A total of nine arrests were made in the operation, including two men the Guardia Civil described as expert pilots. As well as the helicopter containing drugs, a French-made Alouette III, a similar aircraft was also seized in a nearby location. Among those arrested are believed to be mechanics who maintain the helicopters using parts...
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UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording
The British government has received advice from its own lawyers stating that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in Gaza but has failed to make it public, according to a leaked recording obtained by the Observer. The comments, made by the Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, Alicia Kearns,...
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German officials warned lockdowns cause more harm than good, documents show
Germany’s public health agency said that lockdowns can cause more harm than good in documents released after a long legal battle. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) raised concerns in December 2020 that shutting down society could lead to increased child mortality, citing examples in Africa. The institute also disagreed with making FFP2 masks mandatory because...
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Sex reassignment in minors may be medical history’s ‘greatest ethical scandal’, French report says
Sex reassignment surgery could also be banned for minors. Reacting to the report, Ypomoni, a French parents’ group, said: “We welcome this return to reason.” Maud Vasselle, a mother whose daughter underwent gender transition treatment, told Le Figaro: “A child is not old enough to ask to have her body altered. “My daughter just needed...
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The 14 best news podcasts for breaking stories and analysis
The news is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, there’s so many wild new headlines every day, it can end up feeling impossible to keep up with it all. But that’s where news podcasts come in, giving listeners a detailed insight into the news, all on their own time schedule. Though they’re presented...
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Sinn Fein calls for elections after Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation
In the last elections in 2020, Fine Gael finished behind Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail. His predecessor, Micheál Martin, the leader of Fianna Fail and deputy prime minister, said: “I was surprised. I didn’t expect it at all.” The announcement took a lot of courage, he added. Mr Varadkar suffered a defeat in a referendum...
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Kosovo PM: Britain should send more troops to protect us from Serbian invasion
Today, 45 British troops are involved in the 4,443-strong Nato contingent in Kosovo. In comparison, Hungary has provided 365 troops, America 572 and Italy 1,322. Mr Kurti conceded that while the presence of troops was “substantial” in the ethnic-Serbian majority north, overall it had not been increased “by much” and was “generally symbolic”. Mr Kurti...
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Putin’s transformation into the new Stalin is now complete
Putin has always had an admiration for Stalin and under his rule, statues of the tyrant have been reappearing at a gathering pace. There are now more than a hundred of them across Russia. Although Stalingrad, now Volgograd, has yet to revert to its wartime name, last year a statue was erected to commemorate the...
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Kim Jong-un daughter called a ‘top leader’ boosting succession status
North Korea has described Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter as a top leader for the first time in a move that bolsters her status as the dictator’s successor. She was described as a “great person of guidance”, a term usually reserved for senior leaders, in an official report of a visit to a greenhouse farm. “The...
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Canada’s top court criticised after referring to female rape victim as ‘person with a vagina’
The case involved Christopher James Kruk, a 41-year-old from Maple Ridge, a city in British Columbia, who was convicted of sexual assault in March 2020. The woman testified at the trial that she woke up in Kruk’s home in May 2017 to find him having sex with her and attempted, unsuccessfully, to push him off....
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Top US official tells Netanyahu to hold elections before he turns Israel into ‘pariah’ state
The Israeli prime minister is one of four obstacles to peace in the Middle East, Mr Schumer claimed, along with Hamas, Right-wing Israelis, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader. If Mr Netanyahu remains in power, he said, the US should “use the tools at its disposal to make sure our support for Israel is aligned...
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The UK is the world’s second-most miserable country, as per research
A recent mental wellbeing report reveals that the United Kingdom is currently one of the least content places globally, surpassed only by Uzbekistan. As the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the strain of the cost-of-living crisis persist, Britain finds itself in the 70th position out of 71 countries for overall mental wellbeing, with...