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  • The UK Government Has Announced It's Intention to Table Legislation in the Current Parliament That Will Significantly Change the Minimum Legitimate Age For Voters From 18 to 16: - A Dramatic 2-Year Reduction!

 

  • Once Again, the US Supreme Court Has Delved Into Sensitive Politics By Making a Ruling That Will Effectively Constrain the Power of Local Judges to Block Some of Donald Trump's Presidential Orders.   

 

  • Iran Has the Legal Right to Close the Strait of Hormuz. Under International Law, States Exercise Sovereign Control Up to 12 Nautical Miles From Their Coastline. If Iran Ever Chose to Exercise This Option, It Would Cause Significant Harm to the Global Economy as This Strait is a Vital Waterway for Global Trade and a Significant Proportion of the World's Energy Supplies Pass Through it. If This Was Disrupted, Energy Prices Would Skyrocket, Affecting the Price of Almost Everything Else, Especially in Western, Oil-Dependent Countries. 
  • The Lower House of the UK Parliament (House of Commons) Has Now Passed the Assisted Dying Bill, Which Will Now Go to the Upper House (the House of Lords for Confirmation. But is This a Genuine Triumph for the Libertarian Values of Individual Freedom and Choice, or is it Merely a Backdoor to Allow Significant N.H.S. Cop Out of the Responsibilities for Some Long-Term Care, Especially of the Elderly and Recurring Ill? The Most Vulnerable of Our Society!

 

  • A US Federal Judge Has Ruled That Donald Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops in California, and Orders the President to Immediately Return Control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California. 

 

  • Now the US Appeals Court Has Temporarily Blocked That Order of the Federal Court Made Just a Few Hours Earlier, Thus allowing the President to Keep the Troops On the Ground in California for the Time Being.

 

  • The UK Announced on Wednesday That it Has Reached an Agreement With the EU Over the Legal Status of Gibraltar - a British Overseas Territory Bordering Spain.  These Negotiations  Have Been Going on Since Brexit. Details of the Deal Will be Released Later.

 

  • Two Fridays Ago, a US Appeals Court's Ruling Placed a Temporary Suspension on a Federal Court's Decision Earlier on in the Week, Which Had Effectively Outlawed Donald Trump's Recent Sweeping Trade Tariffs.  We Await Developments on this Important Case.

 

  • On the Wednesday, the Court of International Trade Had Ruled That the President's So Called "Liberation Day" Tariff Scheme was Illegal! If This Ruling of the Federal Court is Allowed to Stand, it Will Have Huge Implications for the US President's Trade and Economic Policy.

 

  • Does the State - the American State in Particular, Have the Authority to Determine Admission Policies of Independent Universities and Tertiary Institutions? This Legal Point Will be Tested in Court as Harvard University Files a Suit Against the Trump Administration's Block of the University's Enrollment of Foreign Students.

 

  • The UK High Court First Early Last Thursday Morning Issued an Injunction to Halt the UK's Intended Transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Then a Few Hours Later the Same Court Rules That the Deal can Go Ahead! Some Very Technical Legal Issues Remain Though! 

 

  • Hungary’s Recently Proposed Bill Which Will Impose Wide Restrictions on Organization Receiving Foreign Monetary support, Has Been Heavily Criticized by The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as an Attack on the Feedom of the Press and Demonstration of the Hungarian Government's Unrestricted Power, With the Press Advocacy Group Calling on European Union (EU) Leaders to Condemn the Bill. 

 

  • Legal Experts Have Called for The Council of Europe to Recognize the "Right to a Healthy Environment". These Rights Have Already Been Recognized by the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council in Resolution A/Res/76/300, which was adopted on July 28, 2022; and in Resolution A/HRC/Res/48/13, which was adopted on October 8, 2021..

 

  • The English Cricket board (ECB) Follows the Suit of the English FA By Banning Transgender Women from Cricket in England and Wales, to Go Alongside Their Ban From Participating in Women's Football.

 

  • Former Trans Judge, Victoria McCloud, Intends to Challenge the Recent High Court Ruling That Based the Definition of a Woman on Biological Sex.

