Pro-Russian influence operations have caused a surge of 850% in fake news stories mimicking real media brands, according to a report published this week by disinformation specialist, NewsGuard. Out of...

Many leaders are unlikely to welcome the Russian leader’s presence at the event because of his country’s war against Ukraine.

Police chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’

Anne Applebaum and an “empire of grift”

The US first lady said she had no relationship with Umar Kremlev, who paid for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas this year

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

Paul Nowak says the donations to Reform UK suggest that Nigel Farage is a ‘politician for sale’ Paul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, has said that the two donations worth a total of £72m to Reform UK announced over the weekend show that democracy is in crisis. In his speech to the TUC conference, he called for a permanent ban on crypto donations, overseas donations, and foreign-funded political ads. Why is it that two crypto billionaires have donated £72m to Reform in just 2 days? The evidence is clear: Reform UK is a party for sale. Nigel Farage is a politician for sale. And given half the chance, they’d sell our country down the river. There is a direct political thread, a nasty politics, that links Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe, and Tommy Robinson, with Donald Trump, Maga and the US white supremacist movement. It starts with demonising migrants. It flies flags, not as an expression of national pride, but to intimidate. It fans the literal flames that set fire to hostels and libraries. And it ends up with proto-fascist mobs roaming our streets in balaclavas, targeting brave volunteers in lifeboats. Continue reading...

Free access to the Red Sea has been lost

Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.