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The U.S. Army is searching for two service members who went missing while taking part in a joint military exercise in Morocco, according to a statement released by the U.S. Africa Command on Sunday. The service members were reported missing on Saturday near Cap Draa Training Area, in southwestern Morocco, along the Atlantic Ocean. They…
Political parties positioned at the center of the ideological spectrum continue to play a significant role in several European countries. However, recent electoral cycles and opinion surveys indicate that these parties face challenges in addressing concerns expressed by parts of the electorate. Across multiple EU member states, issues such as the cost of living, energy…
Two months into the war in Iran, President Trump is confronting the complicated reality of a conflict that has proved costly, deeply unpopular and lacks a clear endgame. Energy markets are in turmoil. The Pentagon has given its first public estimate of the war’s cost: $25 billion so far. Key Republicans in Congress are growing…
Homelessness, empty shops, vandalism and potholes came up in local election conversations when BBC News travelled on the Midlands Metro tram system. BBC Radio WM’s political reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn travelled along the route from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, via West Bromwich, asking passengers for their thoughts ahead of the local elections on 7 May. In the…
The cease-fire between the United States and Iran remained in limbo after President Trump said Saturday evening on social media that he was reviewing Iran’s latest proposal but “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable.” The comments came one day after Mr. Trump had flatly said he was “not satisfied” with the latest offer from…
When former Representative Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, admitted in March to a long-rumored affair with a staff member who later killed herself, a pair of Republican women immediately called for him to be formally censured, and a third became the first in the G.O.P. to demand that he resign. The men at the helm…
New video footage released Thursday night by the F.B.I. of the apparent assassination attempt on President Trump at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner helps clarify how the episode unfolded by more clearly showing the gunman’s actions and the responses of Secret Service officers. A frame-by-frame assessment of the footage — combined with…
Spirit Airlines reshaped aviation in the United States by stripping down flying to its essentials and selling what were often the cheapest tickets around. But the airline shut down for good on Saturday, a victim of the rising costs it once excelled at controlling. In a statement just after 2 a.m., Spirit said it had…
As Starmer acknowledged, it is balancing act that strikes at the heart of what freedom and democracy is all about – including the right to protest, while addressing the deep hurt, anger and fear the repeated protests cause for many in the Jewish community. Plenty of the Prime Minister’s critics, in opposition parties and beyond,…
Available for over a year Dame Emily Thornberry, Labour MP and the influential head of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, is in the hot seat as the committee continues its ongoing investigation – dubbed ‘Scandelson’ scrutinising – into the circumstances behind Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. Born in Guildford in 1960…