 

  • The UN's Highest Legal Body - the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Continues to Hear Case Brought Against Israel by the UN and the Palestinian Authority Alleging  Israeli  Blockade of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza.  But Will the Ruling Make Any Difference on the Ground. What Authority Does the Court Have to Enforce its Rulings?

 

  • UK Supreme Court Rules That the Definition of a Woman is Based on Biological Sex! Huge Significance Here for Gender Definitions and LGBT Rights in the UK!

 

  • Does Law Really Matter in the World Anymore or are Legal Rules Meaningless When They Conflict With the Interests and Wishes of Those Who Control Material Resources and Political Power?

 

  • The White House and the El Salvadorean President Decide not to Return US Residents Recently Wrongly Deported to El Salvador? Can They Do This? Is it Legal?

Social Headlines & Flash-Points

Explore societal trends, cultural dynamics, and social issues for a deeper understanding of communities.

 

  • Deaths From the Texas Floods Have Now Passed 100 and Continues to Rise! This is a Really Terrible Tragedy From This Ecology Disaster Which Has Resulted in Harsh and Unexpected Human Suffering.  How, if at All, Did Man and Industry Contribute to This, and Is There Anything That Can Be Done to Mitigate Against Future Occurrences?

 

  • The Searing Temperatures Across Europe is Beginning to Have Deadly Effect With a Number of Heat-Related Deaths Reported in at Least Three Different Countries. In Spain, Two Farmers were Killed in Wildfires, Three Men Died in Italy and one Young Girl Died in France After Each Became Unwell as a Result of the Extreme Temperatures. Currently, a Wildfire Which Has Injured More Than 100 People is Still Raging in Marseilles. 

 

  • Temperatures Continue to Rise Across Europe as the UK Recorded Another Hottest Day of the Year on Tuesday!

 

  • Last Week Temperatures Were Hitting 35C in Many Places, and 40C in Southern Parts of the Continent Over the Weekend, Including Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. Global Warming is Real Folks!  

 

  • At the Opening of the Oceans Conference in Nice, France Last Monday, UN Secretary General António Guterres is Warning That We Mustn't  Allow the Oceans to Become Another "Wild West". He Criticized, in Particular, Ambition of Some Political and Economic Interests Including US President Donald Trump Regarding the Mining of the Deep Sea.  Gutteres' Warning Was Echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron, Who Declared That the "Oceans Are Not For Sale".

     

  • The Key Goal of the Conference is to Secure Agreement to Bring Into Force the Proposed "High Seas Treaty", - a Treaty Designed to Put 30% of the Oceans Into Protected Areas, Which Was Already Negotiated in 2023 and Ratified by 60 Countries. 

 

  • Last Week, on the Eve of his 99th Birthday, Environmental Expert and Activist David Attenborough Told Prince William That He Was Appalled By the Damage That Was Being Done to the Ocean Floor by Certain Commercial Fishing Methods, Describing it as "Unspeakably Awful".

 

  • The Suspect in the Case of the Motorist Who This Week Rammed His Car Into Crowds of People Celebrating Liverpool F.C.'s Premier League Win Injuring Some 79 People, Has Been Named as Paul Doyle, of West Derby, Liverpool. What is Interesting is That the Suspect, Who Appeared in Court on Friday is Neither an "Outsider", "Foreigner", nor "Terrorist". Mainstream Media Has Often Promoted the Inaccurate View Held by Sections of UK Society That the Most Heinous and Outrageous Crimes in This Country are Committed by Migrants, Blacks and Ethnic or Religious Minorities. But Doyle Doesn't Fit Into Any of These Categories! In Fact, the Court Learned That Doyle is Actually a Liverpool Resident, White, English, and a Former Royal Marine: Everything That is "Positively British".  Hopefully, This Will Help to Re-Write the False Narrative That Has Perpetuated Against Migrant or Non-White People in the UK For So Long!

 

  • On Bank Holiday Monday, While Liverpool F.C. Were Celebrating Their Monumental 20th Top Flight Title, They Sadly Had to Mix That Celebration With Sadness as a Car Driven By Paul Doyle, One of the City's Own Residents Plunged into the Crowd of Supporters, Injuring Scores.  Initial Investigations Suggest That This Time it is Not Terrorist Related, But the Incident Reminds me to Ask the Question, "Why is Sports Always a Victim of Politics?" 

