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Prince Harry settles phone-hacking claim with Mirror group
The Duke of Sussex has settled his remaining phone hacking claims against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).
The publishers will pay all of Prince Harry's legal costs, plus around £300,000 extra in damages, sources say.…
Pakistan ex-PMs and bitter rivals Sharif and Khan both claim poll win
Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the country into further political turmoil.
Sharif's…
Fractious Pakistan polls fertile ground for disinfo
Fake boycotts, fictional ballots and blasphemy smears: a deluge of disinformation accompanied Pakistan's contentious election, with a delayed vote count underway yesterday.
Pakistan's poll is the most fraught of recent years, with…
Over 2,200 new electric vehicle chargers coming to Tower Hamlets in the next two years
Cabinet has approved the installation of over 2,200 new electric vehicle chargers across Tower Hamlets over the next two years.
In total, there will be 2,245 chargers installed from 2024 to 2026 which will be made of a mix…
Saudi says no Israel ties without Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia has told Washington it will not establish ties with Israel until an independent Palestinian state "is recognised", the Gulf kingdom's foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The Kingdom has communicated its firm…
Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah
Israeli forces yesterday bombed areas in the southern border city of Rafah where more than half of Gaza's population is sheltering, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to end offensive in the Palestinian enclave.…
UN chief says world in ‘age of chaos’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned today that the world is entering "an age of chaos" with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war.
With the war in Gaza entering its…
12 killed by blast near candidate’s office on eve of Pakistan election
At least 12 people were killed and 25 wounded Wednesday by a blast outside a poll candidate's office in southwestern Pakistan, officials said, on the eve of an election marred by violence and allegations of poll-rigging.
The attack…
Pakistan begins voting, with Khan in jail and Sharif tipped to win
Millions of Pakistanis began voting Thursday in an election marred by allegations of poll rigging, with the country's most popular politician in jail and a military-favoured candidate tipped to win.
Authorities said they were…
Britain ‘full of secret Conservatives’ – Liz Truss
Launching the Popular Conservative (PopCon) group, the former PM said that democracy had "become unfashionable".
In her speech, Liz Truss said the PopCons had to restore faith in democracy.
But she warned them their fight was "not going…