Fascinating afternoon at The Friends of the Washington Statue’s Official Rededication Ceremony of the George Washington Statue at @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social in
Trafalgar Square, London with US Embassy colleagues.

Denmark is first in Europe to raise retirement age to 70

Denmark has raised its retirement age to 70 for everyone born after 1970, becoming the first European country to reach the symbolic threshold

UK Monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in November 2024 largely because of a growth in services, following an unrevised fall of 0.1% in October 2024.

Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address President sounds alarm about growing power of ultra-wealthy before handing presidency back to Trump Joe Biden’s final address to the nation struck an ominous tone after warning of the growing power of America’s ultra-wealthy, and cautioning that an…

Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address

The Biden-Harris Administration Record | The White House Letter from President BidenFour years ago, we stood in a winter of peril and a winter of possibilities. We were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a

Thank you, President Biden and Vice-President Harris.

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Inflation falls to 2.5% in boost for Reeves’s plans In November, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) came in at 2.6 per cent, where petrol, train travel, and live entertainment pushed up prices.

BREAKING | Inflation fell to 2.5 per cent in December, in a boost for chancellor Rachel Reeves.

ENGLAND: No Trousers Tube Ride' returns to London's Underground Londoners are stripping down again for the beloved 'No Trousers Tube Ride' event.

The annual No Trousers Tube Ride will take place on Sunday 12th January

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The Church Service Held In The Middle Of London Bridge People have paid spiritual tribute to the Thames for centuries - and it's still happening.

The annual blessing of the Thames takes place on London Bridge Sunday 12th January

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Happy New Year! Wishing you a joyful and successful year ahead!

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

Are you ready for 2025? #LondonNYEFireworks

London trio tracked journalists as part of Russian spy ring, trial hears Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, deny conspiring with a Russian agent to pass information to the country

London trio tracked journalists and dissidents as part of Russian spy ring, trial hears
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Starmer says Tories used Brexit to run ‘open borders experiment’ in migration speech Net migration drops 20 per cent this year after record high of 906,000 last year, official figures show

Starmer says Tories used Brexit to run ‘open borders experiment’ in migration speech
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Police surround & enter Kurdish Community Centre, Turnpike Lane, Haringey.

Counter-terrorism police arrest six in London raids connected to PKK Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey among properties being searched by officers investigating banned group

Following raids at eight addresses including the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, counter-terrorism police have arrested six members of the Kurdish community in London connected to alleged support for the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Netanyahu approves US plan for ceasefire with Lebanon Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting ever since Hamas’s cross-border assault into Israel on 7 October 2023

Netanyahu approves US plan for ceasefire with Lebanon www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Mystery drones seen over three US air bases in East Anglia The United States Air Force says it is unclear if the

A large number of unidentified drones have been spotted over three airbases in Britain, the United States Air Force (USAF) has confirmed.
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander Judges found there were “reasonable grounds” they bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

This poses further urgent questions into Keir Starmers position in this.

The ICC are saying there is reasonable grounds that Netanyahu bore "criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes."

And our country has been an active enabler in the genocide.

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Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues warrant of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and al-Qassam Brigade Hamas Leader Mr Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri ‘Deif’, for crimes against humanity and war crimes for the Situation in the State of Palestine www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

John Prescott death: Tributes to ‘working class hero’ who was New Labour’s ‘cement’ Labour giant described by Sir Tony Blair as one of the ‘most talented’ people he had encountered in politics

John Prescott death latest: Tony Blair and Keir Starmer pay tribute to ‘Labour giant’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

Journalists at the Guardian and Observer have voted to strike for 48 hours over the planned sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise.
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