 

  • The UK's Sea Temperatures Have Been High Since the Spring and Getting Higher! Impacts of Climate Change? 

      

    • Why is a Non-European Nation - Israel, Allowed to Take Part in the Euro-Vision Song Contest? What does This Have to Do with Political Economy?  It's Clearly Neither a Social, Geographical or Cultural Decision.

     

    • The Call Two Weeks Ago by UN Experts for the Council of Europe to Recognize the Right to a Healthy Environment Specifically Targets a "Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment", and is a Follow up on an Appeal in November 2024 by UN Special Rapporteurs Urging the Body to Address the Triple Planetary Crisis of Intertwined Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Toxic Pollution.

     

    • Hottest Ever Start to May Recorded in the UK and Many Parts of Europe! Is This More Evidence of an Accelerating Global warming?

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    • The UK Government Has Announced It's Intention To Reduce the Voting Age Across the UK From 18 to 16!  If Successful, This Move Will Make An Additional 1.5 Million Young People Eligible to Vote By the Next Election. 

     

    • In Two Weeks Time, Nairobi, Kenya Will Host the Africa Food Show (AFS) 2025,  Which Will Showcase a Range of Food and Agricultural Products From Many Countries and Regions.  This is a Very Positive African Initiative Where Global Business Enterprises Including Producers, Suppliers and Distributors Come together For a Week-Long Event that Affords Them the Opportunity to Promote to a Wide, Global Audience.  If Managed Properly and Successfully, the Show Represents a  Rare Advertising Opportunity That Can Positively Impact the Economies of Many African states, Especially Those That Are Highly Agri-Dependent.

     

    • Paul Biya - the 92 Year Old President of the Central African Republic of Cameroon This Week Announced  His Intention To Run For a Record 8th Term in Office, Seeking to Extend His Already Record-Breaking 43 Years in Office! How Do We Feel About This? Can This Type of Stranglehold on Power Be Good For Any Modern Country? And What About His Age? If He is Successful in This Re-Election Bid, the President Could Be 100 Years Old By the Time His Next Turn in Office Expires!

     

    • In a Public Expression of Dissatisfaction With the Situation, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a Prominent Minister in the Current Cameroonian Government and a Long-Time Ally of President Biya Has Quit His Government to Challenge the President in the Upcoming Elections, Describing the Biya Government as "Broken" and a "One Man Confiscation of Power". 

     

    • There is Brewing Conflict Growing Between Chancellor of the Current UK Labour Government, Rachel Reeves, and the UK's Main Labour Union - Unite. This is Likely to Be Very Problematic Because the Labour Party Was Actually Set Up to Provide Political Protection and Representation For Workers, and it's Election to Power in Government Relies Heavily on the Votes of Workers and Support from Labour Unions and Movements Like Unite.  But Unite is Now Claiming That This Labour Government is Not Defending Workers. 

     

    • Palestinian Officials are warning That Their Current Negotiations With Israel Over a Proposed Ceasefire in Gaza is Close to Collapse Due to Deliberate Delaying Tactics Deployed by Israel to Try and Frustrate the Negotiations. 

     

    • Meanwhile, Innocent Palestinian Civilians Continue to Be Killed By Israeli Military Action in the Strip.  It Was Reported On Thursday That Some 15 Palestinians - At Least Half of Them Children, Were Killed By Israeli Airstrikes While Queuing for Medical Supplies at a  Distribution Point in Gaza.  As Serious As This is, It is Sad That it Didn't Even Make the News on Some Major Western Media!

     

    • Evidence That the New Agreement Between the UK and France to Tackle Illegal Migration Via Small Boat Channel Crossings is Already Taking Effect With More Than 200 Migrants Picked Up in the Channel on Thursday.  This Development is a Direct Outcome of Agreements Made Between the UK and France During French President Emmanuel Macron's State Visit to the UK, This Week, Aimed at "Re-Affirming" What Both He and the British Monarch, King Charles, Describes as the "Strong Bilateral Ties" Between the Two Neigbouring States.

