Martin Bashir, the BBC journalist who tricked princess Diana into giving an explosive interview, on Sunday apologised to Princes William and Harry but said claims linking his actions to her death were “unreasonable”. A report by retired senior judge John Dyson published on Thursday found that Bashir commissioned faked bank statements that falsely suggested some […]
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Actor and influencer Momin Saqib named Commonwealth Youth Covid-19 Hero 2021
In its 2021 award ceremony, the Commonwealth has named British-Pakistani student Momin Saqib as its Youth COVID-19 Hero. The Commonwealth Awards acknowledge and reward efforts of youth from around the world. These awards are reserved for young people who actively engage in bringing about positive change in the world, and whose work impacts people and […]
Trial of British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe was held in Iran: lawyer
DUBAI: The trial of British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe at Iran’s Revolutionary court was held on Sunday, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told the Iranian Emtedad website. “Her trial was held at branch 15 of the Revolutionary court. Her charge is propaganda against the system,” he said. Iran had released Zaghari-Ratcliffe from house arrest last Sunday at […]
French thieves knock out holidaying British family by GASSING them in their camper Van
French thieves knocked out a British family by gassing them as they slept in their camper van before stealing £1,500 worth of their belongings. Perry Hudson, Kim Heighway and their three children Olivia, 15, Jacob, 12, and Charlie, 10, from Redditch, Worcestershire, fell victim to thieves at a service station in Antran after a tour around Spain and France. […]
UK mulls sanctions as Iran admits seizing British ship as a ‘reciprocal’ move
LONDON: Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker was a response to Britain’s role in impounding an Iranian supertanker first, senior officials said Saturday, as newly released video of the incident showed Iranian commandos in black ski masks and fatigues rappelling from a helicopter onto the vessel in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. In a […]
Genius or joker? British PM favorite Johnson set to face the world
Loose cannon or influential statesman — what kind of British prime minister would Boris Johnson make on the world stage? Judging by his time as foreign secretary, possibly both. When Johnson was given the foreign job in 2016, after Britain voted to leave the EU, he was viewed as an unlikely choice by politicians and […]
Trump kicks off British trip with tweet against London mayor
President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on Monday for a largely ceremonial visit meant to strengthen ties between the two nations, but the trip was immediately at risk of being overshadowed by Brexit turmoil and a political feud with London’s mayor. Even before Air Force One touched down north of London, Trump unleashed a Twitter […]
Powerful, rich and shrouded in secrecy: Thailand’s King Rama X
A king married four times with a penchant for piloting jets; a shrewd tactician with a hefty fortune and the army’s loyalty — snippets from the closely-guarded life of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn who remains an enigma to his subjects. The 66-year-old heir will be crowned in a royal ceremony this weekend as Rama X […]
A case in American and British Democracies
To borrow a concept as archaic in provenance as done so in the title, is as purposeful to the state of democracy in Britain and Brexit in particular as was Nigel Farage’s address to the European Parliament earlier this year. “….I think many will say, we are simply dealing with fanatics who are not prepared […]
Greece: free our marbles from British Museum’s ‘murky prison’
Greece’s president called on Monday for Britain to free the Parthenon marbles from the “murky prison” of its national museum, upping the rhetoric in a near 200-year-old campaign for the sculptures’ return. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos spoke at Athens’ own glass-fronted Acropolis Museum, which campaigners hope will one day house the classical reliefs and figures taken […]