Donald Trump’s most senior counterterrorism official has resigned, saying he “cannot in good conscience” support the Iran war and claiming the country posed “no imminent threat” to the United States. Joe Kent was director of the National Counterterrorism Center, leading the agency as it detected and analysed terrorist threats to the US. Announcing his resignation […]
Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and could even present a target for Iran as it attempts to leverage control of the vital shipping lane, the head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has warned. Speaking at the start of a two-day emergency meeting of the
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It is easy to forget that not all that long ago, Britain was one of the world’s biggest oil producers. Back in 1986, this country was the fifth biggest crude producer in the world, just behind Mexico and above Iran and Iraq. Even as recently as the turn of the millennium, the UK was still
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Older and vulnerable people are being targeted by “cruel” friendship fraudsters online, one of the UK’s biggest banks has warned. TSB said criminals are preying on people’s loneliness and desire to make a connection. People often make just one payment in such scams, but in one case, 60 payments had been made over four years,
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MSPs have voted against plans to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland. It comes after politicians debated hundreds of amendments during multiple marathon sessions as the proposed legislation made its way through Holyrood. The deciding Stage 3 debate and vote for the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill took place
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Changes to the student loans system quietly announced in the last budget have provoked a loud and angry response that has woken up Westminster to what anyone who did a degree in the 2010s, and their parents, already knew. The debt burden is rising, squeezing young workers as they approach their earning prime. With around
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Police have appealed for help to find two teenagers who have been missing for 10 days from west London. Hillingdon Police said Ethan and Morgan-Leigh have been missing since 8 March from Feltham. The 14-year-olds were last seen wearing black jackets with a fur trim. Anyone with information has been urged to contact police. Source:
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Gerry Adams has denied being a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), telling a court he had “no involvement whatsoever” in bombings carried out by the paramilitary group. In a witness statement to the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday, Mr Adams said he was “never a member of the IRA or
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More than one million properties are due to get government-funded internet upgrades, and a new tool has been launched to tell you if you can get one. The Project Gigabit scheme aims to bring gigabit-capable broadband, which offers faster and more reliable internet, to hard-to-reach rural areas. The programme launched in 2021, but the rate
Petrol and diesel prices have jumped over the past two weeks as the Iran war pushes up oil prices. Diesel prices have risen by an average of 18p per litre from 142.4p to 160.3p since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February, new RAC figures show. The 13% increase
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