       

      • On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Reported the Largest Ever Aerial Attack on His Country Since the Start of the War in 2022. He Claimed That Russia Launched Some 728 Drones and 13 Cruise or Ballistic Missiles Overnight, Striking a Number of Ukrainian Cities.  By Thursday, Another Deadly Overnight Missile and Drone Attack on the Ukrainian Capital Kiev Was Being Reported.

       

      • And Now Donald Trump Seems to Be Gradually Losing Patience With the Russian Leader, Admitting That He is "Very Unhappy" With Putin, Admitting That He Has Been "a Lot of Bullshit" Thrown at Them By Him.  Bullshit That Turns Out to Be Meaningless! Trump Now says That the US Would Send More Weapons to Ukraine, Thereby Reversing Last Week's Suspension of Supplies. 

       

      • The Reform Party Continues to Make Waves in the UK With a number of High Profile Defections From the Conservative Party, With the Latest Being Former Tory Chairman Jake Berry Who Joined Reform From the Conservatives  Last Thursday.

       

      • It May Seem Like a Joke, But Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Has Nominated US President Donald Trump For the Prestigious Nobel Peace Prize!  Sounds Absolutely  Wrong to Me When We Recall That These Were the Same Two Leaders Who Were Raging War Against Iran Dropping Lethal Bombs Daily, Killing Both Bad Enemy Targets Along With Innocent Civilians.  These Behaviours Are Not Examples of Peaceful Behaviours That We Expect From Nominees for This Award.

       

      • This Monday, On it's 20th Anniversary, London Remembered the 7/7 London Bombings.

       

      • The Death Toll Israel and Hamas Are Again Negotiating Another Ceasefire for the War in Gaza.  Last Wednesday Donald Trump Announced Israel Has Already Agreed to the Proposed Terms of the Deal and on Friday Hamas Announced That it Was Consulting With Other Palestinian Groups With a View to Accepting This Proposed Truce.  If it Works This time, This Would be a Really Positive Development for the People of Gaza.

       

      • In the Meantime, Innocent Palestinians Continue to Die Needlessly in Gaza as the I.D.F. Continue to Bomb Targets Across the Strip.  Between Thursday Night and Friday Morning Some 15 Displaced People Were Killed When The Tents in Which They Had Taken Refuge in Khan Younis Was Bombed By the Israeli Military.

       

      • Two Former Left-Wing Labour MP's - Former Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn and MP Zarah Sultana, are Currently in Discussion to Form a New Political Party in the UK.   How Would This Impact the Labour Party Itself? Could it Have an Impact Similar to the One the  Formation of the Reform Party Had on the Conservative Party.?

       

      • On Tuesday, the White House Announced That it Was Halting Supplies of Some Weapons Deliveries to the UK.  Many Fear That This Will Have a Very Adverse Impact on Ukraine's Ability to Effectively Withstand Increasing Russian Attacks.

       

      • Kier Starmer's Government Only Barely Got Their Welfare Reform Bill Passed in Parliament on Tuesday, After Making Huge Concessions to Labour Rebels! 

       

      • On Friday, Kier Starmer Made Another in a Series of Dramatic Policy U-Turns By Offering Significant Concessions to Stave Off A Looming Rebellion to His Government's Proposed Welfare Bill, Which the Rebels Complained Were Laced with Too Many Far-Reaching Welfare Cuts.

       

      • Last Week We Reported on a Simmering Friction Between the Leadership of the UK's Governing Labour Party and a Growing Number of it's MP's Over the Government's   Welfare Cuts That Have Accelerated Recently. Now This Disagreement is Threatening to Explode Into a Full-Blown Rebellion With the Two Sides Beginning to Take Uncompromisingly Entrenched Positions. Where Will This Impasse Lead? 

       

      • On the Other Side of the Atlantic, US President Donald Trump Also Experienced His Fair Share of Setbacks and Obstacles Trying to Get His Tax and Spend Bill To Pass Through Both Houses of Parliament. On Tuesday, it Narrowly Squeezed Through the Senate, Having Been Held Up for Days By 4 Stubborn Senators From the President's Own Republican Party.

