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Dec 5, 2025 - World

Exclusive: Yinka Bankole felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targetsI’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply because of how I lookedA former Dulwich college pupil who claims a teenage Nigel Farage told him “that’s the way back to Africa” has said he felt compelled to speak out after the Reform leader’s attempt at “denying or dismissing” the hurt of his alleged targets.Yinka Bankole, who claims he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Farage singled him out for abuse, said he had decided to tell his story in full after watching the Reform leader’s press conference on Thursday. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

Several elements had already been announced, including lifting the two-child benefit cap and increasing free school mealsKeir Starmer has hailed his government’s plan to tackle child poverty as a “moral mission”, with a promise to lift half a million children out of hardship.It is the first such document in more than a decade and was described by the Resolution Foundation thinktank as a “sea change” in the government’s approach to children in poverty. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

Party removes Ian Cooper after investigation into alleged abuse against Sadiq Khan, David Lammy and other figures Nigel Farage has revoked party membership of a Reform UK council leader accused of racially abusing Sadiq Khan, David Lammy and other public figures online.Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, allegedly called the London mayor a “narcissistic Pakistani” and said migrants were “intent on colonising the UK, destroying all that has gone before”. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

The largest House Democrat ideological caucus has called for the defense secretary to ‘resign immediately before his actions cost American lives’Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in PacificLauren Gambino and Melody SchreiberAfter a delay and an unusually contentious meeting, a federal vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote today whether to change the longstanding recommendation that all newborns be immunized against hepatitis B. Continue reading...

Dec 5, 2025 - World

Trump praised by Infantino at DC ceremonyPresident’s peace claims disputed by criticsNobel prize ambitions linger over Fifa awardDonald Trump has been named the first winner of the newly created Fifa peace prize, claiming “the world is a safer place now” as he received the award at the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington DC.Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president and one of Trump’s closest sporting allies, presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. Continue reading...