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Former minister and Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labour.
Conservative MP and ex-minister Daniel Poulter defects to Labour
LONDON —Former minister and Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labour.In an exclusive TV interview, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that he could no longer look his NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay on as a Conservative.Dr. Poulter, who works part time as a doctor, said that Conservatives were no longer focused on public services.Downing Street has just been told of his decision and is yet to respond.Dr. Poulter said he would sit as a Labour MP until the general election and then stand down.He told the BBC: "I found it increasingly difficult to look my NHS colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience."He suggested the party had stopped...
April 27, 2024

Conservative MP and ex-minister Daniel Poulter defects to Labour

A Patriot missile system used by Germany.  — courtesy Getty Images
Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package
NEW YORK — The Pentagon said it will "rush" Patriot air defense missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package.However, Patriot systems for launching the missiles will not be sent, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were "urgently" needed to face a growing Russian air threat and "can and should save lives right now".On Saturday, Ukraine said Russia had carried out another massive air attack.Authorities in Kharkiv said a hospital was damaged. Energy facilities in three regions were attacked, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.Russia attacked with cruise missiles, S-300 surface-to-air missiles and Iskander ballistic missiles, Ukraine said, adding that 21 were...
April 27, 2024

Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package

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Trump VP contender Kristi Noem defends killing her dog
WASHINGTON — One of Donald Trump's potential running mates is facing criticism for sharing a story in her memoir about how she killed her dog.Kristi Noem, 52, the governor of South Dakota, wrote in her soon-to-be released memoir that the dog, Cricket, was "untrainable" and "dangerous".After deciding she needed to be put down, Noem led the dog to a gravel pit and shot her. "It was not a pleasant job," she wrote. "But it had to be done."The memoir, titled No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, is due for release on May 7, though an excerpt was obtained by The Guardian.The story was met with condemnation online.The Democratic National Committee said: "If you want elected officials who...
April 27, 2024

Trump VP contender Kristi Noem defends killing her dog

A UN team assesses damage to medical facilities in Gaza. — courtesy WHO
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear
GAZA — Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that the war has left an estimated 37 million tons of debris.He said it was impossible to determine the exact amount of unexploded ordnance in the enclave where formerly heavily built-up and densely populated neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble, after nearly seven months of intense Israeli bombardment.Every square meter in Gaza impacted by the conflict contains some 200 kilograms of rubble, the veteran UN demining expert told journalists in Geneva.“All I can say is that at least 10 percent of the ammunition that is being fired potentially fails to function...with 100 trucks we’re...
April 27, 2024

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, right, and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius shake hands after signing an agreement in Paris on Friday, April 26
German and French defense ministers sign billion euro arms project
PARIS — Defense ministers of France and Germany met in Paris this Friday to ratify an agreement on a new joint tank project called the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).This formal agreement kick-starts the development of the first phase of the armored vehicle, dubbed the ‘tank of the future’ – a project worth billions of euros.The new battle tank is set to replace Germany’s Leopard 2 tank and France’s Leclerc.Although both ministers insisted the project should not be viewed as a new model of the Leopard 2 tank, one of the most advanced combat vehicles in the world.“It's not about making a Leopard 3 or 4, it's about designing something brand new,” emphasized Boris Pistorius, the German defense minister.The tank will reportedly incorporate artificial intelligence and...
April 26, 2024

German and French defense ministers sign billion euro arms project

Protesters hold posters calling for the immediate release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday
Egyptian delegation arrives in Israel to revive deadlocked ceasefire and hostage talks
JERUSALEM — An Egyptian delegation is in Israel in an effort to advance stalled negotiations aimed at releasing hostages and implementing a ceasefire in Gaza, Egyptian and Israeli officials told CNN on Friday.The delegation is also set to continue discussions with Israeli officials on security coordination around a potential Israeli operation in Rafah, another Israeli official said. Egypt is concerned about the implications of a full-scale Israeli operation in Rafah, close to its border, where around a million displaced Palestinians have taken shelter in recent months.Despite months of talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt, Hamas and Israel have failed to reach an agreement over differences on key demands.A senior US administration official said on Thursday that there are “some indications...
April 26, 2024

Egyptian delegation arrives in Israel to revive deadlocked ceasefire and hostage talks

People gather near bodies lined up for identification after they were unearthed from a mass grave found in the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern Gaza Strip
Almost 400 bodies found in mass grave in Gaza hospital, says Palestinian Civil Defense
GAZA — Authorities in Gaza have concluded their search of mass graves at a hospital in the south of the strip and said they have uncovered a total of 392 bodies, including some still wearing surgical gowns.Speaking at a Thursday news conference, an official from the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza said workers have identified 165 bodies at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area earlier this month.They are still examining the remaining 227 bodies to determine their identities, Mohammed Al Mighayyer said at the news conference in Rafah. “We found three mass graves, the first in front of the morgue, the second behind the morgue, and the third north of the dialysis building,” he added.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said any...
April 26, 2024

Almost 400 bodies found in mass grave in Gaza hospital, says Palestinian Civil Defense

Palestinian fighters are seen during a military show in the Bani Suheila district on July 20, 2017 in Gaza City, Gaza
Hamas officials say group willing to disarm if Palestinian state is established
GAZA — Some Hamas officials are signaling that the militant group could give up armed struggle against Israel if the Palestinians get an independent state in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 war.The messaging suggests a softening of Hamas’ position as its fate hangs in the balance with Israel’s pummeling of the Gaza Strip, which Hamas ruled before the war. The Palestinian militant group has long called for the Jewish state to be destroyed.Basem Naim, an Istanbul-based member of Hamas’ political bureau, told CNN on Thursday that the group would agree to disarm if an independent Palestinian state was established.“If an independent state with its capital in Jerusalem, while preserving the right of return for refugees, (is created) Al Qassam could be integrated into (a...
April 26, 2024

Hamas officials say group willing to disarm if Palestinian state is established

ByteDance says a report it plans to sell TikTok 'are not true'
TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent tells US
BEIJING — TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in America."ByteDance doesn't have any plans to sell TikTok," the company posted on its official account on Toutiao, a social media platform it owns.TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.Earlier this week, TikTok said it would challenge in court the "unconstitutional" law.The statement from ByteDance came in response to an article by the technology industry website The Information that said it was exploring the potential sale of TikTok’s operation in the US without the algorithm that powers it."Foreign media reports of ByteDance...
April 26, 2024

TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent tells US

Police issued an arrest warrant for actor Orpheus Pledger on Tuesday
Orpheus Pledger: Home and Away star arrested after Australian manhunt
SYDNEY — Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger has been arrested after a three-day police manhunt in Australia.Pledger, 30, is facing four charges for allegedly assaulting a woman, authorities say.He had been granted bail on Monday to undergo a court-ordered medical assessment, on the strict condition that he return the following day.But when he failed to show up in court, police appealed for public information and issued an arrest warrant.The actor was detained in Melbourne on Thursday, Victoria Police said. They did not offer further details. His manager, Craig McMahon, told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper he had not been in contact with his client this week but that he had been shocked by the assault allegations.He also said that Pledger had been struggling with mental...
April 26, 2024

Orpheus Pledger: Home and Away star arrested after Australian manhunt

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