       

      • Controversy Remains Within the Intelligence Sector Over The Actual Impact of American Military Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites. Last Week  a Leaked Intelligence Report Had Suggested That Those Strikes  Did Only Minimal Damage to Iran's  Nuclear Capacity - a Report That Was swiftly Rubbished By Donald Trump Claiming That He is Satisfied That Those Capabilities Were "Destroyed" in the Strikes.  On Wednesday, Both the Israeli Prime Minister and Intelligence Services Publicly Supported the President's View, Claiming That as a Result of the Strikes, Those Nuclear Programmes Are Now Set Back Decades.  These claims of Success Have Been Challenged by Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei and Now the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is Describing the Strikes as Historically Successful. 

       

      • NATO Member States Met in the Hague on Thursday and Agreed to All Increase Their Defense Spending By At Least 5% of GDP By the Latest  2035.  This Seems Like a Sizable Sum to Be Allocated to the Preparation and Execution of War and Other Military Matters When There Are Other Important Priorities Facing Many Societies Today.

       

      • A Leaked Intelligence Report Has Suggested That US Military Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites Did Only Minimal Damage to It's Nuclear Capacity. But Donald Trump is Rubbishing the Report, Still Claiming That He is satisfied That Those Capabilities Were "Destroyed" in the Strikes.  Which is It?

       

      • Last Monday, After Iran Had Carried Out Its "Token" Strike Aimed at US Bases in Qatar, US President Described the Ineffective Response as "Weak", and Suddenly Announced That There Was a Ceasefire Agreed Between Iran and Israel! It Seems a Lot of Secret Negotiations Have Been Going on Between the Three Despite the Hostile Public Rhetoric!

       

      • Since That Trump Publicly Chastised Both Israel and Iran for Breaking This Ceasefire, Using the Most Cryptic and Angry Language. This is the First Time That He Has Publicly Criticized Israel in any Way, So This May be Significant! Since the President's Outburst, the Truce Seems to be Holding.

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      • On the Monday Night, After Iran Had Carried Out Its "Token" Strike Aimed at US Bases in Qatar, US President Described the Ineffective Response as "Weak", and Suddenly Announced That There Was a Ceasefire Agreed Between Iran and Israel! It Seems a Lot of Secret negotiations Have Been Going on Between the Three Despite the Hostile Public Rhetoric!

       

      • On That Monday, Iran Fired Missiles at US Bases in Qatar.  This Was Designed to Fulfill Their Promise to Retaliate at the US For It's Participation in Military Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities a Couple Days Before. But Iran Was Careful to Give the US Ample Forward Notice of the Details of This Intended Strike and Ensure That There Were No Casualties From It! Well Choreographed! 

       

      • On Saturday, The United States Had Finally Officially Exposed it's Hand in the Middle East Conflict by Joining Israel in Bombing Iran! American Stealth Bombers Carried Out a Number of Strikes on Facilities Across Iran.  Iran Vowed To Retaliate at American Targets.

       

      • Political Dishonesty is One of the Most Sickening Thing There Is! Out of the Blue, US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gobbard Said on Friday That Iran Could Produce Nuclear Weapons Within Weeks, This is the Same Person Who Testified a Couple Months Ago That Iran Was Not Building These Weapons: A Testimony Which Had Put Her at Odds With Her Boss, US President Donald Trump.  Now All of a Sudden She is Distorting Her Own Facts to Try and Create Another Justification for Any Military Action That Trump May Want to Take Against Iran. This is So Sad and Disgusting for a So-Called Leading "Democracy"!  What is the Point of Claiming Democracies if We Cant Trust Our Elected Leaders and Government Officials to Be Honest With Us the Electorate?

       

      • While Donald Trump Claimed That He Was Mulling Over Whether to Get the US Directly Into the War Between Israel and Iran by Joining Israel In Striking Targets in Iran, In Reality the US Was Already Deeply Involved, Supporting Israel With Weapons, Technology, Information, Diplomatic Protection, and Even Militarily by Helping Israel Shooting Down Missiles Fired From Iran. So When the US Joined Israel in Bombing Iranian Nuclear Sites Over the Weekend, it Was Merely a Formal Acknowledgement of a Process That Was Already Ongoing and Started Long Before this Conflict Erupted Two Fridays Ago.

