victims of Reform leader’s abusive behaviourCabinet ministers have described detailed and multiple allegations of teenage racism by Nigel Farage as “repulsive” and doubled down on the prime minister’s call for him to address the claims.Liz Kendall, the secretary for science and innovation and technology, said she was appalled by the descriptions reported by the Guardian. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots pred 2 urama in 9 minutami Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit pred 2 urama in 14 minutami Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some statesCop30 climate conference – live updatesAll the coverage from Cop30The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has told Cop30 delegates that he will take his fossil fuel transition roadmap to the G20 in Johannesburg this week to campaign for it, despite reports that petrostates have said they will not accept the plan.Before leaving Cop30 in Belém, the figurehead of the global south told civil society representatives he was ready to fight for the proposal to phase out oil, coal and gas in whatever forum was necessary. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Spycops inquiry: Doreen Lawrence says she does not believe ex-home secretary pred 2 urama in 19 minutami Stephen Lawrence’s mother tells inquiry she did not believe Michael Howard when he told her he did not know police had spied on her familyThe mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she does not believe claims by the former home secretary Michael Howard that he did not know undercover police officers had spied on her family.Doreen Lawrence told the spycops inquiry on Thursday that Lord Howard, a former leader of the Conservative party, invited her to a meeting shortly after the inquiry was set up in 2014. Continue reading...(The Guardian)