Author: James Carter

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have been shown a photograph of a body claimed to be Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with Israeli officials stating he was killed in Saturday’s airstrikes on his compound. Public broadcaster Kan reported: “Senior Israeli officials were informed of Khamenei’s elimination. His body was recovered from the rubble of his compound.” Channel 12 stated: “A photo of the body was shown to Netanyahu and Trump.” There has been no confirmation of Khamenei’s death from Tehran. Iranian authorities have not responded to the Israeli claims or released any statement regarding the Supreme Leader’s status. Netanyahu…

Sir Keir Starmer has joined French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in condemning Iran’s retaliatory strikes “in the strongest terms” whilst urging against further escalation after Britain played no role in US-Israeli attacks on Tehran. The three leaders issued a joint statement declaring: “Iran must refrain from indiscriminate military strikes. We urge the Iranian leadership to seek a negotiated solution. Ultimately, the Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future.” The statement followed a Downing Street emergency Cobra meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, with the UN Security Council also scheduled to meet later today. The…

Keir Starmer has insisted he will “fight on” following Labour’s catastrophic defeat to the Greens in Gorton & Denton, as Angela Rayner demanded the party become “braver” in a call for change that stopped short of urging him to quit immediately. The Prime Minister played down the loss as a “disappointing” setback for a government in “mid-term” when asked on a London visit if he had contemplated resigning. He stated: “I will keep on fighting for those people for as long as I’ve got breath in my body. I will also fight against the extremes in politics on the Right…

A Bangladeshi court has issued an Interpol Red Notice for Labour MP Tulip Siddiq after sentencing the former anti-corruption minister to four years in prison for corruption charges. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammed Sabbir Faiz issued the order today following a petition by Bangladesh’s corruption watchdog. The commission’s Assistant Director A.K.M. Mortuza Ali Sagar sought the red notice order through Interpol to facilitate Siddiq’s arrest. The MP for Hampstead and Highgate, who lives in the UK and continues to represent her north London seat in Parliament, stated: “This whole process has been flawed and farcical from the beginning to…

Lindsay Hoyle has confirmed he passed information to Scotland Yard that led to Lord Mandelson’s dramatic arrest at his £7.6 million Regent’s Park home on Monday afternoon, despite the Labour grandee dismissing the flight risk claim as “complete fiction.” The Commons Speaker told MPs this morning he received “relevant” information and alerted police “in good faith” that Lord Mandelson might flee to the British Virgin Islands, adding: “It would not be appropriate to make any further comment.” Lord Mandelson’s passport was confiscated by police according to BBC reports, with detectives imposing bail conditions including a ban on travelling out of…

Previous estimates from campaigners and academics for slavery compensation owed by Britain have ranged from £205 billion to nearly £19 trillion, with the Green Party maintaining its long-standing policy of supporting reparations despite accusations of “virtue-signalling nonsense” from rivals. The controversy over the party’s reparations stance has intensified ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, where the Greens have emerged as bookies’ favourite to win ahead of Labour and Reform UK. Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake told the Daily Mail: “While hard-working families are being hammered by rising bills and Rachel Reeves’s record tax burden, these lot want to…

France has blocked US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to government members after he failed to attend a foreign ministry summons for the second time in six months, citing “personal commitments” and sending a senior embassy official in his place. The French foreign ministry stated: “In light of this apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission and the honor of representing one’s country, the minister (Barrot) has requested that he (Kushner) no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government.” Kushner would, however, be permitted to continue his diplomatic duties and have…

A 72-year-old former government minister has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and taken to a London police station for interview, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Monday 23 February. Peter Mandelson was detained at an address in Camden following search warrants executed at two properties in the Wiltshire and Camden areas. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson stated: “Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview. This follows search warrants at…

Reform UK has pledged to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and impose visa freezes on six countries if they refuse to accept migrants with no legal right to stay in Britain, as part of sweeping immigration proposals unveiled by home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf. Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan would face visa restrictions under the policy announced during Yusuf’s Dover speech today. The measures form part of what Reform describes as a programme to deport all illegal migrants currently in the UK, with an ambitious target of 288,000 deportations every year. Yusuf promised the creation…

At least 13,000 Child Abduction Warning Notices carrying no legal power or punishment if breached were issued to suspected child abusers between 2008 and 2025, with critics accusing Keir Starmer of overseeing a system that sent warning letters instead of pursuing prosecutions when he was Britain’s top prosecutor. Susan Boxall, whose daughter Georgie died aged 17 from a lethal overdose given by a 25-year-old man who had received two warning notices from police, stated: “Starmer has blood on his hands. I did everything I could do. They had two abduction orders and he breached them. I was pleading with the…