       

      • But Why Did the President Give Himself This Avoidable Dilemma When He Was Already Achieving His Objectives By Maintaining The Official "Ambiguous"  Position.  The Real Reason is That Though Israel Was Already comfortably Winning This War, Especially After Achieving Air Dominance, They Still Lacked the Ability to Reach Their Primary Military Target: The Fordo Nuclear Facility, Which is Buried Deep Under the Mountains.  Only the United States is Known to  Possess a Bomb With the Type of Power to Penetrate and Possibly Destroy the Facility, and the Means to Deliver it. That is the 13,000kg (30,000lb) GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), Which is Delivered by the American B-2 Stealth Plane.  This Type of Involvement Could Not Be Concealed in any Other Form of Pretence, So the US President Was Preparing the Public With Various Excuses Just in Case He Decided it Was Necessary to Use This Option. 

       

      • Significantly, US President, Donald Trump's National Intelligence Director, Tulsi Gabbard Had Said That Iran is Not Building a Nuclear Bomb.  I find This Very Significant Because She is The Expert on Those Matters. It is Her Job. She Should Know. But the President is Now Saying That He Doesn't Care What She Says!  This Tells Me That Trump is Determined to Strike Iran No Matter What, and Will Use Any Excuse to Do it, Whether That Claim is True or Not!

       

      • It was Interesting to Hear the Israeli Minister Calling the Iranian Missile Strike Which Hit a Hospital "Criminal", When the Same Israelis Have Bombed and Destroyed Many Hospitals in Gaza For Months and Months, Killing Hundreds of Civilians.

       

      • The Bank of England Last Week Decided to Keep Interest Rates at 4.25%.  Governor Andrew Bailey Explains That Interest Rates are On a "Gradual  Downward Path."

       

      •  While We All Seem to Be Focused on the War Between Between Israel and Iran,  Palestinian Civilians Continue to Die in Scores Next Door in Gaza, at the Hands of the Israeli Army. The Latest Reports Coming Out of Gaza today Lists Some 51 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces as They Wait As They Queue For Flour At an Aid Site.  How Long Will We Allow This Evil to Continue?

       

      • Next Door, Israel and Iran Continue to Inflict Blows on Each Other, Causing Damage and Death. According to the N.G.O. Human Rights Activists in Iran  (HRANA), Some 452 People have Been Killed in Iran Since the Conflict Erupted - Half of Which Are Civilians, and Another 642 Injured. This Makes About 1,000 Killed or Injured in Less Than 5 days! The Casuality Figures in Israel Are Much Lower.

         

        • US President Donald Trump Has Said That He Wants a Real End to the War Between Israel and Iran.  But We Ask the Question Again: Does He Really Want This? Some of Us Still Believe That He Can Enforce Secure This End Really Quickly if He Truly Wants This Outcome, By Picking Up the Phone and Making a Simple Call to His Israeli Counterpart.  But Maybe What He Really Wants is to First See Iran Severely weakened and On Its Knees Before imposing a Deal That Renders Them Subservient to Israel and Western Interests For a Very Long Time. 

         

        • Oil prices  Continue to Soar With each Continuing day of the War Between Israel and Iran.  Since Israel's Attack on Iran Early Friday Morning and Iran's Retaliatory Strikes on Israel,  Brent Crude Prices Have Reached Their Highest Level for 2 Months. This is Expected to Worsen This Week as Israel has Been Consistently Targeting Iranian Oil Infrastructure and Over the Weekend,  Iran Scored a Direct Hit on Israel's Largest Oil Refinery. Shares in Airlines and Shipping Has Also Fallen.  This Conflict Has the Potential to Have Significant Adverse Effect on the Global Economy if it is Not Resolved Quickly. 

         

        • This War Erupted Two Fridays Ago as Israel Struck a Number of Military and Nuclear Sites in Iran, Causing Significant Deaths and Damage. Iran Retaliated With Missile Strikes and Drones.  So Far, At Least Two Dozen People Have Been Confirmed Killed in Israel and Over a Hundred Injured, While over 200 Have Been Confirmed Killed in Iran Many, many more Injured.  

         

        • Whilst the War Between Israel and Iran Continues, the World's Attention Has Been Diverted From the Atrocities that Have Been Going on in Gaza. Some Sources Are Reporting That Over the Weekend Another 20 Civilians Were Shot and Killed by Israeli Soldiers While They Were Trying to Access Food at the Aid Distribution Center Set Up By Israel and the US.

         

        • A Couple Weeks ago, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves Finally Delivered Her Spending Review Which Outlines the Budgets for the Various Government Departments.  Key Features of This Review is a 3% Post-Inflation Rise in the N.H.S. Budget, an Additional £39bn Allocated for "Social and Affordable Housing", and a Significant Increase in Defense Spending.  The Chancellor Claims That The Overall Budget of Government departments Will Rise 2.3% Above Inflation Per Year, But We Can Also See in the Review Some Significant Cuts in the Budgets of Many Departments. 

         

        • Budget Retail Giant, Poundland, Has Been Sold for £1!  The Popular Retail Chain Which Has Over 800 Stores and Some 16,000 Staff Across the UK. Owned by Polish Company, Pepco, the Business has Been Operating Globally for Decades and Under Pepco for the Last Decade. The Business Has Now Been Sold to US Investment Firm, Gordon Brothers - Another Global Actor in Retail.  Pepco Had Complained About Falling Sales Amid Increasing Competition, and Falling Profits in the Face of Rising Employer N.I.S. Contributions.  

         

        • US President Donald Trump Announced at the Beginning of the Month That a Trade Deal With China "is Done". President Xi Has Not Yet Commented and We Wait for Details of This Deal.

         

        • Last Week, the UK Government Moved to Sanction Far Right Israeli Ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, Who Will Both Now Be  Banned From Entering the UK and Will Have Any Assets in the UK Frozen.  According to UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, Finance Minister Smotrich and National Security Minister Ben-Gvir Had "Incited Extremist Violence and Serious Abuses of Palestinian Human Rights".  Should There Be More of This Type of Serious Action By the UK and Other Major Governments to Try and Curb Israeli Behavior in Palestine?

         

        • Last Month,  the UK Suspended Trade Talks With Israel Over Its Continued Military Offensive in Gaza, and France and Canada Have Also Threatened to Take Some Action Against Israel for This Latest Offensive.

         

        • A Serious Rift Has Developed Between US President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom Over the Handling of Unrest in Los Angeles Incited by Immigration Raids.  Newsom Criticized Trump's Sending of the National Guard As a Response to the Unrest, and Has Sued the US Government for That Action and Called Trump "Deranged." But Rather Than Backing Off, the President Seems More Intent on Escalating the Confrontation, Now Deploying Thousands of Marines to California, to Add to the Thousands of National Guard Already Sent.  

         

        • TV Presenter David Bull Has Now Been Named the New Chairman of Reform UK Party, Following the Resignation Last week of Chairman Zia Yasuf.  Yasuf, Who Quit the Party Two Weeks Ago Making  Uncomplimentary Public Statements About How the Party is Run, Has Since Returned to the Party and Now Seems to Have Mended Fences with Party Leader Nigel Farage.

         

        • Following the Interception of a Yacht Carrying Humanitarian Activist Greta Thunberg and Others by Israeli Forces While Trying to Get Aid Into Gaza Early Last Monday Morning,  Israel Has Now Deported Thunberg and Some of the Dozen or So Other Activists Held With Her in This Operation.  It is Not Yet Clear what is the Fate of the Other Activists Who Were Held and in the Custody of the I.D.F.  or What Will Happen to the Aid Seized on the Yacht. 

         

        • In the Meantime, it is Reported That a Nine-Bus Convey Organised by Tunisian Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine, is On Its Way to Try and Break the Siege on Gaza.  It Remains to be Seen Whether This Can be Effective Against Such a Wide and Powerful Blockade Imposed by Israel.

         

        • Since  Two Weeks ago, North Gaza Was Now Reported to be Without a Functioning Hospital as the Israeli Army Ordered the Last Remaining One to Evacuate. The WHO is Warning of the Serious Humanitarian, Health Hazards That Could Stem From This Move.  The UN and International Aid Agencies Continue to Warn of the Risk of Famine and Disease as a Result of Israel's Policies.  But Now the War Between Israel and Iran Has Diverted People's Attention From This Crisis. Sad Really!!

         

        • UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves Confirms That Some 75% of Pensioners Will Now Get This Year's Winter Fuel Payments, After Reversing the Government's Original Decision to Scrap the Scheme. This Announcement Has Been Welcomed By Pensioners, Welfare Charities and Opposition Parties But Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch is Calling For Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Apologise to Pensioners  for the Stress Caused From the Policy in the First Place.

         

        •  Negotiators From Russia and Ukraine Met in Istanbul Last a Couple Weeks Ago To  Seek Further Agreements Over Ceasefire or End to the War in Ukraine.  An Extension of the Prisoner Deal Agreed in Last Month's Negotiations was the Main Achievement of the Meeting.

         

           

          • A Couple Weeks ago, UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer Joined the Recently Elected German Chancellor in Pledging Their Country's Resolve to Strengthen Defense Through Increased Military Spending to Prepare For What Both Warn is the Threat of a Russian Military Attack on a NATO State Within 4 Years.

           

          • Elon Musk Officially Ended His 4-Month Controversial Stint in the White House at the End of the Month, and Has Since Fallen Out With His Buddy, Both Making Hurtful Derogatory Statements Publicly About Each Other.  But Whether Musk and the President Make Up Their Differences or Not, or Whether He Ever Works for the US Government again, He Will Leave a Very Significant Legacy With His Chain-Saw Style Cost-Cutting Department, "Doge"! 

             

            • Recently, Israel Announced Major Expansions of Settlements in the Occupied West Bank  on What is Officially Palestinian Territory/Land. Critics are Saying That This Was Always Israel's Intention From the Beginning And is Aimed at Preventing the Creation of a Palestinian State.

             

              • UK Reform Party Leader, Nigel Farage has Announced Two Significant Social Policies That Will Have the Major Parties  Really Worried. He Is Promising to Scrap the Two-Child Benefits Policy and Offering Generous Tax Breaks to Married Couples 

               

              • Donald Trump's Disgusting and Blatantly Racist Public Televised Treatment of South African President Ramaphosa in the Oval Office A Couple Weeks Ago, Should Not Have Surprised Anyone After What He and His Vice President Did to Ukrainian President Zelensky in a Similar Setting 2 Months Ago. It is Remarkable That Ramaphosa Kept Calm and Dignified Throughout

               

              • The Latest Sunday Times Rich List, Lists King Charles as One of the Richest Men in the UK, With a Steadily Growing Fortune That Has Risen By Some £30 million Over the Last 12 Months to Now Sit at an Astounding £640 million!  Is it Right That Taxes are Taken From Poor Working Class Residents of the UK to Pay For the Expenses of Such an Insanely Rich Man?

               

              • The UK Economy Records Better Than Expected Growth Figures For The First Quarter of 2025 

               

              • Far-Right Parties Continue to Make Gains Across the European Political Landscape.  Last Month, a New Leader of the Nottinghamshire County Council Was Elected From the Reform Party for the First-Time.

               

              • In May, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Announced Significant  Changes to His Ruling Labour Party's Immigration Policies in a Desperate Attempt to Win Back "Red Wall" Voters Lost to the Reform Party.

               

              • White South Africans Have Been Arriving in the United States Under President Trump's New Refugee Plan. Isn't This a Blatant Racist Policy When This Scheme Discriminates in Favour of White South Africans Rather Than Being Open to All South Africans and His Immigration Policies For Africans, Asians and South Americans are So Harsh?

                   

                  • The two Main Parties - the Governing Labour Party and Opposition Conservative Party, Now Considering Ways to Respond to the Reform Party's Dominant Performance in the Recent Local Government Elections

                   

                   

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